When was the last Wikipedia outage?

The last Wikipedia outage was on February 26, 2026: "Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis"

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?

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 2 minutes 38 seconds ago

What is Wikipedia status right now?

Wikipedia is working normally

IsDown last checked Wikipedia status on February 27, 2026 at 01:05 PM EST. We've received 6 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since Jan 2023 · 77 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.

Wikipedia Outage Map

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

Top locations, last 24h:

United States
Spain

Wikipedia Outage Map

Recent Wikipedia outage reports

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

Feb 25, 2026 (2 days ago) 🇧🇪 Belgium

Doesnt load, error, unavailable.
Feb 25, 2026 (2 days ago) 🇮🇩 Indonesia

Can't event load the page.
Feb 25, 2026 (2 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

503 service unavailable on english and japanese wikipedias.
Feb 20, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇩🇪 Germany

the website doesn't load at all.
Feb 20, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇫🇮 Finland

Wikipedia is not accessible right now..
Feb 20, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇩🇪 Germany

Website times out, does not respond..
Feb 20, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇩🇪 Germany

Can't connect to Wikipedia servers repeatedly.
Feb 20, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Lola - Wikipedia main page and page regarding Fred Hampton not loading..
Feb 20, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇧🇾 Belarus

Gosty - Doesn't not load any page.
Jan 31, 2026 (27 days ago) 🇹🇷 Turkiye

i cant open itttt sometimes for a few minutes i get into the site but then its dark.

Wikipedia Downtime Health — Last 90 Days

In the last 90 days, Wikipedia had 5 incidents (3 major outages and 2 minor incidents) with a median duration of 51 minutes.

Total

Incidents

Critical

Major Outages

Warning

Minor Incidents

Duration

51 minute

Median Resolution

Recent Wikipedia outages detected by IsDown

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

36 minutes

Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis

Feb 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM

about 1 hour

Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis

Feb 25, 2026 at 11:40 AM

Detected 20 minutes before

about 5 hours

Issues and slow down in Europe

Feb 20, 2026 at 02:03 PM

Detected 4 minutes before

about 3 hours

Increase of wiki errors.

Dec 23, 2025 at 05:03 AM

about 1 hour

Trouble with some wikis

Dec 03, 2025 at 12:36 PM

41 minutes

Trouble with images and thumbnails

Nov 14, 2025 at 07:00 PM

19 minutes

Connectivity issues for EMEA users

Oct 08, 2025 at 05:09 AM

16 minutes

Availability issues with wikis

Oct 03, 2025 at 03:31 AM

44 minutes

Trouble with images and thumbnails

Oct 01, 2025 at 08:22 AM

about 1 hour

Trouble with some wikis, editing unavailable on enwiki

Sep 19, 2025 at 01:08 PM

Title	Started At	Duration
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
Availability issues with wikis We are currently investigating this issue.	Oct 03, 2025 at 07:31 AM UTC	16 minutes
Trouble with images and thumbnails We are aware of issues with accessing images on some wikis, and we are investigating.	Oct 01, 2025 at 12:22 PM UTC	44 minutes
Trouble with some wikis, editing unavailable on enwiki We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, particularly enwiki, and we are investigating. ...	Sep 19, 2025 at 05:08 PM UTC	about 1 hour

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

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 February 26, 2026 with the title "Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis"

How often does Wikipedia go down?

IsDown has tracked 74 Wikipedia incidents since January 2023. When Wikipedia goes down, incidents typically resolve within 120 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 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.