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Drift in Wikipedia Infobox 'Official Website' URL Protocol

Tracking Wikipedia's shift to secure website links

Observations
12
Tracking since
Last updated

Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields

Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields in Wikipedia infoboxes

12 observations · measured in %

80.0%
Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields
▼ 20.0% vs previous
13 Nov 2026 01:00
Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields (%) — summary, last 30 days.
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100.0%00:5600:5801:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 94.8% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 63.3% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 72.2% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 80.0% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 94.8% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 63.3% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 72.2% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 80.0% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00
Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields (%) — line, last 30 days.
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100.0%00:5600:5801:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 94.8% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 63.3% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 72.2% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 80.0% — 13 Nov 2026 00:56Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 94.8% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 63.3% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 72.2% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 100.0% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields: 80.0% — 13 Nov 2026 01:00
Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields (%) — area, last 30 days.
63.3%–66.4%: 2 observations66.4%–69.4%: 0 observations69.4%–72.5%: 2 observations72.5%–75.6%: 0 observations75.6%–78.6%: 0 observations78.6%–81.7%: 2 observations81.7%–84.7%: 0 observations84.7%–87.8%: 0 observations87.8%–90.8%: 0 observations90.8%–93.9%: 0 observations93.9%–96.9%: 2 observations96.9%–100.0%: 4 observations63.3%100.0%4
Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields (%) — distribution, last 30 days.
061218
13 Nov

Darker = higher percentage of https urls in 'official website' fields. Empty cells are hours with no collection.

Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields (%) — heatmap, last 30 days.
Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields observations
WhenPercentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields
72.2%
100.0%
80.0%
94.8%
63.3%
100.0%
80.0%
94.8%
63.3%
100.0%
72.2%
100.0%
Percentage of HTTPS URLs in 'Official Website' fields (%) — table, last 30 days.

About this data

This page monitors the protocol used in 'Official Website' fields on Wikipedia, specifically the shift from http to https. The data is collected from Wikipedia's infoboxes, providing a unique insight into the adoption of secure connections over time. The numbers are based on actual Wikipedia data, offering a granular view of this trend. This is interesting because it reveals how official entities are gradually moving towards more secure online presence, a shift that is not typically tracked in aggregate.

Sources

Every figure on this page was read from these pages.

Why this isn't published anywhere else

While link rot is tracked and data extraction from Wikipedia is possible, there's no existing publication specifically tracking the protocol drift of 'Official Website' URLs in Wikipedia infoboxes.

Uniqueness score 0.90 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.