Bulbapedia:Statistics
Number of articles
63,217
Number of edits
4,595,677
Number of active editors
504
Average unique monthly visitors*
5,540,000+
*As of January 2026
Milestones
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| February 14, 2005 | Bulbapedia was opened to the public. The article count jumped from 114 before opening to 135 in just over 24 hours. |
| February 21, 2005 | A week since opening, Bulbapedia now stands at 175 articles. |
| February 22, 2005 | And just a day later, Bulbapedia passes the 200 article mark. |
| March 1, 2005 | Bulbapedia's 300th article is created. |
| March 6, 2005 | Bulbapedia's 400th, 500th and 600th articles are created, contributed by Meowth346. |
| March 25, 2005 | Bulbapedia's 1,000th article is created as a part of the mass-upload of Project MoveDex by Zhen Lin. |
| April 16, 2005 | Bulbapedia's 1,500th article is created, as part of Zeta's Trainer classes article series. |
| June 4, 2005 | Bulbapedia's 2,000th article is created as part of the mass-upload of Project Anime by Zhen Lin. |
| August 24, 2005 | Bulbapedia upgrades to MediaWiki 1.5 (rc2) |
| April 8, 2006 | Bulbapedia upgrades to MediaWiki 1.6 |
| July 9, 2006 | Bulbapedia upgrades to MediaWiki 1.7.* |
| July 20, 2006 | Bulbapedia's 3,000th article is created, as work on Project TCG begins. |
| October 14, 2006 | Bulbapedia upgrades to MediaWiki 1.8 |
| December 30, 2006 | Bulbapedia's 4,000th article is created, as part of Zhen Lin's work on Pokémon Adventures. |
| April 15, 2007 | Bulbapedia switches to version 2.5 of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. |
| May 19, 2007 | Bulbapedia's 5,000th article, Ho-Oh (anime), was created by Pie at 6:10AM (UTC). |
| September 8, 2007 | Bulbapedia's 6,000th article, Wobbuffet (Neo Discovery 16), was created by Shiningpikablu252 at 1:34AM (UTC). |
| February 13, 2008 | Bulbapedia's 8,000th article was created. |
| May 14, 2008 | Bulbapedia's 9,000th article, Tauros (EX Crystal Guardians 12), was created by Politoed666 at 8:19PM (UTC). |
| June 29, 2008 | Bulbapedia's 10,000th article, Koffing (EX Ruby & Sapphire 54), was created by Maverick Nate at 5:34PM (UTC). |
| July 23, 2008 | Bulbapedia's 11,000th article, Forina's Absol (Movie VS Pack 8), was created by Maverick Nate at 8:02PM (UTC). |
| August 21, 2008 | Bulbapedia's 12,000th article, Deoxys ex (EX Deoxys 99), was created by Shiningpikablu252 at 8:10PM (UTC). |
| October 24, 2008 | Bulbapedia's 13,000th article, Voltorb (Stormfront 81), was created by Shiningpikablu252 at 3:24AM (UTC). |
| June 16, 2009 | Bulbapedia's 15,000th article, Volume (Adventures), was created by CoolPikachu! at 2:17AM (UTC). |
| February 3, 2010 | The one millionth edit was made to Bulbapedia. The edit was made to the article Pokémon in Poland by Zesty Cactus at 5:32AM (UTC). |
| February 10, 2010 | Bulbapedia's 16,000th article, Vespiquen (Undaunted 23), was created by Maverick Nate at 7:30PM (UTC). |
| October 18, 2010 | Bulbapedia's 18,000th article, Basketball Player (Trainer class), was created by Lilkaykaygal at 5:58AM (UTC). |
| June 15, 2011 | Bulbapedia's 19,000th article, Zweilous (Red Collection 51), was created by Maverick Nate at 2:47PM (UTC). |
| August 6, 2011 | Bulbapedia's 20,000th article, Swampert (18-025), was created by PsychicRider at 07:36AM (UTC). |
| August 8, 2011 | The 1,500,000th edit was made to Bulbapedia. The edit was made to the article Ash's Charizard by Magmortar46 at 10:07AM (UTC). |
| March 10, 2012 | Bulbapedia's 21,000th article, Megumi Mizutani, was created by Adyniz at 11:07PM (UTC). |
| December 21, 2012 | Bulbapedia's 22,000th article, List of game-based Pokémon distributions in Generation III, was created by Lady Ariel at 5:31PM (UTC). |
| October 6, 2013 | Bulbapedia's 24,000th article, Nidoqueen (Pokémon)/Generation V learnset, was created by SnorlaxMonster at 7:16PM (UTC). |
| October 30, 2013 | The 2,000,000th edit was made to Bulbapedia. The edit was made to the article Johto (musical group) by Berrenta at 6:43PM (UTC). |
| December 12, 2013 | Bulbapedia's 25,000th article, Scatterbug (Collection X 6), was created by Maverick Nate at 3:59AM (UTC). |
| July 15, 2014 | Bulbapedia's 26,000th article, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, was created by Charlie at 5:05PM (UTC). |
| February 14, 2015 | Bulbapedia celebrates 10 years! |
| February 25, 2015 | Bulbapedia's 27,000th article, Rockabye Pokémon, was created by Adamws at 4:38PM (UTC). |
| September 30, 2015 | Bulbapedia's 28,000th article, Jolteon (U4-25), was created by Nuva-kal at 8:58PM (UTC). |
| November 13, 2016 | Bulbapedia's 30,000th article, Muk (Pokémon)/Generation VI learnset, was created by Carmenstar97 at 9:52PM (UTC). |
| December 8, 2016 | Bulbapedia's 31,000th article, Faraway, was created by SnorlaxMonster at 5:03AM (UTC). |
| May 8, 2017 | Bulbapedia's 32,000th article, Damp Rock, was created by Carmenstar97 at 3:01AM (UTC). |
| April 21, 2021 | Bulbapedia upgrades to MediaWiki 1.35.2 |
| January 17, 2023 | Bulbapedia's 49,000th article, Zero Gate, was created by Landfish7 at 6:01AM (UTC). |
| June 10, 2023 | Bulbapedia's 50,000th article, Primeape (Pokémon Card 151 57), was created by Anzasquiddles at 2:03AM (UTC). |
| September 14, 2023 | Bulbapedia's 51,000th article, Trainer rank (Shuffle), was created by Boblers at 11:13AM (UTC). |
| January 12, 2024 | Bulbapedia's 52,000th article, Morichika, was created by Minibug at 9:06PM (UTC). |
| April 17, 2024 | The 4,000,000th edit was made to Bulbapedia. The edit was made to the article Tatsugiri (TCG) by Anzasquiddles at 12:03PM (UTC). |
| April 24, 2024 | Bulbapedia's 53,000th article, Downside Up (Skill), was created by Storm Aurora at 8:02PM (UTC). |
| October 4, 2024 | Bulbapedia's 54,000th article, Uxie (Super Electric Breaker 48), was created by Anzasquiddles at 6:16PM (UTC). |
| December 3, 2024 | Bulbapedia's 55,000th article, Sync pair story, was created by Storm Aurora at 8:33AM (UTC). |
| February 5, 2025 | Bulbapedia's 56,000th article, Johto Times, was created by Handium at 11:11AM (UTC). |
| February 10, 2025 | Bulbapedia upgrades to MediaWiki 1.43.0 |
| February 14, 2025 | Bulbapedia celebrates 20 years! |
| April 21, 2025 | Bulbapedia's 57,000th article, Aggron (1-2-052), was created by Nuva-kal at 12:09PM (UTC). |
| June 9, 2025 | Bulbapedia's 58,000th article, Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS, was created by AsparagusEduardo at 10:55PM (UTC). |
| August 22, 2025 | Bulbapedia's 59,000th article, Latios (TCG Pocket), was created by HeroponSuperT2 at 1:26PM (UTC). |
| November 5, 2025 | Bulbapedia's 60,000th article, Lab Key Card X, was created by 4iamking at 6:47AM (UTC). |
| January 16, 2026 | Bulbapedia's 61,000th article, Meowstic (Nihil Zero 33), was created by Anzasquiddles at 11:09AM (UTC). |
| April 26, 2026 | Bulbapedia's 62,000th article, Battle Balance Adjustment Series in Pokémon UNITE, was created by 4iamking at 6:03AM (UTC). |