Leonardo da Vinci

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Aug 26, 2026

10,255

Total Edits

4,070

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

3,008

Watchers

29%

Minor Edits

146K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 5% of the reported 10,255 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Oct 5, 2026, 5:49 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 Leonardo da Vinci has been edited 10,255 times since it was created in 2001, by 4,070 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 409 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 30% of the changes. Editing that dispersed means no small group dominates the page; most changes arrive from editors who touch it once or twice. In the same window, about 7% of the retrieved revisions came from bot accounts, which handle routine work such as link repair and reference formatting.

Within the retrieved window, 2023 carries the most recorded activity, with 138 changes. 22 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 40 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in November 2024. 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 10,255 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.

Birth and backgroundFirst Milanese period (c. 1482–1499)Personal lifeExternal linkstop

Top Editors

Recent Changeslast 90 days

HelloIAmLucasFormatting Issue fixed
Aug 26, 2026
JMFMos:dash
Aug 21, 2026
JMFMos:dash
Aug 21, 2026
JMFRm "his best" as needless and subjective. Some [[MOS:DASH]] fixes.
Aug 21, 2026
Hippo43ce
Aug 21, 2026
Hippo43source not necessary in lead, and doesn't support sentence
Aug 21, 2026
Hippo43cl
Aug 21, 2026
Hippo43ce
Aug 21, 2026
JMFUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1370458692|1370458692]] by [[Special:Contributions/Hippo43|Hippo43]] ([[User talk:Hippo43|talk]]) goof faith but not an assertion to be made in [[WP:WIKIVOICE]]. (even if true) The other alternative is to say explicitly whose opinion it is.y
Aug 21, 2026
Hippo43per source
Aug 21, 2026
JevansenRemoving from [[Category:Italian male painters]] diffused using [[c:Help:Cat-a-lot|Cat-a-lot]]
Aug 21, 2026
JevansenCopying from [[Category:16th-century Italian painters]] to [[Category:16th-century Italian male painters]] using [[c:Help:Cat-a-lot|Cat-a-lot]]
Aug 21, 2026
AmandajmCorrected a ridiculous error. There is a DIFFERENT painting in which Leonardo is thought to be the angel, but not this chubby-faced blonde.
Aug 17, 2026
PlasticwonderCleaning up syntax using [[:en:User:Zackmann08/scripts/indent|indent.js]]
Aug 7, 2026
DaddynnoobDistinguish
Aug 6, 2026
Anagabtsee also
Jul 27, 2026
JMFRevert. It was Italy (aka Italia) then too. No need to confuse political geography with physical geography.
Jul 26, 2026
Panamitsumove to better section
Jul 26, 2026
Panamitsuce
Jul 26, 2026
Panamitsulink
Jul 26, 2026

Common questions about Leonardo da Vinci on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Leonardo da Vinci been edited?

Wikipedia records 10,255 edits to Leonardo da Vinci since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 4,070 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Leonardo da Vinci the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is JMF, with 33 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 Leonardo da Vinci created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Leonardo da Vinci is dated September 7, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Leonardo da Vinci edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2023 holds the most recorded changes, at 138. 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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