Buddhism

B-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Jul 28, 2026

17,081

Total Edits

5,422

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

3,082

Watchers

25%

Minor Edits

98K

Monthly Views

19

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 3% of the reported 17,081 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Aug 22, 2026, 1:33 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 Buddhism has been edited 17,081 times since it was created in 2001, by 5,422 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 689 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 49% 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, 2024 carries the most recorded activity, with 254 changes. 19 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 24 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in May 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 17,081 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

0109K218K2024-082024-122025-042025-082025-122026-042026-08

Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

topFour Noble Truths – dukkha and its endingDemographicsThe BuddhaEtymology

Recent Changeslast 90 days

Yuefixed [[MOS:DASH|dashes]] using [[User:Ohconfucius/dashes.js]]
Jul 28, 2026
IAmTheSpaghetti/* The Buddha */
Jul 26, 2026
Kkollapsagain, no reason for a paragraph split
Jul 10, 2026
Kkollapsno good reason for a paragraph split here
Jul 10, 2026
Lule345Added links
Jul 5, 2026
DuesseljanFixed typo
Jun 26, 2026
BasicWritingSeveral minor copyedits.
Jun 26, 2026
VerdictByLogicCe
Jun 20, 2026
VerdictByLogicce
Jun 20, 2026
VerdictByLogicCe
Jun 20, 2026
VerdictByLogicCe and removed unnecessary word.
Jun 20, 2026
VerdictByLogicCE
Jun 20, 2026
VerdictByLogicadded translation.
Jun 20, 2026
DanyMationsadding religion template
Jun 19, 2026
Rallettea sockpuppet account had removed China from the list of countries where Mahayana is predominant; restored it there
Jun 12, 2026
Gotitbrono summary
Jun 7, 2026
GotitbroUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1350309157|1350309157]] by [[Special:Contributions/Aayush.5466|Aayush.5466]] ([[User talk:Aayush.5466|talk]]) [[Indian religions]] are an academic classification
Jun 7, 2026
LindebyDeleted a stray x before "mārga"
May 29, 2026
John of ReadingTypo fixing, replaced: Wilshire → Wiltshire per the book's title page at Google Books
May 28, 2026

Common questions about Buddhism on Wikipedia

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

Wikipedia records 17,081 edits to Buddhism since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 5,422 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Buddhism the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Joshua Jonathan, with 61 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 Buddhism created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Buddhism is dated November 9, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Buddhism edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2024 holds the most recorded changes, at 254. Because the report covers a retrieved window rather than the entire history, an earlier year outside that window could have been busier.

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