Baidu Baike

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Baidu Baike
百度百科

The main page, on 1 February 2016
Type of site	Online encyclopedia
Available in	Standard Chinese
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Beijing , China
Owner	Baidu
Created by	Robin Li
URL	baike.baidu.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional (required to edit pages)
Users	+6.9 million (2019)[1]
Current status	Active

Baidu Baike (/ˈbaɪduː ˈbaɪkə/; Chinese: 百度百科; pinyin: Bǎidù Bǎikē; lit. 'Baidu Encyclopedia', also known as Baidu Wiki^[2]) is a semi-regulated Chinese-language collaborative online encyclopedia owned by the Chinese technology company Baidu.^[1] The beta version was launched on 20 April 2006,^[1] and the official version was launched on 21 April 2008. In November 2019, it had more than 16 million articles and 6.9 million editors. As of February 2022,^[update] it has more than 25.54 million entries and 7.5 million editors.^[1] It has the largest number of entries in the world of any Chinese-language online encyclopedia.^[3]

Baidu officially stated that the Baidu Encyclopedia also serves as the information storage space provided by Baidu for netizens. Baidu Baike advocates "equality, collaboration, sharing, and freedom" in spirit. It combines Baidu Baike with its search engines.^[4] When searching using the Baidu search engine, if Baidu Baike has included the entry corresponding to the search term, its link will usually be ranked at the top of the search page.^[5]

Baidu Baike has been criticised for its censorship, copyright violations, commercialist practices and abundance of unsourced information.^[6][7][8] Only registered users can edit the articles. In April 2024, Baidu announced that the dedicated Baidu Baike app, but not Baidu Baike itself, was to be shut down in June.^[9]