Wikimedia Apps/Team/Android/TrivaGame

Background

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In September 2024 the team participated in a Sprinthackular which was designed to create proof of concept for product ideas and get feedback from real users about the feasibility of the concept. The Android team created a proof of concept for a Trivia game. The usability testing insights were positive enough for us to build out the game and offer it in the app permanently. There have also been discussions from members of the Wikipedia community expressing a desire for games in the app.

Additionally, the Annual Plan has includes an objective to increase retention of logged out users, and we believe games could be an engaging way to retain readers and knowledge lovers

This work is apart of the 2024-2025 Annual Plan Wiki Experiences 3.1 work.

A new generation of consumers arrives at Wikipedia to discover a preferred destination for discovering, engaging, and building encyclopedic content.

Release two curated, accessible, and community-driven browsing and learning experiences to representative wikis, with the goal of increasing the logged-out reader retention of experience users by 5%.

If we create a daily-use Wikipedia-based trivia game in the Android app, logged-out readers who engage with this feature will open the app on multiple days within a 20-day period at a rate at least 5% higher than those who do not engage with the feature.

• Unique logged-out users who engage with this feature open the app on multiple days within a 20-day period at a rate at least 5% higher than those who do not engage with the feature
• At least 15% of users start the game and of those users, at least 40% complete the game in the same session/date
• 15% of unique users play the game more than one day in a 20 day period
• 5% of users that engage with feature share their score, add an article from the game to their reading list or click to read an article directly from the game
• At least 10 app downloads as a result of game

• 10 negative comments on talk page by community members from target audience without 10 positive comments to counter the negative comments (QUAL to be gathered by Amal)  

• What is the greatest drop off point in the game? (funnel analysis)
• What is the average game retention rate?
• What are other games users would be interested in? (QUAL to be gathered from Amal and Sarah)
• How do the metrics differ for logged out users vs logged in users?

A daily dose of historical trivia, only on the Wikipedia Android app!

Every day brings a brand-new round of Which came first? a quick and fun trivia challenge based on real events that happened on this day in history.

You’ll be shown two historical events, and your job is to guess which one happened earlier. Get it right and you earn a point. Each game includes 5 questions, and at the end, you’ll see your total score along with handy links to explore each event further on Wikipedia.

Whether you’re a history buff or just enjoy a quick brain boost, this game is a great way to learn something new every day.

After 21st of May, 2025 the game will be available as a part of an A/B test in the scaling languages: English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Turkish.

1. Open the Wikipedia Android app.

2. Tap on Which came first? From the Explore feed.

3. For each of the 5 questions, select the event you think occurred first.

4. After answering, you’ll see if you were correct.

5. At the end, view your total score and tap through to read more about the events.

6. Want to brag a little? You can share your score—or just keep it to yourself (we won’t tell).

Q: Where do the events come from?

A: All the events are real and sourced from each language Wikipedia’s"Days of the year" pages. They’re curated from history and matched by date—so if you're playing on May 14, all events happened on a past May 14.

Q: How is my score saved?

A: Your score and history are saved locally on your device. They are not tied to your Wikipedia account or shared with anyone.

Q: Can I play past or future games?

A: Once you’ve played today’s game you can access the game archive from the results page which will give you access to past games. Past games may be slightly different than they appeared on the day they were first published to account for updates to the Wikipedia page related to the day of the year.

Q: Can I share my score?

A: Yes! You’ll have the option to share your score at the end of each game.

Q: Do I need to sign in to play?

A: Nope! No login required—just open the app and start playing.

Q: Which languages is the game available in? A: The game is currently available in German.

We’d love to hear what you think! Tap on the ‘Discussion’ tab at the top of this page to tell us what you liked or what could be better. We're also exploring more Wikipedia-based games, so let us know what kinds of daily challenges you'd like to see next.