In 2006, Wikipedia was growing rapidly, and the number of active editors was increasing steadily.

📊 Approximate Wikipedia Editor Numbers in 2006:

• Active editors (defined as registered users making 5+ edits per month):
  
  👉 Around 50,000 to 60,000 globally across all language editions
• English Wikipedia active editors:
  
  👉 Roughly 30,000 to 35,000

📌 Source reference: Wikimedia's own stats archives from that period (2006-2007).

By comparison, total registered accounts were millions, but only a fraction were actively editing.

✅ Summary - Wikipedia in 2006:

• First $1 million donation (from Arcadia Fund / Lisbet Rausing & Peter Baldwin)
• ~50,000-60,000 active editors worldwide
• English Wikipedia leading with ~30,000-35,000 active editors
• Around 1.5 million articles in English Wikipedia by the end of 2006