Since its sixth anniversary in 2007, Wikipedia has consistently ranked in the top ten most frequently viewed Web sites worldwide. Everyday it is consulted by 7% of all 1.2 billion Internet users, and its rate of usage is growing faster than that of Internet usage as a whole.
由于维基百科在网络空间站稳脚跟的速度，其实际的意义反到基本上不为人所知。自从2007年维基百科创立六周年以来，它在一直稳居全世界最受浏览网页的前十名。每天，12亿互联网用户的7%要查阅这一网站，其使用率的增长要快于整体互联网的使用。