Steve Jobs

B-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Sep 29, 2026

12,443

Total Edits

4,942

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

2,581

Watchers

29%

Minor Edits

426K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 4% of the reported 12,443 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, 4:32 AM 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 Steve Jobs has been edited 12,443 times since it was created in 2001, by 4,942 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 495 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 32% 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, 2024 carries the most recorded activity, with 193 changes. 34 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 7 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in October 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 12,443 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.

FamilyHealth problemsExternal linksApple (1976–1985)Death

Recent Changeslast 90 days

NRP/* Honors and awards */
Sep 29, 2026
HTGSExpand blank section to just a paragraph on the most important depictions
Sep 27, 2026
GreenC botMove 1 url. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#thehindu.com]] PassA
Sep 25, 2026
Day Creatureadd citation per edit request
Sep 20, 2026
ConeKotaReverted image change as the newly replaced one is lower quality and a lot more darker to see the subject clearly.
Sep 19, 2026
Perfectionistic AnglophileAdded link to Dezeen
Sep 19, 2026
UltraCobson4x5 crop
Sep 19, 2026
UltraCobsondifferent crop
Sep 19, 2026
UltraCobsonreplaced infobox image: the subject is facing the text, is clearly recognizable, and has a neutral expression
Sep 19, 2026
AoidhUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1375466490|1375466490]] by [[Special:Contributions/UltraCobson|UltraCobson]] ([[User talk:UltraCobson|talk]]) Given the sources and prose in the article, "an American entrepreneur" is not an improvement over "American businessman and investor", and the iPhone and other products are already in the lede.
Sep 18, 2026
UltraCobsonExpanded first paragraph to include essential details
Sep 17, 2026
Wcamp9Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1374792064|1374792064]] by [[Special:Contributions/Knightoftheswords281|Knightoftheswords281]] ([[User talk:Knightoftheswords281|talk]]) This can be undone but a photo of just Jobs rather than Jobs holding something would be a lot more conventional
Sep 16, 2026
HugoStd300Tweak
Sep 15, 2026
Knightoftheswords281Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1352059260|1352059260]] by [[Special:Contributions/Epicazowski|Epicazowski]] ([[User talk:Epicazowski|talk]]); unexplained how this is more suitable for an infobox
Sep 14, 2026
JJMC89 bot IIIMoving [[:Category:People who have appeared on US coins]] to [[:Category:People who have appeared on United States coins]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy]]
Sep 13, 2026
AUC2012/* */
Sep 13, 2026
Khusrah Ghazi/* Family */
Sep 12, 2026
OrbitalVoid49rm dupe wikilink
Sep 11, 2026
UltraCobsonReverted the word "inventor" until some stronger consensus can be reached.
Sep 7, 2026
ConeKota/* Death */
Sep 4, 2026

Common questions about Steve Jobs on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Steve Jobs been edited?

Wikipedia records 12,443 edits to Steve Jobs since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 4,942 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Steve Jobs the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is ComputerUserUser, with 30 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 Steve Jobs created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Steve Jobs is dated August 16, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Steve Jobs edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2024 holds the most recorded changes, at 193. 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 Steve Jobs on Wikipedia?

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