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 wikiHow Main Page in December, 2019 | |
| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Wiki-format how-to manual |
| Available in | 19[1] languages |
List of languages English, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi, Turkish, Persian | |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Created by | Jack Herrick and Josh Hannah |
| Key people | Elizabeth Douglas (CEO) Jack Herrick (Founder) |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes ("hybrid organization") |
| Registration | Optional, but required for certain tasks |
| Launched | January 15, 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
Wikihow (styled as wikiHow) is an online wiki-style community consisting of an extensive database of how-to guides. Founded in 2005 by Internet entrepreneur Jack Herrick, wikiHow is a hybrid organization, a for-profit company run for a social mission.[2][3] wikiHow software is open source[4] and its text content is released under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license.[5][6] wikiHow states that it was inspired by Wikipedia, but it is not related to Wikimedia/Wikipedia in any way.[7] Both organizations use the free and open-source MediaWiki software.[7]
The website aims to create the world's most helpful how-to instructions to enable everyone in the world to learn how to do anything.[8][9]
In February, 2005, wikiHow had over 35.5 million unique visitors.[10] As of January 2020[update], wikiHow contains more than 212,000 free how-to articles and over 2.1 million registered users.[11] On April 11, 2010, a wikiHow article titled "How to Lose Weight Fast" reached 5 million page views, a first for the site. "How to Take a Screenshot in Microsoft Windows" is the site's most popular article.[12]
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