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Original research on Wikipedia, deletions and AI

A new study every week, built on public Wikipedia logs and discussions: how long company articles survive, why they are deleted, which sources count and how AI answers lean on Wikipedia. Charts and datasets are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to WikiBusines Research.

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45% of New Company Wikipedia Articles Don't Last a Year: A Study of 409,433 Pages

We analysed 409,433 new English Wikipedia articles from 2024–2026 to find out how often they are deleted and how long they stay published.

  • 45% of new company articles are deleted or moved back to drafts within a year. Only 55% stay published
  • 63% of company articles survive the first three months. For all new Wikipedia articles the figure is almost 87%
  • 2.6 days is the median time to deletion for company articles that get deleted. For all new articles it is about 11 days
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How we work: every number is computed from public data (Wikipedia logs, deletion discussions, Wikidata); sample estimates carry 95% confidence intervals; we never edit Wikipedia for a study and never publish page or user names.