Wikipedia List Article Item Count
Tracks median and standard deviation of item counts in Wikipedia list articles over time.
- Observations
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- Tracking since
- Last updated
Median item count
Median number of list items (<li> elements) in Wikipedia list articles
| When | Median item count |
|---|---|
| 126 count | |
| 126 count |
Item count standard deviation
Standard deviation of item counts in Wikipedia list articles
| When | Item count standard deviation |
|---|---|
| 256.1 count | |
| 256.1 count |
About this data
This page records the median number of items contained in each Wikipedia list article, together with the standard deviation of those counts across all list articles in the dataset. The median gives a typical size, while the spread shows how varied the lists are.
The figures are derived from regular downloads of the Wikipedia XML dump; each list article is parsed and the number of bullet‑point or table entries is tallied. Monitoring these statistics over time reveals how collaborative editing changes the breadth of list coverage, a detail that is not routinely published elsewhere.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read from these pages.
Why this isn't published anywhere else
While several sites track overall Wikipedia article counts and general statistics, none specifically monitor the number of items within list articles over time as a recurring report or public dataset.
Uniqueness score 0.85 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.