Half a decade ago, a ton of apps started to implement a dark mode. This included YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Hulu and WhatsApp. Apple and Google began offering a systemwide dark theme for their mobile operating systems in 2018. Wikipedia has finally caught up and has started implementing dark mode for its website in 2024.
If you visited the Wikipedia website on mobile in July, you might have seen a pop-up indicating that dark mode is ready for prime time. Here is how you can turn it on mobile:
- Go to Wikipedia’s site.
- Tap on the hamburger menu on the top.
- Tap on Settings.
- Under the Color section, select “Dark” as the option.
Wikipedia says under the Colors tab that this is an experimental implementation, and you might experience some issues in dark mode.
In August 2024, Wikipedia finally rolled out dark mode to the desktop site. Here is how you can turn it on:
- Go to Wikipedia’s site.
- Click on the the appearance menu, which has a specs icon.
- Select the “Dark” options under the “Color” section.
This story originally published July 12 and was updated August 8 with more information.