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Wikipedia 'Did You Know' Entry Age Gap

How long do new Wikipedia 'Did You Know' entries wait before being featured?

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Age of 'Did You Know' entry before being featured

Number of days between creation of a 'Did You Know' entry and its appearance on the main page

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About this data

This page tracks the delay between when a new 'Did You Know' (DYK) entry is created on Wikipedia and when it appears on the main page. It reveals how quickly—or slowly—entries move through the editorial process, highlighting potential bottlenecks in topic selection and review. The data shows median and 90th percentile delays, as well as the percentage of entries left waiting over 30 days.

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Why this isn't published anywhere else

No existing website, dashboard, or public dataset tracks the delay between Wikipedia 'Did You Know' entry creation and its promotion to the main page. General Wikipedia backlog discussions and queue pages do not provide this specific metric.

Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.