Average length of Wikipedia short descriptions for featured articles
Tracks the average character length of short descriptions on Wikipedia's featured articles.
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Average length of Wikipedia short descriptions for featured articles
The average character length of short descriptions on Wikipedia's featured articles
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Darker = higher average length of wikipedia short descriptions for featured articles. Empty cells are hours with no collection.
| When | Average length of Wikipedia short descriptions for featured articles |
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| 20.052 characters | |
| 28.516 characters | |
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| 25.032 characters | |
| 28.55 characters | |
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| 16.152 characters | |
| 25.132 characters | |
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About this data
This page measures the mean length, in characters, of the short description field that appears beneath the title of each featured article on Wikipedia. The data are extracted from the public Wikipedia dump, which includes the short description text for every article, and the average is calculated across all featured articles at the time of measurement.
Monitoring this metric reveals how concisely editors summarise notable subjects over time. Because no public dashboard or dataset currently tracks this specific aspect of Wikipedia's metadata, the page fills a gap for researchers and editors interested in editorial style and information density.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read from these pages.
Why this isn't published anywhere else
No live dashboard, recurring report, or public dataset was found that tracks the average length of short descriptions for featured articles; only general informational pages and academic works exist.
Uniqueness score 0.95 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.