Buddhism

B-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Oct 1, 2026

17,104

Total Edits

5,435

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

3,098

Watchers

26%

Minor Edits

109K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 3% of the reported 17,104 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Oct 6, 2026, 3:47 AM 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 17,104 times since it was created in 2001, by 5,435 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 687 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 47% 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 234 changes. 27 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 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 17,104 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

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Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

topFour Noble Truths – dukkha and its endingDemographicsThe BuddhaSources

Recent Changeslast 90 days

ArcticSeeressWhen?
Oct 1, 2026
Dz5t 8O12Removed repeated hyperlinks under MOS:OL
Sep 29, 2026
Dawnseeker2000date format audit, simplify links, minor formatting, unlink common terms, refine ref details, [[MOS:GEOLINK]], BBC News/Sport are divisions of the BBC, etc., CS1 errors: deprecated parameters
Sep 22, 2026
JimRengesp
Sep 20, 2026
Kkollapssource? no reason for a paragraph break
Sep 20, 2026
Lipwe/* */
Sep 18, 2026
LipwePresent sourced ranges for the global Buddhist population and percentage, and clarify differences between religious identification and Buddhist beliefs and practices.
Sep 18, 2026
FleedreMerging references with [[User:Uglemat/RefMan|RefMan]]
Sep 17, 2026
AvniAiraAdded links
Sep 14, 2026
Gabecube45Changed Buddhism being introduced to the west from 20th century to 19th century considering the popular philosophical intrigue surrounding it
Sep 9, 2026
Gotitbro/* */
Sep 8, 2026
Gotitbroce per main art and body
Sep 8, 2026
MikeAllenRollback edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/Zomollp|Zomollp]] ([[User_talk:Zomollp|talk]]): (from [[WP:UCP|contribs]]) [[w:en:WP:RW|(RW 16.1)]]
Aug 30, 2026
Zomollp/* top */
Aug 30, 2026
Wolfdoglede clarity
Aug 29, 2026
Pac VetenTagged [[WP:DUPREF|duplicate citations]] using [[User:Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences|DuplicateReferences]]
Aug 28, 2026
OAbot[[Wikipedia:OABOT|Open access bot]]: url-access=subscription updated in citation with #oabot.
Aug 24, 2026
AnomieBOTDating maintenance tags: {{Citation needed}}
Aug 23, 2026
UFTI IBN GUFTI/* Colonial era and after */
Aug 23, 2026
JCW-CleanerBotclean up
Aug 16, 2026

Common questions about Buddhism on Wikipedia

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

Wikipedia records 17,104 edits to Buddhism since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 5,435 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 57 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 234. 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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