 A lot can happen in a wikim minute, like the 60 seconds of everything that happens on wikimedia projects. Or even the time it takes to answer, how does Wikipedia work? Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia everyone can edit. It exists within the vision of a world in which every single person can freely share the sum of all human knowledge. Every month, nearly 300,000 volunteers, people like you, come together from all around the world to write, edit, update, debate and fact check the content that makes that vision come true. These collaborators, contributors and creators curate and compile information that's accurate, neutral and well-sourced and free for anyone to access the news. Which is probably why Wikipedia is one of the first places people go when trying to learn virtually anything. The articles they edit are written more than 16 billion times a month. Yep, billion with a B. And the knowledge they create often becomes the source of information that powers some of the world's main search engines and virtual voice assistants. And that's how Wikipedia works in only a minute.