Elon Musk

B-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Oct 3, 2026

17,958

Total Edits

4,332

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2004

Created

2,939

Watchers

18%

Minor Edits

575K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 3% of the reported 17,958 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, 3:43 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 Elon Musk has been edited 17,958 times since it was created in 2004, by 4,332 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 811 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 52% 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, 2026 carries the most recorded activity, with 500 changes. The page is currently busy: 110 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 2 days ago.

Readership is cooling: the last three months of pageviews run about 65% below the preceding period. The clearest peak in that record falls in February 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 17,958 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

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Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

Legal affairsPoliticsExternal linksPersonal life

Recent Changeslast 90 days

Yeenocorrect death of first child per request at [[WP:RPPE]]
Oct 3, 2026
TheSilksongPikminHigher resolution photo that doesn't have people's faces visible in the background
Oct 3, 2026
Chessrat"at least" to children field per accompanying note
Oct 3, 2026
ReferenceManI see no reliable source as to that information. I do see information that the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, did not exist when Musk was born. Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1377894061|1377894061]] by [[Special:Contributions/NorixNGU|NorixNGU]] ([[User talk:NorixNGU|talk]])
Oct 2, 2026
NorixNGU/* Early life and education */
Oct 1, 2026
Maxeto0910+italic
Oct 1, 2026
PlasticwonderCleaning up syntax using [[:en:User:Zackmann08/scripts/indent|indent.js]]
Sep 30, 2026
Max263unnecessary
Sep 30, 2026
NorixNGU/* */
Sep 30, 2026
DarioBee/* External links */
Sep 29, 2026
MathMan4Expanding short description
Sep 27, 2026
Solo4701it's probably apt to include industrialist due to musk's large-scale industrial enterprises. the current intro sentence is accurate but relatively ambiguous and the significant industrial dimension isn't addressed there except implicitly via involvement in Tesla/SpaceX. Additionally bloomberg used the term for instance https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-09-13/elon-musk-the-21st-century-industrialist
Sep 26, 2026
AUC2012Specificated
Sep 23, 2026
ReferenceManIn Infobox, added back in "CEO" of SpaceXAI
Sep 21, 2026
TricanaQedited occupation to reflect xAI's renaming to SpaceXAI
Sep 21, 2026
TricanaQno summary
Sep 21, 2026
AUC2012no summary
Sep 20, 2026
Schestosif his dad is then so is he
Sep 17, 2026
Maxeto0910be consistent with its article
Sep 13, 2026
NRP/* Personal life */
Sep 12, 2026

Common questions about Elon Musk on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Elon Musk been edited?

Wikipedia records 17,958 edits to Elon Musk since the article was created in 2004. Those edits come from 4,332 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Elon Musk the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Maxeto0910, with 66 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 Elon Musk created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Elon Musk is dated August 18, 2004, making the article about 22 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Elon Musk edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2026 holds the most recorded changes, at 500. 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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