Baidu Baike
Baidu Baike logo (top) and BaiduWiki logo (bottom) | |||||||||||||
The main page, on 1 February 2016 | |||||||||||||
Type of site | Online encyclopedia | ||||||||||||
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| Available in | Standard Chinese | ||||||||||||
| Founded | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Headquarters | , China | ||||||||||||
| Owner | Baidu | ||||||||||||
| Created by | Robin Li | ||||||||||||
| URL | baike | ||||||||||||
| Commercial | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Registration | Optional (required to edit pages) | ||||||||||||
| Users | +8.03 million (2026) | ||||||||||||
| Current status | Active | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 百度百科 | ||||||||||||
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Baidu Baike (/ˈbaɪduː ˈbaɪkə/; Chinese: 百度百科; pinyin: Bǎidù Bǎikē; lit. 'Baidu Encyclopedia', also known as BaiduWiki internationally) is a semi-regulated Chinese-language collaborative online encyclopedia owned by the Chinese technology company Baidu. Modelled after Wikipedia, it was launched in April 2006. As of 2025, it claims more than 30 million entries and around 8.03 million editors – the largest number of entries of any Chinese-language online encyclopedia. Baidu Baike has been criticised for its censorship, copyright violations, commercialist practices and unsourced or inaccurate information.