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Nearly All of Wikipedia Is Written By Just 1 Percent of Its Editors
Fewer than two percent of Wikipedia users ever contribute, yet that is enough to create profound value for millions of users.
Clay Shirky • Here Comes Everybody
YouTube: Of the 31M channels on YouTube, ~1M creators have over 10K subscribers (source)
SignalFire • SignalFire’s Creator Economy Market Map
The website may be free of advertisements, but that hasn't stopped entities from trying to exercise influence. Spammers, public relations companies, and those who can gain from crafting a public perception have turned their sights to Wikipedia. Thomas Friedman noted in his book: "it is not an accident that IBM today has a senior staffer who polices... See more
Andrew Lih • The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia
Wikimedia is not alone with this challenge. As noted in our 2025 global trends report, technology companies are racing to scrape websites for human-created and verified information. Content publishers, open source projects, and websites of all kinds report similar issues.