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wikipedia.org Lookup

Status
Active
Expires
2027-01-13
Expires in 106 days
Registered
2001-01-13
Domain age
25 years

wikipedia.org is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., and its current term runs until 13 January 2027. No one else can register it unless it lapses.

Checked 28 September 2026 over RDAP
Ownership

Who owns wikipedia.org?

wikipedia.org is registered to Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. through MarkMonitor Inc., as named in the public registration record.

wikipedia.org is the home of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

The record was created on 13 January 2001 and last updated on 12 August 2026.

Registrant org
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.
IANA ID
292
Created
2001-01-13
Last updated
2026-08-12
Registry expiry
2027-01-13
DNSSEC
Unsigned
Show 3 status codes
  • clientDeleteProhibited

    The remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)

  • clientTransferProhibited

    An EPP status that blocks the domain from being transferred to another registrar. It is a lock, not a problem, and most registrars set it by default. clientTransferProhibited

  • clientUpdateProhibited

    The remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

Expiry

When does wikipedia.org expire?

wikipedia.org's current registration runs until 13 January 2027. Expires in 106 days.

The owner can renew at any time before then, which moves the date forward by the renewal term. Large brands usually renew years ahead.

  1. Registered
  2. Grace period 30 days
  3. Redemption 30 days
  4. Pending delete 5 days
  5. Released

What happens if it isn't renewed?

An unrenewed .org name passes through fixed phases before it is released: a 30-day grace period in which the owner can still renew at the normal price, a 30-day redemption period in which recovery costs a fee on top of renewal, then 5 days pending delete, when no one can renew or register it. The durations are the .org registry's published figures.

When could it drop?

Only if it is not renewed. The earliest it could be released is 19 March 2027, if every phase runs its full length.

How the .org lifecycle works

Availability

Is wikipedia.org available to register?

No. wikipedia.org is registered, so a registration attempt today would fail.

It only becomes available if the owner lets it lapse and it clears every phase above. Domain Watch checks the name twice a day and sends one email the day it is released.

Age

How old is wikipedia.org?

wikipedia.org is 25 years old: it was first registered on 13 January 2001.

The creation date is when the current registration began. A name that dropped and was re-registered gets a new creation date, so this counts continuous registration, not first use.

The Internet Archive first captured a page on wikipedia.org on 27 July 2001 and holds captures from 26 different years.

Milestones

15 January 2001
Wikipedia launches.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

DNS

What are wikipedia.org's DNS records?

wikipedia.org is served by 3 nameservers and publishes 2 address records and 2 MX records.

Its nameservers are classed as Host DNS.

Nameservers
ns0.wikimedia.org ns1.wikimedia.org ns2.wikimedia.org
A
185.15.59.224
AAAA
2a02:ec80:300:ed1a::1
MX
10 mx-in1001.wikimedia.org 10 mx-in2001.wikimedia.org
SPF
v=spf1 include:_cidrs.wikimedia.org ~all
DMARC
v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:[email protected];
Show 2 TXT records
  • google-site-verification=AMHkgs-4ViEvIJf5znZle-BSE2EPNFqM1nDJGRyn2qk
  • yandex-verification: 35c08d23099dc863

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

SSL

Does wikipedia.org have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. wikipedia.org serves a certificate issued by YE2, valid until 3 November 2026.

Valid
Issuer
YE2
Valid from
2026-08-05
Valid until
2026-11-03

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

Uptime

Is wikipedia.org down right now?

This record covers wikipedia.org's registration, DNS and certificate, read once a day. It does not test whether the website is responding right now.

On 28 September 2026 its nameservers answered. Its certificate validated on 28 September 2026.

A name that is registered, answers DNS and serves a valid certificate but still will not load has a hosting or server problem, not a registration one.

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