Social media/Article of the week

Every Friday, the Communications department shares an “Article of the Week” on Wikipedia’s Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. (See respective examples here, here, and here.)

The Article of the Week is selected based on relevancy and its timeliness to current global events and conversations. Its objective is to connect Wikipedia content to current events, thereby engaging readers and diverse groups, and bringing in new social media followers. It does not replace or replicate “today's featured article.”

The Communications department shares the selected Article of the Week in advance on this page for awareness. We do our best to share the article at least 12 hours in advance.

If you would like to make a suggestion for an upcoming Article of the Week or request social media support on other topics, please use this Google Form. Please submit articles from any language. We cannot promise that we will post everything that is submitted, but we will do our best to respond to each submission.

Articles (2023)

• 13 October 2023 - Concrete bus shelters in Canberra
• 6 October 2023 - List of Nobel laureates
• 29 September 2023 - Digital media use and mental health
• 22 September 2023 - List of unsolved problems in mathematics
• 15 September 2023 - Venetian glass
• 8 September 2023 - Bouba/kiki effect
• 1 September 2023 - Mexican cuisine
• 25 August 2023 - Cat righting reflex
• 18 August 2023 - 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
• 11 August 2023 - Cueva de las Manos
• 4 August 2023 - Women in brewing
• 28 July 2023 - Bioluminescence
• 21 July 2023 - Shades of pink
• 14 July 2023 - Champs-Élysées
• 7 July 2023 - Chocolate
• 30 June 2023 - Leap second
• 23 June 2023 - Enceladus
• 16 June 2023 - Bloomsday
• 9 June 2023 - Pride parade
• 2 June 2023 - Italia turrita
• 26 May 2023 - The Little Mermaid
• 19 May 2023 - Sanja Matsuri
• 12 May 2023 - Sagittarius A*
• 5 May 2023 - Dorothy Garrod
• 28 April 2023 - Green children of Woolpit
• 21 April 2023 - 2023 Sudan conflict
• 14 April 2023 - Sinking of the Titanic
• 7 April 2023 - Rwandan genocide
• 31 March 2023 - Transgender flag
• 24 March 2023 - Matilda effect
• 17 March 2023 - Shamrock
• 10 March 2023 - Women in science
• 3 March 2023 - Kumkuma
• 24 February 2023 - Four-day workweek
• 17 February 2023 - High-altitude balloon
• 10 February 2023 - List of Super Bowl halftime shows
• 3 February 2023 - Glossary of artificial intelligence
• 27 January 2023 - Incandescent light bulb
• 20 January 2023 - Lucile Randon
• 13 January 2023 - 2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress
• 6 January 2023 - Pelé

Past articles (2022)

• 30 December 2022 - New Year's resolution
• 23 December 2022 - Santa's workshop
• 16 December 2022 - Word of the year
• 9 December 2022 - Pinocchio paradox
• 2 December 2022 - Slavery in the 21st century
• 25 November 2022 - Mirabal sisters
• 18 November 2022 - 2022 FIFA World Cup
• 11 November 2022 - 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
• 4 November 2022 - 2022 Brazilian general election
• 28 October 2022 - Jack-o'-lantern
• 21 October 2022 - List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure
• 14 October 2022 - Ales Bialiatski
• 7 October 2022 - 274301 Wikipedia
• 30 September 2022 - Same-sex marriage in Cuba
• 23 September 2022 - Mermaid
• 15 September 2022 - Self-determination
• 9 September 2022 - Elizabeth II
• 2 September 2022 - Artemis 1
• 26 August 2022 - LGBTQI+ rights in Singapore
• 19 August 2022 - Salman Rushdie
• 12 August 2022 - Serena Williams
• 5 August 2022 - Monkeypox
• 29 July 2022 - Canadian Indian residential school system
• 22 July 2022 - Effects of climate change on human health
• 15 July 2022 - James Webb Space Telescope
• 8 July 2022 - Hajj
• 1 July 2022 - Roe v. Wade
• 24 June 2022 - Francia Márquez
• 17 June 2022 - Heat waves of 2022
• 10 June 2022 - Antoni Gaudí
• 3 June 2022 - Mona Lisa
• 27 May 2022 - 2022 UEFA Champions League Final
• 20 May 2022 - Anti-racism
• 13 May 2022 - iPod
• 6 May 2022 - Vesak
• 29 April 2022 - List of the verified oldest people
• 22 April 2022 - Earth Day
• 15 April 2022 - Sessho-seki (殺生石) (Killing Stone, Japanese Wikipedia)
• 8 April 2022 - World Health Organization
• 1 April 2022 - April Fools' Day
• 25 March 2022 - 1915 Çanakkale Bridge
• 18 March 2022 - Holi
• 11 March 2022 - Maria Prymachenko
• 4 March 2022 - 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
• 25 February 2022 - Brazilian Carnival
• 18 February 2022 - 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
• 11 February 2022 - Whitney Houston
• 4 February 2022 - 2022 Winter Olympics
• 28 January 2022 - Wordle
• 21 January 2022 - Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai
• 14 January 2022 - Vaccine
• 7 January 2022 - Betty White

Past articles (2021)

• 31 December 2021 - Hogmanay
• 24 December 2021 - Snowflake
• 17 December 2021 - Multiverse
• 10 December 2021 - Same-sex marriage in Chile
• 3 December 2021 - Barbados
• 26 November 2021 - Totem pole
• 19 November 2021 - Little Amal
• 12 November 2021 - Benin Bronzes
• 5 November 2021 - Vanessa Nakate
• 29 October 2021 - Vampire
• 22 October 2021 - Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
• 15 October 2021 - Jellyfish Lake
• 8 October 2021 - Coral reef
• 1 October 2021 - Akyaaba Addai-Sebo
• 24 September 2021 - Khoekhoe language
• 17 September 2021 - Dolores Huerta
• 10 September 2021 - United Airlines Flight 93
• 3 September 2021 - National Covid Memorial Wall
• 27 August 2021 - The Famous Five (Canada)
• 20 August 2021 - Zarifa Ghafari
• 13 August 2021 - Wikimania
• 6 August 2021 - Voting Rights Act of 1965
• 30 July 2021 - Frenemy
• 23 July 2021 - 2020 Summer Olympics
• 16 July 2021 - The Catcher in the Rye
• 9 July 2021 - Extreme ironing
• 2 July 2021 - Emoji
• 25 June 2021 - Tour de France
• 18 June 2021 - Juneteenth
• 11 June 2021 - Cicada
• 4 June 2021 - Beverley Palesa Ditsie
• 28 May 2021 - Simone Biles
• 21 May 2021 - Eurovision Song Contest
• 14 May 2021 - Panic buying
• 7 May 2021 - Internment of Japanese Americans
• 30 April 2021 - Ramadan
• 23 April 2021 - Hank Aaron
• 16 April 2021 - Harriet Quimby
• 9 April 2021 - Marian Anderson
• 2 April 2021 - Nawal El Saadawi
• 26 March 2021 - 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
• 19 March 2021 - Enheduanna
• 12 March 2021 - Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
• 5 March 2021 - 2021 Myanmar protests
• 26 February 2021 - Sojourner Truth
• 19 February 2021 - Baseball color line
• 12 February 2021 - Lunisolar calendar
• 5 February 2021 - Greenwood District, Tulsa
• 29 January 2021 - The Raven
• 22 January 2021 - Kamala Harris
• 15 January 2021 - Wikipedia
• 8 January 2021 - Falkirk Wheel
• 1 January 2021 - The Great Gatsby

Past articles (2020)

• 25 December 2020 - Gävle goat
• 18 December 2020 - Tristan da Cunha
• 11 December 2020 - Mount Everest
• 4 December 2020 - Utah monolith
• 27 November 2020 - Zitkala-Sa
• 20 November 2020 - Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
• 13 November 2020 – Friday the 13th
• 6 November 2020 – United States Electoral College
• 30 October 2020 - Día de Muertos
• 23 October 2020 - Mole (unit)
• 16 October 2020 - CRISPR gene editing
• 9 October 2020 - The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
• 2 October 2020 - Oktoberfest
• 25 September 2020 - København (ship)
• 18 September 2020 - Gender pay gap
• 11 September 2020 - National September 11 Memorial & Museum
• 4 September 2020 - 2020 Beirut explosion
• 28 August 2020 - I Have a Dream
• 21 August 2020 - ഓണം (Onam)
• 14 August 2020 - Kölner Dom
• 7 August 2020 - Alice Huyler Ramsey
• 31 July 2020 - Premchand
• 24 July 2020 - مسبار_الأمل (Emirates Mars Mission, Arabic Wikipedia)
• 17 July 2020 - 森林浴 (Forest bath, Japanese Wikipedia)
• 10 July 2020 - Gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
• 3 July 2020 - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?