When was the last Wikipedia outage?

The last Wikipedia outage was on April 02, 2026: "Wikipedia and other wikis reporting errors with edits"

How do I check if Wikipedia is down?

Use IsDown to monitor Wikipedia status and get alerts when Wikipedia is down. You can also check the official Wikipedia status page.

How do I get alerts when Wikipedia is down?

Create an IsDown account to monitor Wikipedia status. Get instant alerts via Slack, PagerDuty, or email when Wikipedia outages occur.

Is Wikipedia Down? Wikipedia Status & Outages

Q: What is Wikipedia status right now?

Wikipedia is operational. Check Wikipedia service health and outages at the top of this page for real-time updates.

Q: Is Wikipedia down today?

Wikipedia is not down today according to the official status page. IsDown monitors Wikipedia status continuously for outages and service health issues.

Wikipedia status updated 3 minutes 8 seconds ago

What is Wikipedia status right now?

Wikipedia is working normally

IsDown last checked Wikipedia status on April 05, 2026 at 10:05 PM UTC. We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since Jan 2023 · 80 incidents caught · 2 components tracked in real-time

Wikipedia service health over the last 24 hours

This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for Wikipedia service health over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem.

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Outage Map

See where users report Wikipedia is down. The map shows recent Wikipedia outages from around the world.

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Recent Wikipedia outage reports

See what users report when Wikipedia is down and how Wikipedia outages affect them.

Mar 21, 2026 (16 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

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Wikipedia Downtime Health — Last 90 Days

In the last 90 days, Wikipedia had 6 incidents (3 major outages and 3 minor incidents) with a median duration of 1 hour 59 minutes.

Total

Incidents

Critical

Major Outages

Warning

Minor Incidents

Duration

1 hour

Median Resolution

Recent Wikipedia outages detected by IsDown

Full incident reports for recent Wikipedia outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.

about 3 hours

Wikipedia and other wikis reporting errors with edits

Apr 02, 2026 at 11:17 AM

about 8 hours

Wikis were in read only mode

Mar 05, 2026 at 03:36 PM

17 minutes

Wikipedia and other wikis are read-only

Mar 03, 2026 at 10:09 AM

36 minutes

Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis

Feb 26, 2026 at 04:25 PM

about 1 hour

Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis

Feb 25, 2026 at 04:40 PM

Detected 20 minutes before

about 5 hours

Issues and slow down in Europe

Feb 20, 2026 at 07:03 PM

Detected 4 minutes before

about 3 hours

Increase of wiki errors.

Dec 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM

about 1 hour

Trouble with some wikis

Dec 03, 2025 at 05:36 PM

41 minutes

Trouble with images and thumbnails

Nov 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

19 minutes

Connectivity issues for EMEA users

Oct 08, 2025 at 09:09 AM

Title	Started At	Duration
Wikipedia and other wikis reporting errors with edits We are currently investigating an issue which is causing a number of edits to Wiki's to fail. In...	Apr 02, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC	about 3 hours
Wikis were in read only mode We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, and we are investigating.	Mar 05, 2026 at 03:36 PM UTC	about 8 hours
Wikipedia and other wikis are read-only We have discovered an issue with our database servers and are working on a fix.	Mar 03, 2026 at 10:09 AM UTC	17 minutes
Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.	Feb 26, 2026 at 04:25 PM UTC	36 minutes
Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis We are currently investigating this issue.	Feb 25, 2026 at 04:21 PM UTC IsDown detected 20 minutes before official update	about 1 hour
Issues and slow down in Europe We are currently investigating this issue.	Feb 20, 2026 at 07:00 PM UTC IsDown detected 4 minutes before official update	about 5 hours
Increase of wiki errors. We are currently investigating an increased amount of errors with some wikis.	Dec 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM UTC	about 3 hours
Trouble with some wikis We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, and we are investigating.	Dec 03, 2025 at 05:36 PM UTC	about 1 hour
Trouble with images and thumbnails We are currently investigating this issue.	Nov 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC	41 minutes
Connectivity issues for EMEA users A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.	Oct 08, 2025 at 09:09 AM UTC	19 minutes

Wikipedia Components Status

Check if any Wikipedia component is down. View the current status of 2 services and regions.

Component	Status	Details
Editing status	OK	View details
Reading status	OK	View details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Wikipedia down today?

Wikipedia isn't down. You can check Wikipedia status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Wikipedia official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Wikipedia status?

Wikipedia is currently operational. You can check Wikipedia status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Wikipedia outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Wikipedia down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Wikipedia being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Wikipedia outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Wikipedia official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Wikipedia having an outage right now?

Wikipedia last outage was on April 02, 2026 with the title "Wikipedia and other wikis reporting errors with edits"

How often does Wikipedia go down?

IsDown has tracked 77 Wikipedia incidents since January 2023. When Wikipedia goes down, incidents typically resolve within 178 minutes.

Is Wikipedia down for everyone or just me?

Check the Wikipedia status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether Wikipedia is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.

What Wikipedia components does IsDown monitor?

IsDown monitors 2 Wikipedia components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.

How to check if Wikipedia is down?

Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
IsDown continuously monitors the Wikipedia status page and multiple sources to provide up-to-date information. Check back with us for the latest Wikipedia uptime status.

Why use IsDown to monitor Wikipedia instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Wikipedia and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Wikipedia?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Wikipedia is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Wikipedia's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.