WhiskerWiki:Growth
WhiskerWiki started in December 2022 with a single species account, Blarina brevicauda. It now has 332 articles, 3,970 images and 17 audio recordings. This page tracks that growth.
Growth
Articles
332
+13 in 2026
Species write-ups
275
+9 in 2026
Photos & images
3,970
+821 in 2026
Audio recordings
17
+17 in 2026
Coverage
How many pages of each kind have been written up as full articles:
- Species275 of 301 pages written up91%
- Higher taxa22 of 168 pages written up13%
- Guides21 of 22 pages written up95%
Recently written
- August 23, 2026Mandible comparisons guide
- August 18, 2026Onychomys arenicola species
- July 19, 2026Megascapheus umbrinus species
- July 17, 2026Thomomys
- July 17, 2026Megascapheus
- July 9, 2026Neotamias sonomae species
- June 28, 2026Microdipodops oregonus species
- June 6, 2026Neotamias obscurus species
Almost there
These pages need only a few more sentences to become full articles.
Species
- Aplodontia rufa1 word to go
- Cynomys parvidens1 word to go
- Ammospermophilus leucurus3 words to go
- Sorex tenellus6 words to go
- Thomomys monticolus7 words to go
- Erethizon dorsatum12 words to go
- Neotamias ruficaudus15 words to go
- Cynomys leucurus16 words to go
- Neotamias grisescens17 words to go
- Dicrostonyx nelsoni20 words to go
Other pages
- Parascalops6 words to go
- Range maps8 words to go
- Scapanus9 words to go
- Scalopus10 words to go
- Geomys12 words to go
- Cricetidae17 words to go
- Alexandromys18 words to go
- Callospermophilus18 words to go
- Notiosorex21 words to go
- Glaucomys22 words to go
Milestones
- November 2022First image
- December 1, 2022First species write-up and first article: Blarina brevicauda
- December 16, 2022First identification guide: Species comparisons
- March 2023100th image
- July 8, 202310th species write-up: Sorex cinereus
- July 30, 202325th article: Sigmodon ochrognathus
- July 30, 202325th species write-up: Dipodomys microps
- August 7, 202350th article: Microtus drummondii
- August 20, 202350th species write-up: Reithrodontomys montanus
- August 24, 202375th species write-up: Sorex albibarbis
- September 2023500th image
- September 17, 2023100th article: Skull comparisons
- November 24, 2023100th species write-up: Chaetodipus formosus
- April 1, 20245th identification guide: Key to the species of Scapanus
- July 1, 2024150th article: Scalopus aquaticus
- July 5, 2024150th species write-up: Microdipodops megacephalus
- August 20241,000th image
- August 12, 2024200th article: Parascalops breweri
- May 10, 202510th identification guide: Range maps for shrews
- July 14, 2025200th species write-up: Megascapheus laticeps
- July 23, 2025250th article: Geomyidae
- August 30, 2025300th article: Neotamias merriami
- October 20252,000th image
- November 20253,000th image
- June 2026First audio recording
- August 202610th audio recording
About these numbers
Numbers update automatically every week (last updated October 21, 2026).
- Article: Pages with at least 100 words of text written by people. Anything generated from our database (infoboxes, range lists, measurement tables) doesn't count, and neither do headings, image captions, reference lists, web addresses or placeholder text.
- Species write-up: Articles about a species.
- Photos & images: Image files (specimen photos, skulls, range maps, illustrations), dated by first upload.
- Audio recordings: Audio recordings, mostly species calls, dated by first upload.
- States and counties: State and county pages are built from hand-curated range maps: each species' range is intersected with every state and county boundary, and every place is matched to Wikidata.
- Reconstructed history: Reconstructed from page history: counts pages and files that still exist, so early months slightly undercount.
- Weekly snapshots: Measured directly by the WhiskerWiki pipeline.