Mao Zedong

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Oct 4, 2026

13,691

Total Edits

5,458

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

1,687

Watchers

25%

Minor Edits

223K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 4% of the reported 13,691 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, 7:12 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 Mao Zedong has been edited 13,691 times since it was created in 2001, by 5,458 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 549 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 47% 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 289 changes. 45 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 2 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. 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 4% of the 13,691 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

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Recent Changeslast 90 days

JArthur1984/* Assessment in China */
Oct 4, 2026
JArthur1984OK to soften coinage to attributed to? It is constantly attributed, as I recall the state of the evidence is not actually so clear it is coinage. I know we will find sources for coinage, but unless something is so robust may we hedge anyway? Also I trimmed from four to three sources here, the reason we have so many is a few years back when there was tendentious editing from people who were canvassed on a blog and found this ordinary Chinese idea unfamiliar
Oct 4, 2026
JArthur1984further views from the subaltern
Oct 4, 2026
GryfiaI have clarified Li Riu's relationship with Mao here somewhat, as he was not a secretary in the mode of a personal assistant, but as one portfolio holder among several other secretaries, and does not attest to having been a particular confidante of Mao
Oct 4, 2026
Kpop777/* */
Oct 3, 2026
Kpop777no summary
Oct 3, 2026
Denichoguerilla > guerrilla 2x
Oct 1, 2026
PolychroniconChanged some odd (biased) wording and corrected the death count estimate according to the actual source cited
Sep 24, 2026
JArthur1984A similar proposal was rejected after talk page discussion a month ago. Consensus can change over time, but a month is clearly not long enough to revisit. Also please remember that “minor” has a specific Wikipedia meaning and no change to substance should ever be checked as minor.
Sep 18, 2026
UltraCobsonNot calling him a dictator is nothing short of pro-PRC and pro-communist bias on Wikipedia.
Sep 18, 2026
Doezelead ce
Sep 12, 2026
JArthur1984can we say "influenced" instead of "inspired"? Some readers will think inspired has necessarily positive connotations. Influenced is more matter of fact.
Sep 11, 2026
Doezelead
Sep 11, 2026
Ollie231213no summary
Sep 10, 2026
Rfl0216/* References */
Sep 9, 2026
GiantSnowman[[Wikipedia:MOSNUMscript|script]]-assisted date audit and style fixes per [[MOS:NUM]]
Sep 9, 2026
Grilledcheeseisgreatchanged some spellings, removed a duplicated link
Sep 9, 2026
Duckmatheradd hatnote to [[Zhuang Zedong]]
Sep 7, 2026
DrmiesUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1373022439|1373022439]] by [[Special:Contributions/Polybius117x|Polybius117x]] again, why are we putting fascist stuff in here?
Sep 3, 2026
Polybius117xAdded misc. related tags
Sep 3, 2026

Common questions about Mao Zedong on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Mao Zedong been edited?

Wikipedia records 13,691 edits to Mao Zedong since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 5,458 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Mao Zedong the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Y-S.Ko, with 44 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 Mao Zedong created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Mao Zedong is dated October 21, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Mao Zedong edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2025 holds the most recorded changes, at 289. 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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