Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5

Vital articles

Overview
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

The five nested vital article Levels are meant to give direction to the prioritization of improvements of English Wikipedia articles (e.g. which articles to bring to WP:GA and WP:FA status), to provide a measurement of quality of overall English Wikipedia (e.g. what proportion of the most important articles are at GA and FA status), and to serve as a centralized watchlist of English Wikipedia's most important articles. Unlike the list of articles every Wikipedia should have, they are tailored to the English Wikipedia and are actively maintained by the dedicated WikiProject Vital Articles. All users are welcome to participate in the process of addition to or removal from these lists. This page contains links to the 50,000 articles of the Level 5 list. This Level 5 list is discussed at the relevant Level 5 sub talk pages.

Level 1 (10 articles) < Level 2 (100 articles) < Level 3 (1,000 articles) < Level 4 (10,000 articles) < Level 5 (50,000 articles)

Level 5 sub-lists

Because of its size, Vital articles Level 5 has been split into several sub-lists. If you spot a duplicate listing, please remove one of them; if you aren't sure in which section a topic belongs, please initiate a discussion on the talk page. Please do not duplicate items on the same level of the list.

Overview
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Level 5 Sublists

People History Geography Arts Everyday life Philosophy and religion Society and social sciences Biology and health sciences Physical sciences Technology Mathematics

Random Level 5 vital article

Current total

As of June 2026, the level 5 Vital Articles list includes 49,851 individual articles. All changes to this list should be proposed on the talk page or the relevant subpage for the proposal. Cewbot provides a more updated count of articles in its edit summaries on subpages.

Counts updated from subpages at 14:49, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Sublist	Current	Target	At quota?	Change in effect?
People	14,246	14,300	Not enough	—N/a
Writers and journalists	1,829	1,850	Slightly under	—N/a
Artists, musicians, and composers	2,131	2,100	Slightly over	Trim
Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters	1,936	1,950	Yes	?
Sports figures	991	1,000	Yes	—N/a
Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians	1,288	1,300	Yes	—N/a
Philosophers, historians, and social scientists	1,352	1,350	Yes	—N/a
Religious figures	500	500	Yes	—N/a
Politicians and leaders	2,369	2,400	Slightly under	—N/a
Military personnel, revolutionaries, and activists	911	900	Yes	—N/a
Miscellaneous	939	950	Yes	?
History	3,281	3,300	Yes	—N/a
Geography	5,168	5,200	Slightly under	—N/a
Basics and technical geography	143	150	Yes	—N/a
Physical geography	1,767	1,750	Yes	—N/a
Regions and countries	1,269	1,300	Slightly under	—N/a
Cities	1,989	2,000	Yes	—N/a
Arts	3,823	3,850	Slightly under	—N/a
Audiovisual arts	1,935	1,950	Yes	—N/a
Narrative arts	1,888	1,900	Yes	—N/a
Everyday life	2,460	2,450	Yes	—N/a
Everyday life	1,321	1,300	Slightly over	?
Sports, games and recreation	1,139	1,150	Yes	—N/a
Philosophy and religion	1,522	1,550	Slightly under	?
Society and social sciences	4,386	4,400	Yes	—N/a
Culture	1,705	1,750	Not enough	—N/a
Social studies	568	550	Yes	—N/a
Politics and economics	2,113	2,100	Yes	—N/a
Biology and health sciences	5,701	5,700	Yes	—N/a
Biology, biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology	1,103	1,100	Yes	—N/a
Animals	2,459	2,450	Yes	—N/a
Plants, fungi, and other organisms	1,006	1,000	Yes	—N/a
Health, medicine, and disease	1,133	1,150	Slightly under	—N/a
Physical sciences	4,778	4,800	Yes	—N/a
Basics and measurement	304	300	Yes	—N/a
Astronomy	903	900	Yes	—N/a
Chemistry	1,192	1,200	Yes	—N/a
Earth science	1,199	1,200	Yes	—N/a
Physics	1,180	1,200	Slightly under	—N/a
Mathematics	1,214	1,200	Yes	?
Technology	3,272	3,250	Yes	—N/a
Technology: General	1,026	1,000	Slightly over	?
Agriculture, biotechnology and medical technology	323	350	Slightly under	?
Computing, electronics and communication technology	825	800	Slightly over	?
Optical, navigation, timekeeping, astronomical and space technology	296	300	Yes	?
Transportation	491	500	Yes	?
Weapons and other military technology	311	300	Yes	?
Total	49,851	50,000	Not enough	—N/a