Internet

B-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Jul 24, 2026

9,792

Total Edits

4,533

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

2,744

Watchers

31%

Minor Edits

94K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 5% of the reported 9,792 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, 1:31 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 Internet has been edited 9,792 times since it was created in 2001, by 4,533 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 395 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 38% 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. In the same window, about 12% of the retrieved revisions came from bot accounts, which handle routine work such as link repair and reference formatting.

Within the retrieved window, 2024 carries the most recorded activity, with 91 changes. 21 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 28 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in December 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 5% of the 9,792 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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Showing last 500 edits2020 to 2026

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Monthly Pageviews

Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics

0198K396K2024-082024-122025-042025-082025-122026-042026-08

Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

HistoryTerminologySee alsotopMobile communication

Recent Changeslast 90 days

AutspectorderAdded and removed wikilinks.
Jul 24, 2026
GrayfellMissed a paragraph from previous revert
Jul 20, 2026
GrayfellRevert. AI-assisted spamming
Jul 20, 2026
OAbot[[Wikipedia:OABOT|Open access bot]]: url-access=subscription updated in citation with #oabot.
Jul 20, 2026
Bender the BotHTTP to HTTPS for [[Wayback Machine]], replaced: http://web.archive.org/ → https://web.archive.org/
Jul 16, 2026
Idiolectalrm/add ref: UN press release specifying IGF establishment
Jul 16, 2026
Citation botAltered doi. Add: doi-access, doi, authors 1-1. Removed URL that duplicated identifier. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | [[:en:WP:UCB|Use this bot]]. [[:en:WP:DBUG|Report bugs]]. | Suggested by Headbomb | [[Category:CS1 errors: DOI]] | #UCB_Category | Whitelisted category 1/11
Jul 16, 2026
AnomieBOT[[User:AnomieBOT/docs/TemplateSubster|Substing templates]]: {{Format ISBN}}. See [[User:AnomieBOT/docs/TemplateSubster]] for info.
Jul 15, 2026
Monkbot[[User:Monkbot/task 21: Replace page(s) with article-number|Monkbot/task 21: Replace page(s) with article-number]];
Jul 15, 2026
CampingWithCigarettesno summary
Jul 14, 2026
Medusarocks24no summary
Jul 13, 2026
Xboxsponge15/* 1960s */
Jul 11, 2026
Zzxt000000001Added link to another article
Jul 1, 2026
Xo4vThe nodes 1-4, and computers: [[SDS Sigma 7]] at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], [[SDS 940]] at [[SRI International|Stanford Research Institute (SRI)]], [[IBM 360/75]] at [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UCSB]] and the [[PDP-10]] at [[University of Utah]] are depicted.
Jun 12, 2026
Xo4vlayout
Jun 12, 2026
Xo4vA sketch of the [[ARPANET]] in December 1969. The nodes 1-4, and computers at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], [[SRI International|Stanford Research Institute (SRI)]], [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UCSB]] and the [[University of Utah]] are depicted.
Jun 12, 2026
Xo4vadd
Jun 12, 2026
Xo4v/* 1970s */
Jun 12, 2026
Xo4v15<ref>
Jun 12, 2026
Vtipomanlink unrelated
Jun 2, 2026

Common questions about Internet on Wikipedia

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

Wikipedia records 9,792 edits to Internet since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 4,533 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Internet the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Whizz40, with 53 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 Internet created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Internet is dated November 10, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Internet edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2024 holds the most recorded changes, at 91. 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 Internet on Wikipedia?

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