Wikipedia:Nine-million pool

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This Nine-million pool is for predicting the date at which the number of articles (as defined by the official article count presented on the Special:Statistics) in the English Wikipedia reaches 9,000,000 (nine million). The person who comes closest to the actual date is the winner (of eternal fame). The current number of articles in the English Wikipedia is 7,171,940.

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This pool will be closed for entries when the English Wikipedia article count reaches 7,200,000 (80%), so be sure to place your guess before then.

2025–2029

  • February 4, 2025 --46.249.171.62 (talk) 17:26, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
  • August 9, 2025 —- trust I'll work real hard for a few hours —- Roast (talk) 07:00, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
  • October 25, 2025 --Proud User (talk) 19:36, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
  • June 7 2026, three years in the future (made by an IPv4 editor) |date = june 7 2023|
  • September 29, 2026. ~~ NineFiveSeven 19:02, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
  • May 25, 2027. Edward-Woodrowtalk 13:19, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
  • August 20, 2027. StevenD99 03:41, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
  • 24 November 2027 TheCartoonEditor (talk) (contribs) 15:00, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
  • 1 Febuary 2028. Seanwk :) | Talk 22:25, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
  • 18 June 2028 Ilikememes128 (talk) 8:39, 23 Mar 2026 (UST)
  • 20th June 2028 77.p221.89.89 (talk) 17:27, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
  • 21 June 2028 Peterye2005 (talk) 01:58, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
  • 7 July 2028 Masohpotato (talk) 05:00, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
  • 20 November, 2028  Mustaint  |  Chat  18:46, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
  • 20th December 2028 AlphaCent2021 (talk) 12:35, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
  • January 19, 2029. 2679D (talk) 07:16, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
  • June 9, 2029 Benica11 (talk) 22:46, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
  • July 29, 2029: Hopefully it can still be a little earlier. 2679D (talk) 03:09, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
  • September 8, 2029. ~2026-10773-36 (talk) 13:50, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
  • December 19, 2029 – It's always in December! J947( c ) (m) 18:40, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
  • December 26, 2029 Coldbolt (talk) 08:29, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
  • 23:59, 31 December 2029. 65.17.169.60 (talk) 17:48, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

2030–2034

  • January 1, 2030 —WiiUf🐉 13:06, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
  • 18 March 2030 assuming current growth rates continue. DANGA14talk 23:37, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
  • April 3, 2030 Redoct87 (talk) 18:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
  • May 9, 2030--T. Anthony (talk) 11:03, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
  • June 7, 2030. 65434fedcd (Talk) 07:21, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
  • September 15, 2030 Mackenz1337 (talk) 20:24, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
  • 25 February 2031. Ridiculopathy (talk) 14:48, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
  • 15 March 2031. EF5 03:25, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
  • July 4 2031 well, so far, nobody has guessed 2031, so let's do that. Not sure if I'll be alive then, LOL. --User101010 (talk) 06:50, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
  • 26 December 2031. JIP | Talk 09:26, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
  • January 10, 2032.AveryTheComrade (talk) 23:45, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
  • April 18th, 2032. WasowkiMike (talk) 00:14, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
  • July 20, 2032. Evaxooooof25 (talk) 07:47, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
  • 5 November 2032. Jc86035 (talk) 09:02, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
  • 3 December 2032. This is Paul (talk) 16:01, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
  • 22 June 2033, using crude maths. DuyWilliam1985 (talk) 02:37, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
  • 26 July 2033, with the same growth of articles like today, but maybe smaller. Thingofme (talk) 03:08, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
  • 29 August 2033, if article growth stays at 600 per day. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 18:56, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
  • 8 September 2033 - Estimated from the rates of past million gaps. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 08:07, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
  • 26 November 2033. — Alien 3
    3 3
    08:37, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
  • 25 December 2033 – But hopefully sooner! Johnson524 22:09, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
  • 4 March 2034 — Paper Luigi TC 01:23, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
  • 2 June 2034; After much research involving intensely complex graphical analysis of data. Someskitalk, contribs 00:20, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
  • 11 June 2034. seems rather statistically possible. Drowssap 17:10, 5 August 2025 (UTC)
  • 9 August 2034 - Personal reasons mostly FOARP (talk) 14:31, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
  • 9 September 2034. Because the digits add up to a multiple of 9. Ahiijny (talk) 09:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

2035–2039

2040–2044

  • 29 February 2040, coz it's a leap day! Hopefully I'll be feeling better by then. Tc14Hd (talk) 15:58, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
  • 17 November 2040 Cfam2001 (talk) 18:15, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
  • 1 January 2041 Trevoran (talk) 03:16, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
  • 4 December 2041, 100th anniversary of the State of Jefferson declaring independence. nomen alternativum (he/himtalkcontribs) 19:54, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Based on a very rough calculation and extrapolation of current trends, it will likely be near November 16, 2046. 2601:647:5800:1A1F:4CAE:9DE2:30BC:86D9 (talk) 23:28, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

2045–2049

  • January 1, 2045.116.98.3.218 (talk) 06:19, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

2050 or later

warning: fictitious entries

  • May 31, 3024: I will be about nine-million hours old (and several years dead) that day. FranzBarron (talk) 04:25, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
  • February 28, 30005. The 9 millionth article will be about the betrayal at Istvaan III that takes place that year. Koopinator (talk) 18:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
  • July 25, 20042004200420042004. ☢️Plutonical☢️ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ 15:35, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
this is funny because it's more likely it's in 2026 or 2027 (or maybe 2028) 2600:8806:6104:D000:4C36:6C81:CCD6:9635 (talk) 21:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

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