Wikimedia movement in Indonesia

Indonesia
Indonesia
Wikimedia organizations	Wikimedia Indonesia
Projects censored	None
Wikiproject	{{{wikiproject}}}
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	763920	4213178	28939447	47	1643432	5132	65328	140
October 26, 2002	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikipedia.org	436484	1176152	6768218	13	383755	2232	17905	16
February 6, 2013	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikipedia.org	228909	473949	3343474	6	23132	68	180	8
March 8, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wikipedia.org	74969	186004	1741629	5	70548	168	4343	20
March 15, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikipedia.org	62279	99901	693824	7	35254	65	419	2
October 14, 2019	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikipedia.org	35721	74243	252631	4	77676	89	141	3
October 24, 2005	Request	bug - Buginese	bug.wikipedia.org	15953	20456	209859	1	15048	15	0	0
March 24, 2006	Request	map-bms - Banyumasan	map-bms.wikipedia.org	13941	30402	221973	1	19618	21	452	10
October 17, 2010	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikipedia.org	11580	35400	108687	3	16959	38	2	12
August 12, 2009	Request	ace - Acehnese	ace.wikipedia.org	13013	27997	156652	4	32370	58	0	7
April 18, 2018	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikipedia.org	15062	24835	65683	3	8121	61	0	1
December 15, 2020	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikipedia.org	5098	15557	55843	4	4570	80	0	15
January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wikipedia.org	1766	4468	27118	2	2724	11	0	14
October 7, 2023	Request	bbc - Batak Toba	bbc.wikipedia.org	1412	2561	15484	2	2327	18	0	4
March 24, 2006	Request	tet - Tetum	tet.wikipedia.org	1384	3970	70077	2	11173	25	0	61
May 16, 2024	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wikipedia.org	3182	7646	33605	6	3043	46	0	8
June 23, 2024	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wikipedia.org	1200	2710	12184	1	1406	8	0	7
September 24, 2024	Request	kge - Komering	kge.wikipedia.org	2880	2710	31787	0	1309	11	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	165361	258967	1287327	7	46798	201	3	1
December 11, 2004	pre-LPP	jv - Javanese	jv.wiktionary.org	61297	73549	157876	1	4982	13	1	0
May 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wiktionary.org	42248	89257	257426	6	10425	126	3	3
October 21, 2019	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wiktionary.org	13935	15262	57260	3	1439	8	0	0
January 4, 2023	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wiktionary.org	12719	13323	32082	2	792	9	0	0
October 5, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wiktionary.org	3649	6092	23378	1	2842	6	1	1
January 11, 2021	Request	nia - Nias	nia.wiktionary.org	6271	9690	55242	3	1231	13	0	1
July 26, 2023	Request	btm - Mandailing	btm.wiktionary.org	4184	4368	13570	2	669	5	0	0
August 17, 2022	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wiktionary.org	2810	6077	24699	2	865	14	0	5
September 25, 2024	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wiktionary.org	9267	10221	35532	1	550	22	0	0
August 21, 2025	Request	bew - Betawi	bew.wiktionary.org	4467	9888	57822	3	388	14	0	8

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	8809	85481	264140	9	26764	100	303	234
August 4, 2021	Request	jv - Javanese	jv.wikisource.org	3107	85481	72417	3	1850	14	149	126
June 30, 2021	Request	ban - Balinese	ban.wikisource.org	5186	85481	123357	2	1644	10	0	122
August 16, 2023	Request	su - Sundanese	su.wikisource.org	385	12764	47521	1	1065	8	0	3849
April 23, 2024	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikisource.org	1091	7847	22269	2	1158	8	0	108
August 11, 2025	Request	mad - Madurese	mad.wikisource.org	208	1112	4246	2	290	16	0	72
October 28, 2025	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikisource.org	735	4345	15326	2	282	30	0	85

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	3443	9842	51487	3	20644	43	5	18
September 2, 2004	pre-LPP	su - Sundanese	su.wikiquote.org	2413	3752	15355	1	2169	9	6	1
October 7, 2023	Request	bjn - Banjar	bjn.wikiquote.org	632	1318	5923	3	601	14	0	5
October 1, 2024	Request	gor - Gorontalo	gor.wikiquote.org	123	1637	15774	1	442	3	0	1459
September 18, 2025	Request	ms - Malay	ms.wikiquote.org	201	1169	6313	2	406	5	0	125

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	5539	21064	114255	3	41803	76	862	42
August 24, 2004	pre-LPP	ms - Malay	ms.wikibooks.org	599	3594	15843	3	3512	10	76	110
September 4, 2025	Request	min - Minangkabau	min.wikibooks.org	245	1831	8529	2	307	16	0	195

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	1601	3891	33136	3	1206	50	0	17

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