diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 9f4a81c7..455fecf3 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -4541,7 +4541,7 @@ extractor.wikimedia.limit
 Type
     ``integer``
 Default
-    ``10``
+    ``50``
 Description
     Number of results to return in a single API query.
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py
index 97a12b05..7a62e01a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class WikimediaExtractor(BaseExtractor):
             self.category = "{}-{}".format(
                 self.category, self.root.partition(".")[0].rpartition("/")[2])
 
-        self.per_page = self.config("limit", 10)
+        self.per_page = self.config("limit", 50)
 
     def _init(self):
         api_path = self.config_instance("api-path")