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This chart displays the number of user-reported issues 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. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe. Sign up for free to see more Wikipedia status data.
IsDown has tracked 68 incidents since started monitoring Wikipedia status in January 2023. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage.
| Date | Status | Incident | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
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Oct 08, 2025
05:09 AM EDT
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Minor | Connectivity issues for EMEA users | 19 minutes |
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Oct 03, 2025
03:31 AM EDT
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Minor | Availability issues with wikis | 16 minutes |
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Oct 01, 2025
08:22 AM EDT
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Minor | Trouble with images and thumbnails | 44 minutes |
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Sep 19, 2025
01:08 PM EDT
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Major | Trouble with some wikis, editing unavailable on enwiki | about 1 hour |
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Sep 11, 2025
06:03 AM EDT
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Major | API availability issues | 33 minutes |
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Jul 02, 2025
10:00 AM EDT
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Major | Increased error rates on all wikis | about 1 hour |
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Jun 23, 2025
07:50 AM EDT
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Major | Trouble with some images | 43 minutes |
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Jun 02, 2025
08:16 AM EDT
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Major | Captcha-protected actions on all wikis are not working | 24 minutes |
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Apr 30, 2025
03:34 PM EDT
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Minor | gerrit.wikimedia.org (Code Review) down | about 3 hours |
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Mar 30, 2025
11:27 PM EDT
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Major | Wikis editing unavailability | about 1 hour |
503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request.
App can't connect to server.
I get the message "The site isn't redirecting properly." ALL OF THE OTHER OUTAGE-DETECTING SERVICES are reporting that there have been a great many reports in the past hour or so that Wikipedia is not reachable.
Cannot open it. Can open other websites
Not loading on either browser or mobile app
Wikipedia is not loading up any searches. 12/23/24 14:00 hours EST
No reaction when clicking on Wikipedia icon, nor when searching for it.
loading slowly, links don't work, can't open sections on a page - instead the edit icon appears (but that does nothing too)
Wikipedia has an internal server error.
Editing function returning 503 error
503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request.
Online encyclopedia that allows users to read and collaboratively edit articles, covering a vast range of topics.
Monitoring Wikipedia since January 2023
Tracking 2 Wikipedia services and regions
17 incidents in 2025
Number of Incidents
5 issues
Last incident
3 days ago
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.
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.
No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
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.
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.
Wikipedia last outage was on October 08, 2025 with the title "Connectivity issues for EMEA users"
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.
