Some interesting analysis of stats concerning Wikipedia’s ranking across different Internet communities, from The Signpost:
Alexa ranks remain steady
Wikipedia’s 3-month Alexa rank remains at 11th; however, daily ranks over the last week have fluctuated, ranking anywhere from 9th to 11th. Should growth remain steady, it appears that Wikipedia will break the Top 10 in the next month. By-country rankings show that in Germany, the site ranks 6th. Not including search engines, the site is the second-most popular site in Germany, behind eBay. Wikipedia ranks 7th in Colombia and the Philippines, 8th in the United States, 9th in Canada, Mexico, Spain, Singapore and the Netherlands, 10th in the United Kingdom and Australia, and 14th in France.
I find the press are interested in our ranking *that day*, not just our three-month average. I should bookmark it, I refer to it often enough … wonder if I can set up something to email it to me (or the comcom list) daily.
David, I have the Alexa page as a shortcut I can visit in Firefox by typing “walexa”
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=6m&size=large&compare_sites=&y=t&url=wikipedia.org#top