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 October 2026, the level 5 Vital Articles list includes 49,820 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 21:54, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Sublist	Current	Target	At quota?	Change in effect?
People	14,130	14,100	Yes	N/a
Writers and journalists	1,791	1,800	Yes	N/a
Artists, musicians, and composers	2,116	2,100	Yes	N/a
Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters	1,886	1,800	Too many	Trim
Sports figures	988	1,000	Yes	N/a
Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians	1,294	1,300	Yes	N/a
Philosophers, historians, and social scientists	1,339	1,350	Yes	N/a
Religious figures	495	500	Yes	N/a
Politicians and leaders	2,380	2,400	Slightly under	N/a
Military personnel, revolutionaries, and activists	888	900	Yes	N/a
Miscellaneous	953	950	Yes	N/a
History	3,276	3,300	Yes	N/a
Geography	5,175	5,200	Yes	N/a
Basics and technical geography	147	150	Yes	N/a
Physical geography	1,759	1,750	Yes	N/a
Regions and countries	1,263	1,300	Slightly under	N/a
Cities	2,006	2,000	Yes	N/a
Arts	3,834	3,850	Yes	N/a
Audiovisual arts	1,938	1,950	Yes	N/a
Narrative arts	1,896	1,900	Yes	N/a
Everyday life	2,462	2,500	Slightly under	N/a
Everyday life	1,313	1,350	Slightly under	N/a
Sports, games and recreation	1,149	1,150	Yes	N/a
Philosophy and religion	1,556	1,600	Not enough	N/a
Society and social sciences	4,426	4,400	Yes	N/a
Culture	1,736	1,750	Yes	N/a
Social studies	573	550	Slightly over	N/a
Politics and economics	2,117	2,100	Yes	N/a
Biology and health sciences	5,700	5,700	Yes	N/a
Biology, biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology	1,099	1,100	Yes	N/a
Animals	2,452	2,450	Yes	N/a
Plants, fungi, and other organisms	1,001	1,000	Yes	N/a
Health, medicine, and disease	1,148	1,150	Yes	N/a
Physical sciences	4,763	4,800	Yes	N/a
Basics and measurement	302	300	Yes	N/a
Astronomy	899	900	Yes	N/a
Chemistry	1,193	1,200	Yes	N/a
Earth science	1,192	1,200	Yes	N/a
Physics	1,177	1,200	Slightly under	N/a
Mathematics	1,211	1,200	Yes	N/a
Technology	3,287	3,350	Slightly under	N/a
Technology: General	1,035	1,050	Yes	N/a
Agriculture, biotechnology and medical technology	325	350	Slightly under	N/a
Computing, electronics and communication technology	828	850	Slightly under	N/a
Optical, navigation, timekeeping, astronomical and space technology	298	300	Yes	N/a
Transportation	491	500	Yes	N/a
Weapons and other military technology	310	300	Yes	N/a
Total	49,820	50,000	Yes	N/a