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Is Wikipedia Down?

Wikipedia is a communities service.

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Wikipedia is UP

Wikipedia is reachable from our servers. It responded with HTTP 200 in 395ms. If you cannot access it, the issue is likely on your end — try clearing your cache, flushing DNS, or switching networks.

Response: 395ms

Status: HTTP 200

Checked: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:01:49 GMT

From: Cloudflare Edge

Site: wikipedia.org ↗

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About Wikipedia outages

Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) is a communities service. Wikipedia is a communities service.

Common causes of Wikipedia outages include server overload, DNS failures, DDoS attacks, software deployments, CDN issues, and infrastructure failures. Most outages resolve within minutes to a few hours.

If Wikipedia is down for everyone: Check their official status page and social media for updates.

If Wikipedia is up but not working for you: Try clearing your browser cache, disabling your VPN, flushing DNS, or switching networks.