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On Wikipedia and other sites running on MediaWiki, Special:Random can be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a keyboard shortcut (in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome Alt-Shift + X ).
Explore the depths of wikipedia, one random entry at a time.
Propel your curiosity to new heights with Random Wikipedia Page Generator! Explore a myriad of articles, uncovering hidden gems, diverse subjects, and captivating information from the world of Wikipedia.
The URL will be Wikipedia’s Special:Random page, which opens a totally random Wikipedia article. For Chrome users: Download this Chrome extension.
If you are new to Wikipedia and just want to explore, or if you don't know where you want to go, the Simple English Wikipedia has a random page feature that takes you to any one of the pages on this wiki. In most cases, you would want to see any article.
Gary's Random Wikipedia Page Selector. from rank to (min 1 / max 200,000) This page's rank:
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 6,891,168 articles in English. From today's featured article. San Lorenzo Colossal Head 1. The Olmec colossal heads are at least 17 monumental stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders.
However, this page will attempt to filter out the smaller and less interesting ones. It does this based on how many other Wikipedia articles link to an article, with the idea being pages without many links from other pages aren't that important.
This visualisation of Wikipedia's coverage is based on a random pages test (User:Smallbones/1000 random results). Suppose you want to answer some broad question about Wikipedia. Is it any good? What subjects does it cover? In what proportions? Is there much vandalism? Finding a truly accurate answer would mean reading every article.
About WikiRoulette. View a random Wikipedia page. Inspiration came from the book Algorithms to Live By. If you want to see a random Wikipedia page everytime you open Chrome, there's an extension for that (code is on Github). Send feedback and suggestions to @minouye.