Nikola Tesla

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Jul 30, 2026

12,523

Total Edits

3,940

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

3,265

Watchers

27%

Minor Edits

186K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 4% of the reported 12,523 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, 1:33 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 Nikola Tesla has been edited 12,523 times since it was created in 2001, by 3,940 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 503 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 43% 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 246 changes. The page is currently busy: 59 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 22 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in March 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 12,523 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

Joytidy up geolocation
Jul 30, 2026
Joyrevert weird arbitrary rewrite, please base your change on the current revision Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1366573586|1366573586]] by [[Special:Contributions/InfoboxEditor26|InfoboxEditor26]] ([[User talk:InfoboxEditor26|talk]])
Jul 28, 2026
InfoboxEditor26Added wikitables to "Recognition" section.
Jul 28, 2026
Joydependency of the previous change Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1365850501|1365850501]] by [[Special:Contributions/Fiveby|Fiveby]] ([[User talk:Fiveby|talk]])
Jul 25, 2026
Joyrevert arbitrary removal of self-identification, which has a distinct purpose of clarifying the regional toponymy Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1365850293|1365850293]] by [[Special:Contributions/Fiveby|Fiveby]] ([[User talk:Fiveby|talk]])
Jul 25, 2026
FivebyCheney says "apparently exempted" Carlson says "hid in the mountains"
Jul 24, 2026
Fiveby+cite for 3 years at Karlovac
Jul 24, 2026
Fivebysource unused now
Jul 24, 2026
Fivebybirthplace already stated
Jul 24, 2026
Fivebyeugenics wikilink probably more useful for the reader than the whole sidebar
Jul 24, 2026
Fivebyrm section, see talk
Jul 24, 2026
Fivebythere it is, p. 210 in a 2020 edition, just states he never published
Jul 23, 2026
Fivebyfv for Cheney, page# from epub probably, not much discussion of relativity, etc.
Jul 23, 2026
Fivebyconduction not induction, ether, Hertz, Maxwell: this is content for the "Wireless Power" section where there is already some discussion
Jul 23, 2026
Panamitsulink
Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
Panamitsurm full stop
Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026

Common questions about Nikola Tesla on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Nikola Tesla been edited?

Wikipedia records 12,523 edits to Nikola Tesla since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 3,940 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Nikola Tesla the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Joy, with 48 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 Nikola Tesla created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Nikola Tesla is dated October 3, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Nikola Tesla edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2025 holds the most recorded changes, at 246. 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 Nikola Tesla on Wikipedia?

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