Jesus

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Aug 14, 2026

33,033

Total Edits

7,882

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

4,312

Watchers

26%

Minor Edits

215K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 2% of the reported 33,033 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, 1:32 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 Jesus has been edited 33,033 times since it was created in 2001, by 7,882 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That works out to roughly 1,335 recorded changes a year — an article being rewritten in small pieces almost every hour of the day.

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, the ten busiest contributors account for about 35% 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, 2025 carries the most recorded activity, with 263 changes. The page is currently busy: 54 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 8 days ago.

Readership is cooling: the last three months of pageviews run about 31% below the preceding period. The clearest peak in that record falls in April 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 33,033 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.

topIslamExternal linksJesus Christ

Recent Changeslast 90 days

Jake11234296no summary
Aug 14, 2026
Lovelanoadded Sykes editor link
Aug 9, 2026
Lovelanofixed author and editor names, added DOI for Dunn ref
Aug 9, 2026
TumCool412url-status=live
Aug 4, 2026
LWG"am" is the code for [[Amharic]], I think you intended this to be Aramaic?
Jul 31, 2026
Monk of Monk Hallce redundancies
Jul 31, 2026
Isaura2004/* */
Jul 20, 2026
AesuriasReverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/C pellicano|C pellicano]] ([[User talk:C pellicano|talk]])
Jul 20, 2026
C pellicano/* */
Jul 20, 2026
ABehjatMain article reference
Jul 17, 2026
JasterOmegagalatians 1:1
Jul 11, 2026
Hazhkc/e
Jul 10, 2026
Hazhkrewording. Move a link
Jul 10, 2026
HazhkUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1363502900|1363502900]] by [[Special:Contributions/Hazhk|Hazhk]] ([[User talk:Hazhk|talk]])
Jul 10, 2026
Hazhkremove repetition. It states twice that he rose from the dead but it doesn't need to state twice that it was on the third day
Jul 10, 2026
JasterOmegaNo academic importance. It's just an opinion of a poet from the United Church of Christ.
Jul 9, 2026
Ancient Greek Scribe=Hyperlink.
Jul 8, 2026
Ancient Greek Scribe=Neutral wording, and "consider" is used in source.
Jul 8, 2026
Ancient Greek Scribe=Medium is not [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources]], return BBC article.
Jul 8, 2026
Ancient Greek Scribe=It is specifically Hare Krishnas, and they believe he is an exemplary devotee.
Jul 8, 2026

Common questions about Jesus on Wikipedia

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

Wikipedia records 33,033 edits to Jesus since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 7,882 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Jesus the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is NextGenStudent, with 42 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 Jesus created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Jesus is dated November 21, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Jesus edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2025 holds the most recorded changes, at 263. 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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