Australia

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Oct 1, 2026

19,438

Total Edits

6,077

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

2,564

Watchers

28%

Minor Edits

335K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 3% of the reported 19,438 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Oct 5, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC. Totals and pageviews are source-provided; the activity signal and section list are derived from the retrieved window.

What this edit history shows

The Wikipedia article on Australia has been edited 19,438 times since it was created in 2001, by 6,077 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 780 recorded changes a year, or several every day, which puts it among the more actively maintained pages on the encyclopedia.

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, the ten busiest contributors account for about 45% of the changes, with the rest spread across a long tail of occasional editors. That is a fairly typical mix of regular maintainers and passing corrections.

Within the retrieved window, 2025 carries the most recorded activity, with 296 changes. The page is currently busy: 56 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 4 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in March 2025. Traffic spikes and editing spikes often line up, but the revision record alone cannot tell you which one caused the other, or whether an outside event drove both.

This report is built from the 500 most recent revisions retrieved from Wikipedia, about 3% of the 19,438 recorded edits. Figures drawn from that window describe the window only, and the report cannot establish why a change was made or whether it was correct. For older revisions, talk-page discussion and full context, follow the source history on Wikipedia.

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Monthly Pageviews

Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics

0332K664K2024-102025-022025-062025-102026-022026-062026-10

Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

BibliographyPost-war and contemporary erasEconomyGovernment and politicsColonial expansion

Recent Changeslast 90 days

FlutterDash344no summary
Oct 1, 2026
PocolarUpdated stats.
Sep 29, 2026
DmdjduAdded accurate flag
Sep 26, 2026
Marko Mijajlović64no summary
Sep 26, 2026
MonocledEditorFixed capitalisation of "white Australia policy" to "White Australia policy", as it is a proper noun phrase.
Sep 24, 2026
ArjayaySp
Sep 21, 2026
TumCool412url-status=dead
Sep 21, 2026
FlutterDash344Per [[WP:OVERLINK]]
Sep 18, 2026
AnyGuy/* Economy */
Sep 17, 2026
AnyGuyordered the different energy sources/consumptions
Sep 17, 2026
AnyGuy/* Economy */
Sep 17, 2026
AnyGuy/* Economy */
Sep 17, 2026
AnyGuy/* Economy */
Sep 17, 2026
AnyGuy/* Economy */
Sep 17, 2026
AnyGuyapparently it's the reverse
Sep 17, 2026
AnyGuy/* Economy */
Sep 17, 2026
FlutterDash344Per Wikipedia's [[WP:MOS|manual of style]] guidelines
Sep 11, 2026
LeonidlednevUpgrade citation
Sep 6, 2026
Aemilius AdolphinReverted [[WP:AGF|good faith]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/گ-ژ-چ-پ-ڤ|گ-ژ-چ-پ-ڤ]] ([[User talk:گ-ژ-چ-پ-ڤ|talk]]): Not improvements
Sep 3, 2026
گ-ژ-چ-پ-ڤ/* See also */
Sep 3, 2026

Common questions about Australia on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Australia been edited?

Wikipedia records 19,438 edits to Australia since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 6,077 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Australia the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Aemilius Adolphin, with 120 edits. A high edit count reflects recorded activity in this window only; it does not imply ownership of the article or that the edits were accepted unchanged.

When was the Wikipedia article on Australia created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Australia is dated November 4, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Australia edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2025 holds the most recorded changes, at 296. Because the report covers a retrieved window rather than the entire history, an earlier year outside that window could have been busier.

How do I see the full edit history of Australia on Wikipedia?

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