What is Wikipedia current status?

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

How to monitor or check Wikipedia status?

You can use IsDown service or go to Wikipedia official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.

How can I be notified when Wikipedia is having issues or undergoing maintenance?

You can create an account in IsDown and monitor multiple services or subscribe for updates on the official status page. IsDown will send you a notification in real-time when Wikipedia has issues. Wikipedia official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

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Wikipedia Status. Is Wikipedia Down?

Q: Is Wikipedia down today?

Wikipedia was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the Wikipedia status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest Wikipedia outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.

Check if Wikipedia is down, official outages, user-reported issues, and outages map.

Is Wikipedia down right now?

Wikipedia is working normally

IsDown checked Wikipedia status on January 02, 2026 at 03:47 PM EST, and appears to be operational. We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours. IsDown collects in real-time Wikipedia status data from official sources and user reports.

Wikipedia service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Check 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.

Working Normally

Possible Incident

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User reports for Wikipedia

See what users are saying about Wikipedia issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage.

4 months ago

Amit - 503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request..
9 months ago

Daniel - App can't connect to server..
10 months ago

Chris - 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..
12 months ago

Barry - Cannot open it. Can open other websites.
about 1 year ago

Jay - Not loading on either browser or mobile app.
about 1 year ago

Joe - Wikipedia is not loading up any searches. 12/23/24 14:00 hours EST.
about 1 year ago

Bob - No reaction when clicking on Wikipedia icon, nor when searching for it..
about 1 year ago

L - loading slowly, links don't work, can't open sections on a page - instead the edit icon appears (but that does nothing too).
about 1 year ago

Anonymous - Wikipedia has an internal server error..
over 1 year ago

Alex - Editing function returning 503 error.
about 2 years ago

Jodami - 503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request..

Wikipedia outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 71 incidents since started monitoring Wikipedia status in January 2023. We collect data from 5200+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Wikipedia outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Minor about 3 hours

Increase of wiki errors.

Dec 23, 2025 at 05:03 AM

Major about 1 hour

Trouble with some wikis

Dec 03, 2025 at 12:36 PM

Minor 41 minutes

Trouble with images and thumbnails

Nov 14, 2025 at 07:00 PM

Minor 19 minutes

Connectivity issues for EMEA users

Oct 08, 2025 at 05:09 AM

Minor 16 minutes

Availability issues with wikis

Oct 03, 2025 at 03:31 AM

Minor 44 minutes

Trouble with images and thumbnails

Oct 01, 2025 at 08:22 AM

Major about 1 hour

Trouble with some wikis, editing unavailable on enwiki

Sep 19, 2025 at 01:08 PM

Major 33 minutes

API availability issues

Sep 11, 2025 at 06:03 AM

Major about 1 hour

Increased error rates on all wikis

Jul 02, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Major 43 minutes

Trouble with some images

Jun 23, 2025 at 07:50 AM

Date	Incident	Duration
Dec 23, 2025 05:03 AM EST	Minor Increase of wiki errors. We are currently investigating an increased amount of errors with some wikis.	about 3 hours
Dec 03, 2025 12:36 PM EST	Major Trouble with some wikis We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, and we are investigating.	about 1 hour
Nov 14, 2025 07:00 PM EST	Minor Trouble with images and thumbnails We are currently investigating this issue.	41 minutes
Oct 08, 2025 05:09 AM EDT	Minor Connectivity issues for EMEA users A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.	19 minutes
Oct 03, 2025 03:31 AM EDT	Minor Availability issues with wikis We are currently investigating this issue.	16 minutes
Oct 01, 2025 08:22 AM EDT	Minor Trouble with images and thumbnails We are aware of issues with accessing images on some wikis, and we are investigating.	44 minutes
Sep 19, 2025 01:08 PM EDT	Major Trouble with some wikis, editing unavailable on enwiki We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, particularly enwiki, and we are investigating. ...	about 1 hour
Sep 11, 2025 06:03 AM EDT	Major API availability issues We have noticed an increase in 500 errors from our internal and external APIs. We are investigati...	33 minutes
Jul 02, 2025 10:00 AM EDT	Major Increased error rates on all wikis We are investigating an issue affecting reading and editing on all wikis	about 1 hour
Jun 23, 2025 07:50 AM EDT	Major Trouble with some images We are aware of issues with accessing images on some wikis, and we are investigating.	43 minutes

Wikipedia components or services current status

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 December 23, 2025 with the title "Increase of wiki errors."

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.