[1] The organization publishes and maintains articles, images, videos, podcasts, and interactive educational tools related to history.

All users may contribute content to the site, although submissions are reviewed by an editorial team before publication.

[1] The nonprofit organization is based in Godalming, United Kingdom and Montreal, Canada, although it has no office and its team is globally distributed.

[2][3] The site had an emphasis on ancient history when it was founded, but it later shifted to cover the Medieval and Early Modern periods as well.

[4] In November 2024, World History Encyclopedia became a publishing partner of the AI search company Perplexity.ai, providing information to Perplexity while partaking their revenue sharing program.