Wikimedia movement in Indonesia

Indonesia
Indonesia
Wikimedia organizations	Wikimedia Indonesia
Projects censored	None
Editors
Category	Category:Indonesian Wikipedians
	Major Wikipedias by active editors; (5-99 edits per month)
Indonesian	~1740 (~60% of country, ~93% of project)
English	~870 (~30% of country, ~2% of project)
Malay	~50 (~2% of country, ~13% of project)
Japanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~0.3% of project)
Sundanese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~58% of project)
Balinese	~30 (~0.9% of country, ~54% of project)
Spanish	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Minangkabau	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~63% of project)
Turkmen	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~56% of project)
Korean	~20 (~0.5% of country, ~0.6% of project)
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	Major Wikipedias by very active editors; (100+ edits per month)
Indonesian	~180 (~62% of country, ~88% of project)
English	~80 (~27% of country, ~1% of project)
Readers
	Major projects by monthly pageviews
Indonesian Wikipedia	~123.04M (~58% of country, ~92% of project)
English Wikipedia	~77.25M (~37% of country, ~0.9% of project)
Indonesian Wiktionary	~1.55M (~0.7% of country, ~90% of project)
Chinese Wikipedia	~839K (~0.4% of country, ~0.2% of project)
Commons	~829K (~0.4% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Indonesian Wikibooks	~554K (~0.3% of country, ~88% of project)
Japanese Wikipedia	~544K (~0.3% of country, ~0% of project)
Malay Wikipedia	~507K (~0.2% of country, ~3% of project)
English Wiktionary	~480K (~0.2% of country, ~0.8% of project)
Russian Wikipedia	~432K (~0.2% of country, ~0% of project)
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This page documents the existence of the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia: the world's largest island country, the 14th-largest country by land area, and world's fourth-most populous country.

Major entities within the Wikimedia movement in Indonesia are the projects, affiliate, and like-minded partner organizations.

Languages

Indonesia has more than 700 local languages. Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) is the national language.

As of May 2024, there are 18 languages of Indonesia that has at least one Wikimedia project.

Indonesian (id): Indonesian is spoken in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, Timor Leste, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, etc. as well.
Javanese (jv): spoken in Indonesia and Suriname.
- Banyumasan Javanese (map-bms): regarded as a dialect of Javanese, thus it doesn't have its own language code.
Sundanese (su)
Buginese (bug)
Banjar (bjn)
Acehnese (ace)
Minangkabau (min)
Gorontalo (gor)
Balinese (ban)
Madurese (mad)
Nias (nia)
Mandailing (btm)
Batak Toba (bbc)
Betawi (bew)
Komering (kge)
Malay (ms): at that time, the language code (ms) was regarded as separate language, but now it is regarded as a macrolanguage (LoC) or nuclear family (Glottolog). Currently the code for Malay (individual) language is msa/zlm. The code for Malaysian Malay is zsm. (See the many language codes in the infobox of w:Malay language)
Tetun (tet)

Projects

Currently, there are 45 Wikimedia projects in the languages of Indonesia: 18 Wikipedias, 11 Wiktionaries, 7 Wikisources, 5 Wikiquotes, 3 Wikibooks, and 1 Wikivoyage.

Wikipedia (18)

• Indonesia
• Aceh
• Bali
• Banjar
• Banyumasan
• Batak Toba
• Betawi
• Bugis
• Gorontalo
• Jawa
• Komering
• Madura
• Malay
• Mandailing
• Minangkabau
• Nias
• Sunda
• Tetun

Wiktionary (11)

• Indonesia
• Jawa
• Madura
• Malay
• Mandailing
• Minangkabau
• Nias
• Sunda
• Banjar
• Gorontalo
• Betawi

Wikisource (7)

• Indonesia
• Bali
• Jawa
• Sundanese
• Malay
• Madurese
• Minangkabau

Wikiquote (5)

• Indonesia
• Banjar
• Gorontalo
• Sunda
• Malay

Wikibooks (3) (1 closed)

• Indonesia
• Malay
• Minangkabau
• ~~Sunda~~

Wikivoyage (1)

• Indonesia

Wikipedias

Currently, there are 18 Wikipedia projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
May 30, 2003	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikipedia.org	753556	4172677	28516548	48	1609406	6889	64369	140
October 26, 2002	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikipedia.org	434467	1167566	6686545	13	371041	2744	17905	16
February 6, 2013	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikipedia.org	228686	473732	3187424	5	22372	92	180	7
March 8, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wikipedia.org	74696	185493	1735008	5	69094	244	4343	20
March 15, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikipedia.org	62150	99741	691425	7	34731	79	419	2
October 14, 2019	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikipedia.org	34236	69375	241207	4	64534	152	141	3
October 24, 2005	Request	bug - Buginese	bug.wikipedia.org	15955	20471	205565	1	14821	21	0	0
March 24, 2006	Request	map-bms - Banyumasan	map-bms.wikipedia.org	13942	30446	221678	1	19311	56	452	10
October 17, 2010	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikipedia.org	11440	34911	106861	3	16606	80	2	12
August 12, 2009	Request	ace - Acehnese	ace.wikipedia.org	13009	27966	155213	3	31692	61	0	7
April 18, 2018	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikipedia.org	14901	24411	63032	3	7718	51	0	1
December 15, 2020	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikipedia.org	1983	11271	41839	4	4150	69	0	81
January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wikipedia.org	1764	4460	25898	2	2622	14	0	13
October 7, 2023	Request	bbc - Batak Toba	bbc.wikipedia.org	1242	2313	14486	2	2117	23	0	4
March 24, 2006	Request	tet - Tetum	tet.wikipedia.org	1380	3953	69663	2	11010	18	0	61
May 16, 2024	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wikipedia.org	3073	7427	32416	3	2639	30	0	8
June 23, 2024	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wikipedia.org	1181	2659	11919	1	1259	11	0	7
September 24, 2024	Request	kge - Komering	kge.wikipedia.org	2660	2659	31162	0	1131	13	0	2

Wiktionaries

Currently, there are 11 Wiktionary projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
September 19, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wiktionary.org	172132	255134	1101041	6	45720	208	3	1
December 11, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wiktionary.org	61289	73491	157752	1	4879	15	1	0
May 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wiktionary.org	40908	79190	237250	5	9978	123	3	2
October 21, 2019	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wiktionary.org	12995	14205	46010	3	1374	19	0	0
January 4, 2023	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wiktionary.org	12667	13269	31824	2	749	8	0	0
October 5, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wiktionary.org	3275	5703	22761	1	2775	45	1	2
January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wiktionary.org	6126	9580	51533	3	1182	15	0	1
July 26, 2023	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wiktionary.org	4183	4365	13507	3	636	6	0	0
August 17, 2022	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wiktionary.org	4923	5570	17441	2	812	11	0	0
September 25, 2024	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wiktionary.org	7803	8721	32785	1	477	16	0	0
August 21, 2025	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wiktionary.org	4378	9163	48583	2	298	14	0	6

Wikisources

Currently, there are 7 Wikisource projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
October 6, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikisource.org	8800	80907	256258	9	26451	87	302	212
August 4, 2021	Request	jv - Javanese	jv.wikisource.org	3092	80907	70612	3	1762	32	149	117
June 30, 2021	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikisource.org	5186	80907	123252	1	1586	48	0	122
August 16, 2023	Request	su - Sundanese	su.wikisource.org	382	12734	47369	2	1035	7	0	3889
April 23, 2024	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikisource.org	1076	7700	21599	2	1097	14	0	106
August 11, 2025	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikisource.org	206	1074	4105	2	227	34	0	67
October 28, 2025	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikisource.org	3206	4012	14736	2	169	24	0	0

Wikiquotes

Currently, there are 5 Wikiquote projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
October 25, 2005	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikiquote.org	2760	6741	42967	3	20179	100	5	13
September 2, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikiquote.org	2418	3670	12530	1	2143	6	6	0
October 7, 2023	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikiquote.org	592	1214	5418	2	546	11	0	4
October 1, 2024	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikiquote.org	123	1636	15753	1	400	7	0	1456
September 18, 2025	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikiquote.org	194	1160	6247	2	329	13	0	133

Wikibooks

Currently, there are 3 Wikibooks projects in the languages of Indonesia.

Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
July 31, 2004	pre-LPP	id - Indonesian	id.wikibooks.org	5525	20897	113160	3	41476	61	862	41
August 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikibooks.org	481	3458	15447	3	3460	41	76	171
September 4, 2025	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikibooks.org	7	1579	7399	2	237	7	0	236319

Sundanese Wikibooks (su.wikibooks.org) was closed without community consultation in 2012.

Wikivoyage

Currently, there is 1 Wikivoyage project in the languages of Indonesia.

Logo	Date of creation	Request	Project	Main page	Articles	Total	Edits	Admins	Users	Active Users	Files	Depth
	December 2, 2024	Request	id - Indonesian	id.wikivoyage.org	1504	3628	30284	3	998	32	0	16

Other projects

d:Wikidata:WikiProject Indonesia

Affiliate

Wikimedia Indonesia (WMID) is the Wikimedia affiliate in Indonesia. The chapter was established on September 2008 and has its national office in Jakarta. It is part of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP) Hub.

WMID currently financially supports the following local Wikimedia communities:


Logo	Community	Email
	Wikimedians of Bandung	bandung@wikimedia.or.id
	Banjar Wikimedians	banjar@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Banjarnegara	banjarnegara@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Denpasar	denpasar@wikimedia.or.id
	Gorontalo Wikimedians	gorontalo@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Jakarta	jakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Madura Wikimedians	madura@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Manokwari	manokwari@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Medan	medan@wikimedia.or.id
	Nias Wikimedians	nias@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Padang	padang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Palembang	palembang@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikimedians of Yogyakarta	yogyakarta@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikidata Indonesia Community	idwikidata@wikimedia.or.id
	Wikisource Indonesia Community	idwikisource@wikimedia.or.id
	KlubWiki Universitas Brawijaya	klubwikiub@wikimedia.or.id

Partners

Creative Commons Indonesia (CCID) is the Creative Commons local chapter for Indonesia.
OpenStreetMap Indonesia is the OpenStreetMap local entity in Indonesia.

Events

WikiNusantara, the national conference of Indonesian Wikimedians:
- 2019: Yogyakarta
- 2022: Padang
- 2023: Banjarmasin
- 2024: Bogor
Jakarta hosted the 2012 Creative Commons Asia Pacific Conference.
Bali hosted the 2018 Wikimedia ESEAP Conference and 2025 Wikisource Conference.

Offices/community spaces

as of November 2023

Jakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's main office, Jl. Pati No. 28, Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta
Yogyakarta: Wikimedia Indonesia's Yogyakarta office, Gg. Wasesa No. 88, Gamping, Sleman