Wikipedia 'Did You Know' Entry Lifespan
How long Wikipedia’s 'Did You Know' trivia entries survive before being removed.
- Observations
- 6
- Tracking since
- Last updated
Median lifespan of 'Did You Know' entries
Median number of days a DYK entry survives before being removed
| When | Median lifespan of 'Did You Know' entries |
|---|---|
| 0 days | |
| 0 days |
90th percentile lifespan of 'Did You Know' entries
90th percentile number of days a DYK entry survives before being removed
| When | 90th percentile lifespan of 'Did You Know' entries |
|---|---|
| 0 days | |
| 0 days |
Unique 'Did You Know' entries per week
Total number of unique DYK entries tracked over the past week
| When | Unique 'Did You Know' entries per week |
|---|---|
| 8 count | |
| 8 count |
About this data
This page tracks the lifespan of entries featured in Wikipedia’s 'Did You Know' (DYK) section, revealing how long trivia stays curated before being archived or removed. The data is extracted from the fragmented DYK archive, which spans daily pages and is not systematically tracked elsewhere. By measuring median and 90th percentile lifespans, as well as weekly entry counts, it highlights the ephemeral nature of curated knowledge and the editorial churn behind Wikipedia’s trivia selection process.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read from these pages.
Why this isn't published anywhere else
No existing website, dashboard, or public dataset tracks the lifespan of Wikipedia 'Did You Know' entries. The available tools (e.g., DYKcheck, archives) do not provide this specific metric.
Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.