Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons
	Screenshot Screenshot of the Wikimedia Commons main page
Type of site	Media repository
Founded	September 7, 2004; 20 years ago
Owner	Wikimedia Foundation
Created by	Wikimedia movement
Website	commons.wikimedia.org
Commercial	No
Registration	Optional (required to upload files)
Current status	Active
Content license	Open

Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is a media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media.^[1] It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all of the Wikimedia projects^[2] in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wiktionary, Wikinews, Wikibooks, and Wikispecies, or downloaded for offsite use. As of August 2023, the repository contains over 97 million free-to-use media files, managed and editable by registered volunteers.^[3]

References

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↑ "Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
↑ Statistics page on Wikimedia Commons

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[Embedding-2] "Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[CommonsStats-3] Statistics page on Wikimedia Commons

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