List of wikis

This article contains a list of notable wikis, which are websites that use wiki software, allowing users to collaboratively edit content and view old versions of the content. These websites use several different wiki software packages.

Table

Name	Focus	Notes	Entries	License
AboutUs	Web directory	Initially pre-populated with information about many different websites. Uses MediaWiki software, but now largely with Ruby on Rails	28,739,286[1]	GFDL and CC BY-SA 3.0
Appropedia	Poverty reduction, international development		15,437[2]	CC BY-SA 4.0
Astro-Databank	Encyclopedic	Astrological wiki project, with birth details for notable people of the world.	37,614[3]
Baidu Baike	Encyclopedic / Simplified Chinese	Simplified Chinese encyclopedia	27,482,961[4]
Baike.com	Encyclopedic / Simplified Chinese	Simplified Chinese encyclopedia	15,180,000[citation needed]
Ballotpedia	Encyclopedic	Information regarding United States elections	550,069[citation needed]
Brilliant	Math/Science	Written at the reading and comprehension level of an advanced high school student. Wiki pages are reviewed before they are put up.[5]
Base de datos	Encyclopedic/Spanish	Spanish language encyclopedia, with own wiki software.	13,518[6]	Copyrighted/Other
Catawiki	Catalogues	Originally in Dutch, with English version. Collectors specific for comics, coins, stamps, trading cards, board games, model cars, model trains, bank notes, books, watches, Disney memorabilia, clocks and other.	200,000
Citizendium	Encyclopedic	Requires writers to use real names rather than usernames; guided by expert input while allowing edits from the general public	17,258[7]	CC BY-SA 3.0
Conservapedia	Encyclopedic	Information and articles are written from a conservative Christian viewpoint aimed at correcting the alleged liberal bias of Wikipedia.	51,493[8]	Copyrighted (free use)
Copyright Evidence	Copyright studies	Exists to inform public debate and policy development on copyright related issues based on categorising empirical studies. Funded and maintained by CREATe at the University of Glasgow.	2,980[9]
Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)	Music	Wiki library of free typeset musical scores	40,888[10]	Public domain, CPDL Licence, C.C. Licences, Copyrighted (free use)
DavisWiki	Place – Davis, California	City wiki dedicated solely to Davis; at one point the largest city wiki	15,593[11]	CC BY 3.0
Diplopedia	Government – Diplomacy	Encyclopedia of the U.S. Department of State collecting items related to international relations and diplomacy
EcuRed	Cuban perspective on global issues, in Spanish	Run by Cuba's Youth Computer Club, an affiliate of the Communist Youth Union	19,482	CC BY-NC-SA.[12]
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español	Encyclopedic/Spanish	Spanish language fork of Wikipedia	47,281[13]	CC BY-SA 3.0
Encyclopedia of Mathematics	Mathematics	MediaWiki using MathJax extension[14]	16,211[15]	CC BY-SA 3.0
Encyclopedia Dramatica	Parody of Internet memes	Parody-themed wiki	14,972	Fair use
Everipedia	Encyclopedic		6,000,000[16]	CC BY-SA 4.0
Fallout Wiki	Fiction/Gaming – Fallout series	Wiki about the Fallout video game series. Ongoing merger with "Nukapedia" (Fandom) and "The Vault" (Curse/Gamepedia).	52,000[17]	CC BY-SA
Family History Research Wiki	Genealogy research	Reference information and research guidance. In 11 languages.	82,857[18]	CC BY-SA 3.0 US
Fandom	Pop culture and media franchises	Wiki hosting service. It is a collection of many wikis, each focusing on a different subject.	more than 40,000,000 articles[19]	CC BY-SA 3.0[20]
Fanlore	Fandom	Fandom and transformative works, with a focus on fannish history and activities. Powered by MediaWiki.	60,753[21]	CC BY-NC 3.0 US[22]
Foodista.com	Reference – Food and Cooking	Creative Commons structured wiki about foods, recipes, and other culinary information.		CC BY
La Frikipedia	Parody of encyclopedia	Spanish language parody of Wikipedia.	11,159[23]	GFDL
Fringepedia	Fiction – Fringe, related 'fringe science' topics	Powered by MediaWiki.	6,759[24]	CC BY-NC-SA
Gardenology.org	Gardening	Meant as a "complete plant and garden wiki encyclopedia"	22,005[25]	CC BY-SA
GCpedia	Government — Canada	Internal Government of Canada Wiki
GeoNames	Places	Geographical database that links specific names with unique features
GitLab wikis		Mainly computer software program documentation
Glottopedia	Linguistics – Multilingual	A Wiki on linguistics and languages	3,227[26]
Heroes Wiki	Fiction – Heroes	Articles about the TV show Heroes.
Hitchwiki	Encyclopedic – Multilingual	A database on hitchhiking that includes an interactive world map showing the best and worst places to catch a ride.	3,867[27] in English and about 2,000 more in 16 different languages.[28]
Intellipedia	Government – Intelligence	Three non-accessible wikis running on networks that link the U.S. intelligence community
International Music Score Library Project	Music	Wiki library of public domain musical scores	14,800[29]	GFDL
Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDb)	Firearm usage in Film, Television and Videogames	Runs on MediaWiki	27,723[30]
JurisPedia	Government – Law	Multi-lingual academic encyclopedia, including Arabic, Chinese (Simplified Chinese), English, French, German and Spanish		CC BY-NC
Know Your Meme	Fiction – website and video series		28,105[31]
Lostpedia	Fiction – Lost	Articles about episodes, characters, themes, etc. in the television show.	7,457[32]	CC BY-NC-ND
LyricWiki	Music – Lyrics	Listing of lyrics by album	1,737,000[33]	Mostly copyrighted. CC BY-SA for minority of content.
MeatballWiki	Communities – Online communities		5,213[34]	Copyrighted
Memory Alpha	Fiction – Star Trek	Contains canon-only material	58,548[35]	CC BY-NC 4.0
Metapedia	Encyclopedia	White nationalist and extreme right-wing online encyclopedia.	7,896[36]	Unknown
MicroWiki	Micronationalism	Runs on MediaWiki.	39,703[37]	CC BY-SA 4.0
MyWikiBiz	Misc – Business directory	Allows people and enterprises to write about themselves	9,093	GFDL and other[38]
Namuwiki	Encyclopedic/Korean		602,837	CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 KR
nLab	Mathematics, physics, and philosophy wiki	For research-level notes, expositions and collaborative work, including original research, especially from the n-categorical point of view.	18,098[39]	No formal license. Freely reusable if source acknowledged.
OpenStreetMap	Places – Maps	Uses GPS, aerial photography and other free sources of images to create a map of the world		ODbL 1.0
OpenWetWare	Science – Biology	Promotes sharing and dissemination of knowledge related to biological research		CC BY-SA
PCGamingWiki	Games – PC games	Aims to provide fixes and information on all PC games	45,508[40]	CC NC-SA 3.0
PlanetMath	Misc – Mathematics	Free wiki-style mathematical encyclopedia
Proteopedia	Science – Chemistry	A 3D encyclopedia of proteins and other molecules	191,915[41]	Copyrighted
RationalWiki	Encyclopedic	Information and articles are written from a liberal, skeptical[42] and secular point of view originally as a response to Conservapedia	8,044[43]	CC BY-SA 3.0
Rangjung Yeshe Wiki	Himalayan Buddhism, Tibetan Dictionary	Tibetan-English Dictionary, Buddhist Glossaries, Biographies of Buddhist Teachers, and Resources	23,721[44]	CC BY-NC-SA / GFDL
Rosetta Code	Computers — source code	Powered by MediaWiki	2,045[45]	GFDL 1.2
Ruwiki	Encyclopedic		1,913,845[46]	CC BY-SA 4.0
Scholarpedia	Encyclopedic	Written exclusively by professionals focusing on their field of expertise; subject to peer review	1,812[47]	Copyrighted
SCP Foundation	Fiction — horror, science fiction, urban fantasy	Fictional secret organization documented by the collaborative writing wiki project of the same name	15,000	CC BY-SA 3.0
Sensei's Library	Misc – Go (game)	WikiWiki Web site running on GoWiki, a custom wiki based on PhpWiki.	18,200	OPL
SKYbrary	Aviation safety information	Runs on MediaWiki.
SNPedia	Science – Biology	Database of research and information about single-nucleotide polymorphisms, including medical consequences for people who have DNA info about themselves	195,101[48]	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Sogou Baike	Encyclopedic / Simplified Chinese	Simplified Chinese encyclopedia	900,000
Stadtwiki Karlsruhe	Encyclopedic	Multilingual city wiki for Karlsruhe	21,157[49]	CC BY-NC-SA
Supernatural Wiki	Fiction – Supernatural	The wiki for the hit TV show Supernatural	4,224[50]
TermWiki	Words in different languages	Social learning network built around terms and questions in 75 languages.	1,417,806[51]
Travellerspoint	Places – Travel	Social networking site dedicated to sharing stories and recommendations about travel	8,578[52]	CC BY-SA 3.0
TV Tropes	Encyclopedic	Focuses on documenting tropes in various media	551,245[53]	CC BY-NC-SA
UK LGBT Archive	LGBT history, United Kingdom	Building towards a comprehensive history of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) life in the United Kingdom. Previously the LGBT History Project.[54] Runs on MediaWiki.	4,654[55]	CC BY-SA 3.0
Uncyclopedia	Satire – Parody	Satirical encyclopedia dedicated to parody, notably parodying Wikipedia. Has 2 "official" English versions due to a split.	37,749[56]	CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Veropedia	Selected English Wikipedia articles	A free, advertising-supported Internet encyclopedia project
Vienna History Wiki	History of the city of Vienna, Austria.	The main content of the wiki are persons, buildings, topographical objects (streets, parks, waters, districts...), organisations, events and other items (such as special German expressions used in Vienna)	185,636[57]	CC BY-NC-ND
WikiAnswers	General knowledge	Compiles answers to questions posed	11,265,000[58]	Copyrighted
WikiArt	Art, paintings	Project aims to create high-quality, complete and well-structured online repository of fine art.	75,000[59]	Public domain artworks
Wikibooks	General – textbooks	Wikimedia project	378,467[60]	CC BY-SA/other
Wikidata		Wikimedia project	114,474,934 items	CC0 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0
WikiEducator	Open educational resources	Open educational resources which anyone may use, adapt, and share	25,652[61]	CC BY-SA and CC BY
WikEM	Emergency Medicine	Rapid reference for practical point-of-care clinical knowledge with a popular linked point-of-care phone application. Intended for clinicians only and not directly for patients.	4,704[62]	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
WikiFeet (including WikiFeet Men)	Foot fetishism	Directory of pictures of celebrities' feet
wikiHow	How-to articles	A wiki how-to manual	166,386[63]	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
WikiIslam	Criticism of Islam		977[64]	CC BY-NC 3.0
Wikimapia	Places – Map	Combines Google Maps with a wiki system for polygonally defined areas; currently supports 35 languages	13,300,000	CC BY-NC-SA[65]
Wikimedia Commons	Misc – Electronic media	Repository of free electronic media; a Wikimedia project	110,604,454 files	CC BY-SA and some other free licenses
Wikinews	General – News	Collaborative news service, a Wikimedia project	1,759,097 articles	CC BY
Wikipedia	Encyclopedic	Multilingual Wikimedia project that uses MediaWiki	63,955,456 articles	CC BY-SA 3.0 for text (July 15, 2009–now). Files have various licenses. Dual license under GFDL and CC BY-SA 3.0 for text (November 1, 2008 – July 15, 2009). GFDL for text (–November 1, 2008).
Wikiquote	Reference – Quotations	Quote repository; a Wikimedia project	338,134 articles	CC BY-SA
WikiShia	Shi'a Islam	Online encyclopedia focusing on Shi'a, the second major denomination in Islam. It has articles in 8 languages. Persian has the most articles which is more than 3500.[66]	4,443[67] in English	Unknown
Wikisource	Reference – Primary sources	Digital library of free content textual sources; a Wikimedia project	6,228,543 articles	CC BY-SA
Wikispecies	Science – Biology	Directory of species; a Wikimedia project	892,373 articles	GFDL and CC BY-SA
Wikitravel	Places – Travel	Travel guide using Wikimedia's software, but unconnected to the Wikimedia Foundation (which hosts Wikivoyage). 20 supported languages	62,345[68]	CC BY-SA 3.0
WikiTree	Genealogy	Free global family tree using MediaWiki software, but unconnected to the Wikimedia Foundation.	11,148,296[69]	Unknown[70]
Wikiversity	General – Self-directed learning	Supports free learning communities, projects, materials, and learners; a Wikimedia project		CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikivoyage	Places – Travel	Multilingual travel guide of the Wikimedia Foundation.	138,261 articles	CC BY-SA 3.0
WikiWikiWeb	Computer programming, specifically design patterns	World's oldest wiki (began circa 1995)	34,997[11]	GPL
Wiktionary	Multilingual dictionary	Online dictionary; a Wikimedia project	41,974,417 articles	CC BY-SA 3.0
Wookieepedia	Fiction – Star Wars	Science fiction encyclopedia	196,785[71]	CC BY-SA 3.0
Wowpedia / WoWWiki	Gaming – Warcraft	Contains in-universe material	168,466[72] (Wowpedia); 105,351[73] (WoWWiki)	CC BY-SA 3.0

See also

• History of wikis
• List of online encyclopedias
• List of multilingual MediaWiki sites
• List of wiki software
• Wiki hosting service
• Wiki software
• .wiki

References

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2. "Statistics". Appropedia. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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48. "Statistics". SNPedia. Archived from the original on February 10, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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50. "Statistics - Super-wiki". www.supernaturalwiki.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
51. "The Global Social Learning Network". TermWiki.com. December 8, 1959. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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External links

• A List of Wiki Sites by Category on Lifewire
• List of largest wikis on Wikimedia Meta
• List of multilingual MediaWiki sites on MediaWiki