Portuguese Wikipedia

Portuguese Wikipedia
Logo of the Portuguese Wikipedia
Screenshot
Main Page of the Portuguese Wikipedia in May 2016
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inPortuguese
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLpt.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationRequired except for reading articles
Users3.38 million (as of 14 March 2026)
Launched11 May 2001 (2001-05-11)
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution/
Share-Alike
4.0
(most text also dual-licensed under GFDL)
Media licensing varies

The Portuguese Wikipedia (Portuguese: Wikipédia em português) is the Portuguese-language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It was started on 11 May 2001.

Wikipedia is the 19th most accessed website in Brazil and the 10th most accessed in Portugal. As of March 2026, it is the 18th largest Wikipedia by article count, containing 1,166,939 articles. The Portuguese edition is one of the Wikipedias that does not allow edits from unregistered users. It disabled edits from IP editors in 2020.