Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Wikipedia <font color=#008000>Page Edits Per Country</font>

Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Wikipedia Page Edits Per Country - Overview

This analysis is based on a 1:1000 sampled server log (squids) . Period 2011/10 - 2011/12

Page Views Per Country - Overview / Breakdown / Trends, Page Views Per Wikipedia Language - Breakdown

Page Edits Per Country - Overview / Breakdown / Trends, Page Edits Per Wikipedia Language - Breakdown

WMF traffic logging service suffered from server capacity problems from Nov 2009 till July 2010 and again in Aug/Sep/Oct 2011.
Data loss only occurred during peak hours. It therefore may have had somewhat different impact for traffic from different parts of the world.

Portal is www.wikipedia.org

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Countries by population - English Wikipedia
Internet penetration (% of population) - English Wikipedia

Global North South - English Wikipedia

Location Population
absolute count and percentage of world population Internet
Users
absolute count and percentage of country population Monthly Page Edits

Country Region
N/S absolute count and edits per internet user share of global total
note:blue and red bars have different scale

All countries in World 6757 M 100% 1734 M 26% 5.8 M 0.0034 100%

All countries in Global North 1285 M 19.0% 798 M 62% 4.8 M 0.0060 82.6%

All countries in Global South 5471 M 81.0% 935 M 17% 1.0 M 0.0011 17.4%

All countries in Africa 994 M 14.7% 67 M 7% 43 K 0.0006 0.7%

All countries in Asia 4066 M 60.2% 823 M 20% 879 K 0.0011 15.1%

All countries in Australia 22 M 0.3% 17 M 77% 100 K 0.0059 1.7%

All countries in Europe 740 M 11.0% 391 M 53% 3.1 M 0.0079 53.0%

All countries in Central-America 82 M 1.2% 15 M 18% 20 K 0.0014 0.3%

All countries in North-America 450 M 6.7% 281 M 62% 1.4 M 0.0049 23.4%

All countries in South-America 388 M 5.7% 136 M 35% 306 K 0.0022 5.3%

All countries in Oceania 14 M 0.2% 3.8 M 28% 22 K 0.0060 0.4%

United States North-America N 308 M 4.6% 228 M 74% 1.1 M 0.0049 19.3%

Germany Europe N 82 M 1.2% 54 M 66% 441 K 0.0081 7.6%

France Europe N 65 M 1.0% 43 M 66% 375 K 0.0087 6.5%

United Kingdom Europe N 62 M 0.9% 47 M 75% 360 K 0.0077 6.2%

Italy Europe N 60 M 0.9% 30 M 50% 335 K 0.0112 5.8%

Russia Europe N 142 M 2.1% 45 M 32% 247 K 0.0055 4.2%

Japan Asia N 128 M 1.9% 96 M 75% 240 K 0.0025 4.1%

Spain Europe N 46 M 0.7% 29 M 63% 225 K 0.0077 3.9%

Canada North-America N 34 M 0.5% 25 M 74% 180 K 0.0072 3.1%

Netherlands Europe N 17 M 0.2% 14 M 86% 133 K 0.0093 2.3%

Brazil South-America S 192 M 2.8% 68 M 35% 125 K 0.0018 2.1%

Poland Europe N 38 M 0.6% 20 M 53% 107 K 0.0053 1.8%

India Asia S 1176 M 17.4% 81 M 7% 103 K 0.0013 1.8%

Australia Australia N 22 M 0.3% 17 M 77% 100 K 0.0059 1.7%

Ukraine Europe N 46 M 0.7% 10 M 23% 92 K 0.0089 1.6%

Sweden Europe N 9.3 M 0.1% 8.1 M 87% 88 K 0.0108 1.5%

Belgium Europe N 11 M 0.2% 7.3 M 67% 67 K 0.0092 1.2%

Israel Asia S 7.5 M 0.1% 5.8 M 77% 63 K 0.0109 1.1%

Argentina South-America S 40 M 0.6% 20 M 50% 62 K 0.0031 1.1%

Mexico North-America S 108 M 1.6% 28 M 26% 62 K 0.0022 1.1%

Czech Republic Europe N 11 M 0.2% 6.0 M 57% 59 K 0.0098 1.0%

South Korea Asia N 48 M 0.7% 37 M 78% 57 K 0.0015 1.0%

Finland Europe N 5.4 M 0.08% 4.4 M 82% 55 K 0.0125 0.9%

Norway Europe N 4.9 M 0.07% 4.2 M 87% 51 K 0.0121 0.9%

Taiwan Asia S 23 M 0.3% 15 M 66% 50 K 0.0033 0.9%

Hungary Europe N 10 M 0.1% 5.9 M 59% 47 K 0.0079 0.8%

Turkey Asia S 72 M 1.1% 26 M 37% 42 K 0.0016 0.7%

China Asia S 1335 M 19.8% 360 M 27% 42 K 0.0001 0.7%

Chile South-America S 17 M 0.3% 8.4 M 49% 42 K 0.0050 0.7%

Hong Kong Asia S 7.0 M 0.1% 4.9 M 70% 39 K 0.0081 0.7%

Switzerland Europe N 7.8 M 0.1% 5.7 M 74% 39 K 0.0069 0.7%

Austria Europe N 8.4 M 0.1% 5.9 M 71% 39 K 0.0066 0.7%

Indonesia Asia S 231 M 3.4% 30 M 13% 34 K 0.0011 0.6%

Portugal Europe N 11 M 0.2% 4.5 M 42% 34 K 0.0076 0.6%

Philippines Asia S 92 M 1.4% 24 M 26% 30 K 0.0013 0.5%

Colombia South-America S 45 M 0.7% 20 M 44% 29 K 0.0015 0.5%

Romania Europe N 21 M 0.3% 7.4 M 35% 28 K 0.0037 0.5%

Denmark Europe N 5.5 M 0.08% 4.6 M 84% 26 K 0.0055 0.4%

Estonia Europe N 1.3 M 0.02% 888 K 66% 25 K 0.0281 0.4%

Ireland Europe N 4.5 M 0.07% 2.8 M 63% 25 K 0.0087 0.4%

Thailand Asia S 63 M 0.9% 16 M 25% 24 K 0.0015 0.4%

Greece Europe N 11 M 0.2% 4.9 M 44% 24 K 0.0049 0.4%

Bulgaria Europe N 7.6 M 0.1% 2.6 M 35% 23 K 0.0087 0.4%

Serbia Europe N 9.8 M 0.1% 3.3 M 34% 23 K 0.0069 0.4%

New Zealand Oceania N 4.4 M 0.06% 3.4 M 77% 21 K 0.0063 0.4%

Vietnam Asia S 86 M 1.3% 22 M 26% 20 K 0.0009 0.3%

Croatia Europe N 4.4 M 0.07% 2.2 M 51% 20 K 0.0089 0.3%

Malaysia Asia S 28 M 0.4% 17 M 60% 20 K 0.0012 0.3%

Venezuela South-America S 29 M 0.4% 7.6 M 26% 19 K 0.0025 0.3%

Lithuania Europe N 3.3 M 0.05% 2.1 M 63% 18 K 0.0087 0.3%

Belarus Europe N 9.7 M 0.1% 3.1 M 32% 17 K 0.0056 0.3%

Iran Asia S 74 M 1.1% 32 M 43% 17 K 0.0005 0.3%

Slovakia Europe N 5.4 M 0.08% 3.6 M 66% 15 K 0.0043 0.3%

Egypt Africa S 78 M 1.2% 13 M 16% 14 K 0.0011 0.2%

Peru South-America S 29 M 0.4% 7.6 M 26% 14 K 0.0018 0.2%

Kazakhstan Asia S 16 M 0.2% 2.3 M 15% 13 K 0.0057 0.2%

Pakistan Asia S 168 M 2.5% 18 M 11% 12 K 0.0006 0.2%

Slovenia Europe N 2.1 M 0.03% 1.3 M 63% 10 K 0.0079 0.2%

Saudi Arabia Asia S 26 M 0.4% 7.7 M 30% 9 K 0.0012 0.2%

Georgia Asia S 4.4 M 0.06% 1.0 M 23% 9 K 0.0085 0.1%

Latvia Europe N 2.2 M 0.03% 1.4 M 61% 7 K 0.0054 0.1%

South Africa Africa S 49 M 0.7% 4.6 M 9% 7 K 0.0016 0.1%

Azerbaijan Asia S 8.9 M 0.1% 1.5 M 17% 7 K 0.0047 0.1%

Morocco Africa S 32 M 0.5% 10 M 32% 7 K 0.0007 0.1%

Macedonia Europe N 2.0 M 0.03% 1.1 M 54% 6 K 0.0058 0.1%

United Arab Emirates Asia S 4.6 M 0.07% 2.9 M 64% 6 K 0.0022 0.1%

Uruguay South-America S 3.4 M 0.05% 1.3 M 40% 6 K 0.0045 0.1%

Costa Rica Central-America S 4.6 M 0.07% 1.5 M 32% 6 K 0.0039 0.10%

Algeria Africa S 35 M 0.5% 4.1 M 12% 5 K 0.0013 0.09%

Sri Lanka Asia S 20 M 0.3% 1.2 M 6% 5 K 0.0046 0.09%

Armenia Asia S 3.2 M 0.05% 191 K 6% 5 K 0.0262 0.09%

Ecuador South-America S 14 M 0.2% 1.8 M 12% 5 K 0.0028 0.09%

Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe N 3.8 M 0.06% 1.4 M 38% 5 K 0.0035 0.09%

Iceland Europe N 318 K 0.005% 320 K 101% 5 K 0.0146 0.08%

Guatemala Central-America S 14 M 0.2% 2.0 M 14% 5 K 0.0024 0.08%

Singapore Asia S 5.0 M 0.07% 3.4 M 68% 4 K 0.0013 0.07%

Qatar Asia S 1.4 M 0.02% 436 K 31% 4 K 0.0092 0.07%

Luxembourg Europe N 502 K 0.007% 387 K 77% 4 K 0.0095 0.06%

Dominican Republic Central-America S 10 M 0.1% 3.0 M 30% 3 K 0.0011 0.06%

Cambodia Asia S 15 M 0.2% 74 K 0% 3 K 0.0360 0.05%

Bangladesh Asia S 162 M 2.4% 556 K 0% 3 K 0.0048 0.05%

Moldova Europe N 3.6 M 0.05% 850 K 24% 3 K 0.0031 0.05%

Jordan Asia S 6.3 M 0.09% 1.5 M 24% 3 K 0.0018 0.05%

Puerto Rico Central-America S 4.0 M 0.06% 1.0 M 25% 2 K 0.0023 0.04%

Bahrain Asia S 791 K 0.01% 403 K 51% 2 K 0.0058 0.04%

Paraguay South-America S 6.3 M 0.09% 894 K 14% 2 K 0.0026 0.04%

Libya Africa S 6.4 M 0.10% 323 K 5% 2 K 0.0072 0.04%

Cyprus Europe N 802 K 0.01% 335 K 42% 2 K 0.0060 0.03%

Iraq Asia S 31 M 0.5% 300 K 1% 2 K 0.0067 0.03%

Kuwait Asia S 3.0 M 0.04% 1.0 M 34% 2 K 0.0020 0.03%

Kyrgyzstan Asia S 5.5 M 0.08% 850 K 16% 2 K 0.0020 0.03%

Bolivia South-America S 9.9 M 0.1% 1.0 M 10% 2 K 0.0017 0.03%

Trinidad and Tobago Central-America S 1.3 M 0.02% 227 K 17% 1 K 0.0059 0.02%

Isle of Man Europe N 80 K 0.001% .. 0% 1 K .. 0.02%

Mauritius Africa S 1.3 M 0.02% 380 K 30% 1 K 0.0026 0.02%

Tanzania Africa S 44 M 0.6% 520 K 1% 1 K 0.0019 0.02%

Kenya Africa S 40 M 0.6% 3.4 M 8% 1 K 0.0003 0.02%

Macau Asia S 541 K 0.008% 259 K 48% 1 K 0.0039 0.02%

Yemen Asia S 24 M 0.3% 370 K 2% 1 K 0.0027 0.02%

Albania Europe N 3.2 M 0.05% 750 K 24% 1 K 0.0013 0.02%

Myanmar Asia S 50 M 0.7% 109 K 0% 1 K 0.0092 0.02%

Malta Europe N 416 K 0.006% 200 K 48% 1 K 0.0050 0.02%

Honduras Central-America S 7.5 M 0.1% 658 K 9% 666 0.0010 0.01%

El Salvador Central-America S 6.2 M 0.09% 826 K 13% 666 0.0008 0.01%

Namibia Africa S 2.2 M 0.03% 114 K 5% 666 0.0059 0.01%

Mozambique Africa S 20 M 0.3% 350 K 2% 666 0.0019 0.01%

Nepal Asia S 29 M 0.4% 499 K 2% 666 0.0013 0.01%

Netherlands Antilles Central-America S 198 K 0.003% 2 K 1% 666 0.3330 0.01%

Mongolia Asia S 2.7 M 0.04% 330 K 12% 666 0.0020 0.01%

Northern Mariana Islands Oceania S 87 K 0.001% 10 K 11% 666 0.0666 0.01%

Faroe Islands Europe N 49 K 0.0007% 38 K 77% 666 0.0178 0.01%

Nigeria Africa S 155 M 2.3% 11 M 7% 333 0.0000 0.006%

Uzbekistan Asia S 27 M 0.4% 2.5 M 9% 333 0.0001 0.006%

Fiji Oceania S 849 K 0.01% 103 K 12% 333 0.0032 0.006%

Laos Asia S 6.3 M 0.09% 130 K 2% 333 0.0026 0.006%

Jamaica Central-America S 2.7 M 0.04% 1.5 M 57% 333 0.0002 0.006%

Antigua and Barbuda Central-America S 88 K 0.001% 65 K 74% 333 0.0051 0.006%

Tunisia Africa S 10 M 0.2% 2.8 M 27% 333 0.0001 0.006%

Sudan Africa S 39 M 0.6% 4.2 M 11% 333 0.0001 0.006%

Montenegro Europe N 624 K 0.009% 294 K 47% 333 0.0011 0.006%

Oman Asia S 2.8 M 0.04% 465 K 16% 333 0.0007 0.006%

Bermuda North-America N 65 K 0.0010% 51 K 78% 333 0.0065 0.006%

Aland Islands Europe N .. .. .. 333 .. 0.006%

Solomon Islands Oceania S 523 K 0.008% 10 K 2% 333 0.0333 0.006%

Jersey Europe N 89 K 0.001% 28 K 32% 333 0.0117 0.006%

Lebanon Asia S 4.2 M 0.06% 945 K 22% 333 0.0004 0.006%

Maldives Asia S 309 K 0.005% 72 K 23% 333 0.0046 0.006%

Botswana Africa S 1.9 M 0.03% 120 K 6% 333 0.0028 0.006%

Djibouti Africa S 864 K 0.01% 13 K 2% 333 0.0256 0.006%

Uganda Africa S 33 M 0.5% 2.5 M 8% 333 0.0001 0.006%

Countries are only included if the number of page edits in the period exceeds 100,000 (100 matching records in 1:1000 sampled log)
Page edits by bots are not included. Also all ip addresses that occur more than once on a given day are discarded for that day.
A few false negatives are taken for granted. Country meta data collected from English Wikipedia (population, internet users)).

Generated on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 16:59
Author:Erik Zachte (Web site)
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