Today we’re celebrating something exciting at Gamepedia: our 5th anniversary! Anyone who logs in to a wiki from today though the 26th will receive a special 5th anniversary mega achievement, and we’ll also have some surprises and fun Gamepedia facts on our social media channels. Then, to top everything off, we’ll be launching the Gamepedia Twitch channel tonight at 5:00 pm EDT. Be sure to tune in to http://twitch.tv/gamepedia to join our celebration!
Gamepedia has come quite a long way in the last five years. In 2012, our wiki platform was originally created to host 18 wikis which were merged over the course of the first year. Today, Gamepedia has over 1,600 wikis, and we’ve grown over 9,000%! Want more fun facts? Check out the list below:
- Since its creation, Gamepedia has served more than 10 BILLION pageviews
- Gamepedia launches an average of almost 1 new wiki per day
- There are more than 500 Official Wikis on Gamepedia
- The platform that powers Gamepedia is called Hydra (many heads for many wikis)
- Gamepedia’s team is global, with members in the US, Canada, Germany, Poland, and Argentina
- In an average month, Gamepedia receives visits from every country in the world, including far flung places like Fiji, The Maldives, and even North Korea
- Gamepedia is one of the top 100 US websites
For more information on Gamepedia’s 5th Anniversary, visit the anniversary page on our Help Wiki here. Be sure to tune in to our first ever Twitch stream tonight at 5:00 pm EDT on http://twitch.tv/gamepedia!