Wikimedia Site Statistics Scraper
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Wikimedia Site Statistics Scraper
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๐ Wikimedia Site Statistics Scraper
๐ Compare every major Wikimedia project side by side in seconds.
This Actor reads live statistics for any set of MediaWiki wikis (Wikipedia in any language, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, Wiktionary, and more) straight from the official MediaWiki API. No login, no API key. One clean row per wiki.
| For | Use it to |
|---|---|
| Researchers & analysts | Benchmark wiki size, activity, and growth across languages |
| Wikimedia contributors | Track articles, edits, active users, and admins per project |
| Data teams | Build a tidy cross-wiki statistics dataset |
๐ What it does
- Queries
action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|statisticsfor each wiki. - Returns pages, articles, edits, images, users, active users, admins, and jobs.
- Defaults to a broad set of major Wikimedia wikis; pass your own
wikislist for anything (including third-party MediaWiki sites).
๐ Output
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
๐ wiki | Wiki host (e.g. en.wikipedia.org) |
๐ท๏ธ siteName | Site name |
๐ฃ๏ธ language | Content language code |
๐ url | Canonical server URL |
๐ pages / articles | Total pages and content articles |
โ๏ธ edits | Total edits |
๐ผ๏ธ images | Uploaded files |
๐ฅ users / activeUsers | Registered and recently active users |
๐ก๏ธ admins | Administrators |
โ๏ธ jobs | Queued jobs |
๐ scrapedAt | When this row was collected |
Sample record:
๐ How to use
- Create a free account w/ $5 credit.
- Open the Actor, keep the default wikis or paste your own, set
maxItems. - Run it and download JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.
โ FAQ
Do I need an API key? No. It uses the public MediaWiki API.
Which wikis can I query? Any MediaWiki host โ every Wikipedia language, Commons, Wikidata, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and third-party MediaWiki sites.
How fresh is the data? Every run reads the API live.
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This Actor is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation. It reads publicly available data from the MediaWiki API. Follow the Wikimedia API etiquette guidelines.
