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{{short description|Wiki-based how-to website}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox website | name = wikiHow | logo = WikiHow logo 2014.svg | screenshot = WikiHow Homepage Screenshot December 2019.png | caption = wikiHow Main Page in December, 2019 | url = {{URL|https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page}} | commercial = Yes ("[[hybrid organization]]") | company_type = Private | location_city = [[Palo Alto]], [[California]] | location_country = United States | area_served = Worldwide | language = English, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi, Turkish, Persian | type = Wiki-format how-to manual | registration = Optional, but necessary for certain tasks | author = [[Jack Herrick]] | launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|1|15}} | current_status = Active | language_count = 19<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Language-Projects|title=wikiHow:Language Projects - wikiHow|website=www.wikihow.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110035/http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Language-Projects|archive-date=August 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | key_people = Elizabeth Douglas (CEO)<br>Jack Herrick (Founder) }} '''wikiHow''' is an online [[wiki]]-style community consisting of an extensive [[database]] of how-to guides, also, consisting of many [[Animation|animated images]]. Founded in 2005 by Internet entrepreneur Jack Herrick, wikiHow is a [[hybrid organization]], a for-profit company run for a social mission.<ref>{{cite web|title=wikiHow:Hybrid Organization|url=http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Hybrid-Organizati|website=wikiHow|access-date=21 February 2015}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=Darkmorpher |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="WikiHow's Recipe for Success">{{cite web|last1=Demarais|first1=Christina|title=WikiHow's Recipe for Success|url=http://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/can-hybrid-companies-change-the-world.html|website=Inc.|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221102521/http://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/can-hybrid-companies-change-the-world.html|archive-date=February 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> wikiHow software is [[open source]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Herrick, wikiHow founder interviewed by Wikinews|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Jack_Herrick,_wikiHow_founder_interviewed_by_Wikinews|website=[[Wikinews]]|access-date=February 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221094637/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Jack_Herrick,_wikiHow_founder_interviewed_by_Wikinews|archive-date=February 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and its text content is released under a [[Creative Commons]] (BY-NC-SA) license.<ref name="wikiHow Reaches 25,000 Articles">{{cite web|last1=Rojer|first1=Rebecca|title=wikiHow Reaches 25,000 Articles|url=https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7700|website=Creative Commons|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110134026/http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7700|archive-date=November 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=wikiHow:Creative Commons|url=http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Creative-Commons|website=wikiHow|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220155435/http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Creative-Commons|archive-date=February 20, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> wikiHow states that it was inspired by Wikipedia, but it is not related to Wikimedia/Wikipedia in any way.<ref name="wikiHow-about">{{Cite web | url = https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Powered-and-Inspired-by-MediaWiki | title = wikiHow:Powered and Inspired by MediaWiki | publisher = wikiHow | access-date = 6 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200326030530/https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Powered-and-Inspired-by-MediaWiki | archive-date = March 26, 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref> Both organizations use the [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[MediaWiki]] software.<ref name="wikiHow-about" /> The website aims to create the world's most helpful how-to instructions to enable everyone in the world to learn how to do anything.<ref>{{cite web|last1=de Leon|first1=Pamella|title=The Weird (And Sometimes Wonderful) World Of WikiHow: Crowdsourcing Online Info On Everything|url=http://www.entrepreneurmiddleeast.com/the-weird-and-sometimes-wonderful-world-of-wikihow-crowdsourcing-online-info-on-everything/|website=Entrepreneur Middle East|access-date=21 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221100323/http://www.entrepreneurmiddleeast.com/the-weird-and-sometimes-wonderful-world-of-wikihow-crowdsourcing-online-info-on-everything/|archive-date=February 21, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=wikiHow:Mission|url=http://wikihow.com/wikiHow:Mission|website=wikiHow|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221100004/http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Mission|archive-date=February 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In February, 2005, wikiHow had over 35.5 million unique visitors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:History-of-wikiHow|title=wikiHow:History of wikiHow - wikiHow|website=www.wikihow.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814012711/http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:History-of-wikiHow|archive-date=August 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> {{asof|2021|05}}, wikiHow contains more than 232,000 free how-to articles and over 2.5 million registered users.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Herald/2019-Year-in-Review|title=2019: The Year in Review|website=wikiHow}}</ref> On April 11, 2010, a wikiHow article titled "How to Lose Weight Fast" reached 5 million page views, a first for the site. "How to Take a Screenshot in Microsoft Windows" is the site's most popular article.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Statistics|title=wikiHow:Statistics - wikiHow|website=www.wikihow.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813042720/http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Statistics|archive-date=August 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>