Cebuano-language Wikipedia was launched in June 2005. In January 2006, 1,000 articles were created, while in November 2006 there were 1,400 articles. At the end of 2006 and 2007, the bots created ten thousand articles on municipalities in France.

By the end of 2012, the number of articles increased to about 30,000. In December 2012, Lsjbot began to create articles. As a result, the number of articles increased dramatically in 2013, and from February to December 2013, the number of articles increased ninefold.