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Random Wikipedia Article

Press the button to discover a random Wikipedia article with its picture and summary. Pick a language or narrow it down to a topic such as science, history, music or sports, then read the full article on Wikipedia or come back to it later from your history.

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Tip: press N for the next article. Articles come from Wikipedia's public API; text is available under CC BY-SA.

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    How to use the Random Wikipedia Article

    1. Choose a language for the Wikipedia edition you want to explore.
    2. Pick a topic or leave it on Any topic for a completely random page.
    3. Press Get random article (or the N key) to load a new article with its summary.
    4. Read more on Wikipedia opens the full article in a new tab; Read aloud speaks the summary.
    5. Revisit articles from the History list, or download the list as a text file.

    Ways to use random Wikipedia articles

    IdeaHowSuggested settings
    Learn one new thing a dayRead one article each morning and save the best ones in your historyAny topic, skip very short stubs
    Classroom warm-upShow an article and ask students to guess the subject from the imageSimple English, only with an image
    Language practiceRead a summary in the language you are learning, then switch to English to checkEspañol, Français, Deutsch…
    Writing promptsUse the article as the setting or theme of a short story or poemHistory or Places & geography
    Trivia nightEach player gets a random article and writes one question about itAny topic
    The "Wikipedia game"Open the full article and race to a target page using only linksAny topic

    What kind of pages will you get?

    Wikipedia's random feature draws evenly from all content articles, not from the most popular ones. That means you will meet many small towns, plant and insect species, footballers, albums and historic buildings, because those categories contain hundreds of thousands of pages. Turn on Skip very short stubs to favour fuller articles (it skips summaries under about 400 characters), or choose a topic to steer the results toward what interests you.

    • Disambiguation pages (lists of pages with similar names) are skipped automatically.
    • Images come from the article's lead image when it has one; many short articles have none.
    • Languages differ in size: English has the most articles, while Simple English uses shorter sentences and basic vocabulary.

    Frequently asked questions

    How does the random Wikipedia article generator work?

    With Any topic selected, the tool calls Wikipedia's public REST endpoint page/random/summary, the same random-page feature as Wikipedia's own Random article link, and shows the returned title, image and summary. Disambiguation pages are skipped automatically.

    How do the topic filters work?

    Wikipedia classifies articles into topics with a machine-learning model, and its search engine can filter by them with the articletopic keyword. The tool searches for one article in your chosen topic with random sorting, then loads that article's summary. Topic data is most complete on English Wikipedia; if a language edition has no topic index, the tool falls back to a fully random article.

    Are the articles really random?

    In Any topic mode, yes: Wikipedia picks a random article from all of its content pages, so obscure villages, species and minor sports figures come up often, because they make up a large share of Wikipedia. Topic mode picks randomly among search results for that topic.

    Can I use the text I find?

    Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, which allows reuse if you credit Wikipedia and share adaptations under the same license. Images have their own licenses, shown on each file's page on Wikimedia Commons.

    Is my history stored anywhere?

    Your history of the last 50 articles is saved only in your browser's local storage. The tool talks directly to Wikipedia to fetch articles and sends nothing else anywhere. Press Clear history to delete the list.

    Why did I get an error?

    The tool needs an internet connection to reach Wikipedia. If Wikipedia is slow or blocked on your network, requests time out after 12 seconds. Press Get random article to try again; your saved history still works offline.

    Are all the tools on FreeToolCabin tested for quality and accuracy?

    Yes! Every tool on our site undergoes automated Q/A testing in real browser environments to ensure high precision, correct output, and zero errors. If you happen to spot a bug or have a suggestion, please contact us at [email protected] and our team will review it right away.

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