Today marks one year since I created the @WikipediaTopEdits automated account, which has been posting daily stats on the top edited pages on English Wikipedia during the previous day. It has posted 682 times (some days had to be broken up into two posts due to character limits) and currently has 399 followers.
Here’s a look at its most popular posts.
Monday, July 1, 2024
– 2024–25 NHL transactions: 202 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_NHL_transactions
– Hurricane Beryl (2024): 156 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Beryl_(2024)
– 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles: 148 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles
– Ismail Kadare: 140 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Kadare
– 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles:…
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
– 2023 Israel–Hamas war: 609 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war
– ICFAI University, Tripura: 160 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICFAI_University,_Tripura
– Legalism (Chinese philosophy): 144 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)
– International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war: 144 revisions…
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
– Tim Walz: 337 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Walz
– Non-cooperation movement (2024): 254 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-cooperation_movement_(2024)
– Nepal: 229 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
– 2024 United Kingdom riots: 186 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_riots
– 2024 Wayanad landslides: 125 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Wayanad_landslides
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
– J. D. Vance: 392 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Vance
– Attempted assassination of Donald Trump: 335 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump
– 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement: 264 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement
– 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 statistics: 187 revisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_ICC_Women%27s_World_Twenty20_statistics
– Esther…
And now, here are the pages that received the most edits in a day over the past year.
| Date | Page | Revisions |
| Sunday, July 14, 2024 | Attempted assassination of Donald Trump | 2,209 |
| Friday, July 19, 2024 | 2024 CrowdStrike incident | 1,161 |
| Saturday, October 7, 2023 | October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict | 1,067 |
| Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse | 905 |
| Saturday, March 23, 2024 | Crocus City Hall attack | 842 |
| Sunday, April 14, 2024 | 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel | 828 |
| Monday, July 22, 2024 | List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign endorsements | 825 |
| Sunday, October 8, 2023 | October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict | 817 |
| Sunday, October 29, 2023 | Matthew Perry | 676 |
| Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 2023 Israel−Hamas war | 634 |
What a year.
It makes sense that events, often news-worthy, and often negative, will require frequent updates on Wikipedia as the situation evolves. And also attract conflict.
Still, I hope this project will serve as a reminder of the importance of Wikipedia as a shared resource, reflecting the world around us. Our past, and present, and a hope for a future centered around collaboration.
If you’d like to further explore the dataset, you can download it as a CSV file, a JSON file, or a simple HTML file for easier reading.
Until next time!