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Wikipedia Zero

former project by the Wikimedia Foundation providing Wikipedia free of charge on mobile phones via zero-rating, abolished in 2018
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Wikipedia Zero

Summary

Wikipedia Zero is a Wikimedia project[1]. It draws 104 Wikipedia views per month (wikimedia_project category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wikipedia Zero received the South by Southwest[3].
  • Wikipedia Zero's video is recorded as What is Wikipedia Zero?.webm[4].
  • Wikipedia Zero's video is recorded as Open Letter for Free Access to Wikipedia (EN subtitles).webm[5].
  • Wikipedia Zero's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia project[6].
  • Wikipedia Zero's owned by is recorded as Wikimedia Foundation[7].
  • Wikipedia Zero's operator is recorded as Wikimedia Foundation[8].
  • Wikipedia Zero's logo image is recorded as Wikipedia Zero Logo.svg[9].
  • Wikipedia Zero's locator map image is recorded as Wikipedia Zero countries as of May 1 2016.png[10].
  • Wikipedia Zero's Commons category is recorded as Wikipedia Zero[11].
  • +2012-05-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wikipedia Zero[12].
  • Wikipedia Zero's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k8wrwt[13].
  • Wikipedia Zero's official website is recorded as https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero/[14].
  • Wikipedia Zero's document file on Wikimedia Commons is recorded as Wikipedia Zero Update Feb 2014.pdf[15].
  • Wikipedia Zero's discontinuation date is recorded as +2018-02-16T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Wikipedia Zero's Quora topic ID is recorded as Wikipedia-Zero[17].

Body

Recognition

Wikipedia Zero received the South by Southwest[3].

Why It Matters

Wikipedia Zero draws 104 Wikipedia views per month (wikimedia_project category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

FAQs

What awards did Wikipedia Zero receive?

Honors received include South by Southwest[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . austinchronicle.com. Retrieved . austinchronicle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . blog.wikimedia.org. Retrieved . blog.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . diff.wikimedia.org. diff.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wikipedia Zero. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wikipedia-zero
MLA “Wikipedia Zero.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wikipedia-zero.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wikipedia-zero_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wikipedia Zero}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wikipedia-zero}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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