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Last edited Jun 28, 2026
17,828
Total Edits
4,304
Unique Editors
10/10
Controversy Score
2004
Created
2,933
Watchers
18%
Minor Edits
1.4M
Monthly Views
20
Edits (90d)
The Wikipedia article on Elon Musk has been edited 17,828 times by 4,304 different editors since it was created roughly 22 years ago in 2004. That works out to an average of about 810 edits per year, though activity is rarely spread evenly — most articles see long quiet stretches punctuated by short bursts of intense editing.
With a controversy score of 10/10, this is one of the more contested articles on English Wikipedia. A score this high means edits are frequently reverted — editors are undoing each other's work rather than building on it, which is the classic signature of an active dispute over how the subject should be described. Readers should treat sections of this article as potentially unstable, and check the talk page to understand what the disagreements are about.
Within the 500 most recent revisions we analysed, the single most active contributor is Maxeto0910, responsible for about 12% of the changes in that window. That is a fairly healthy spread, suggesting the article is maintained by a broad community rather than dominated by any one voice. The busiest year in our data was 2026, when editing activity peaked — spikes like this usually line up with real-world news events involving the subject.
The sections that show up most often in edit summaries are , Involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, Legal affairs, Politics, Personal life. These are the parts of the article that editors revisit most — a useful shortcut to where the action, and any disagreement, is concentrated.
All figures above are computed live from Wikipedia's public revision data. For a deeper explanation of what these numbers mean, see our guides on edit wars, article quality ratings, and how to read an edit history.
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Showing last 500 edits — 2025 to 2026
Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics
Sections appearing most in edit summaries.
| # | Editor | Edits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxeto0910 | 62 | |
| 2 | ReferenceMan | 54 | |
| 3 | Thewtor | 31 | |
| 4 | Pennine rambler | 22 | |
| 5 | PublicDomainFan08 | 20 | |
| 6 | Panamitsu | 20 | |
| 7 | CMBGAMER 2018 | 14 | |
| 8 | QRep2020 | 13 | |
| 9 | MyGosh789 | 13 | |
| 10 | Snokalok | 12 |