Elvis Presley

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Sep 30, 2026

20,823

Total Edits

5,145

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

2,106

Watchers

27%

Minor Edits

306K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 2% of the reported 20,823 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, 5:50 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 Elvis Presley has been edited 20,823 times since it was created in 2001, by 5,145 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 834 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 only about 32% of the changes. Editing that dispersed means no small group dominates the page; most changes arrive from editors who touch it once or twice.

Within the retrieved window, 2025 carries the most recorded activity, with 319 changes. 48 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 5 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in January 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 2% of the 20,823 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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Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

AchievementsRelationship with the African-American communityDeath1977–present: posthumous developmentsFinal months and death

Recent Changeslast 90 days

ConeKota/* */
Sep 30, 2026
SNUGGUMSNot supported within article prose, and infoboxes are supposed to be summaries of article prose instead of a place to introduce details that never get mentioned anywhere else on an article
Sep 29, 2026
Nikkimariarm nn relative
Sep 17, 2026
Ira LevitonDeleted an unknown parameter from the infobox.
Sep 17, 2026
Damnitsadded that he is also referred to simply as "the king", given that this term for him is incredibly common, more so in current times than King of Rock and Roll.
Sep 16, 2026
Henry Jones Sr. & Short Roundadded informaition
Sep 16, 2026
Henry Jones Sr. & Short Roundadded informaition
Sep 16, 2026
David O. JohnsonAdded comma
Sep 15, 2026
Bruce1eeReverted [[WP:AGF|good faith]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/YourLocalZakkFromSomewhere|YourLocalZakkFromSomewhere]] ([[User talk:YourLocalZakkFromSomewhere|talk]]): This is a Featured article, please discuss these additions on the talk page first
Sep 11, 2026
YourLocalZakkFromSomewhereno summary
Sep 11, 2026
YourLocalZakkFromSomewhereno summary
Sep 11, 2026
Jeeholidayweird paragraph break between obviously related material
Sep 10, 2026
MhartlAdd page number to citation
Sep 3, 2026
Bryan1518no summary
Aug 24, 2026
Bryan1518This image should be enough, it shows more of him.
Aug 24, 2026
Magnolia677per [[MOS:IMAGES]]
Aug 23, 2026
RTSthestardustbest headshot of Elvis available - used on infobox
Aug 23, 2026
RitaLemReference's link is not dead
Aug 23, 2026
RitaLemModifications to the lead paragraph requires previous consensus through discussion
Aug 23, 2026
Renamed user 5b2dd0b78643bfa5bcc19de37fefaaeeFixing typos
Aug 22, 2026

Common questions about Elvis Presley on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Elvis Presley been edited?

Wikipedia records 20,823 edits to Elvis Presley since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 5,145 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Elvis Presley the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is StefenTower, with 26 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 Elvis Presley created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Elvis Presley is dated October 13, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Elvis Presley edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2025 holds the most recorded changes, at 319. 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 Elvis Presley on Wikipedia?

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