Wikipedia:Time Between Edits
- English language Wikipedia measured by time between every 10,000,000th edit
This table and chart measures editing on the English Wikipedia in terms of the time it takes for every ten million edits. This page was originally started by Katalaveno at User:Katalaveno/TBE, and notes in the first person are by them.
There are two ways of measuring edits on Wikipedia, one from the magic word {{REVISIONID}} and the other from {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}. This chart uses the former because it is easy to find the date of any edit by revision ID. The current number of edits is 1,250,362,236
Graph 2005–2020
[edit]This graph shows the time taken for every ten millionth edit between July 31, 2005, and May 31, 2020. It shows the exponential growth of Wikipedia to 2007 when the gap between 10 million edits dropped to less than 40 days, the slow decline until 2014 when the gap rose again to 73 days, the 2015/16 rally and subsequent steady state at just over 60 days.
Time between edits (incrementing by 10,000,000)
[edit]Edit Number (id) | Link to Edit | Date | Days since last milestone (approx.) |
Weeks (approx.) |
Note |
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291430 | [1] | 20:08, 16 January 2001 | — | — | [note 1] |
1 | [2] | 10:25, 26 January 2002 | — | — | [note 2] |
10,000,000 | [3] | 10:26, 6 February 2005 | 1483 days | 211 weeks | |
20,000,000 | [4] | 16:03, 31 July 2005 | 175 days | 25 weeks | |
30,000,000 | [5] | 04:23, 3 December 2005 | 125 days | 17 weeks | [note 3] |
40,000,000 | [6] | 07:42, 17 February 2006 | 76 days | 10 weeks | |
50,000,000 | [7] | 19:54, 24 April 2006 | 66 days | 9 weeks | |
60,000,000 | [8] | 10:22, 22 June 2006 | 59 days | 8 weeks | [note 3] |
70,000,000 | [9] | 08:10, 16 August 2006 | 55 days | 7 weeks | |
80,000,000 | [10] | 05:19, 7 October 2006 | 52 days | 7 weeks | [note 3] |
90,000,000 | [11] | 06:17, 25 November 2006 | 49 days | 7 weeks | |
100,000,000 | [12] | 11:12, 11 January 2007 | 47 days | 6 weeks | |
110,000,000 | [13] | 00:57, 22 February 2007 | 42 days | 6 weeks | |
120,000,000 | [14] | 12:11, 3 April 2007 | 40 days | 5 weeks | |
130,000,000 | [15] | 22:26, 10 May 2007 | 37 days | 5 weeks | |
140,000,000 | [16] | 18:30, 22 June 2007 | 43 days | 6 weeks | [note 3] |
150,000,000 | [17] | 12:37, 8 August 2007 | 47 days | 6 weeks | |
160,000,000 | [18] | 08:34, 24 September 2007 | 47 days | 6 weeks | |
170,000,000 | [19] | 20:55, 7 November 2007 | 44 days | 6 weeks | |
180,000,000 | [20] | 15:32, 24 December 2007 | 47 days | 6 weeks | |
190,000,000 | [21] | 14:04, 8 February 2008 | 46 days | 6 weeks | |
200,000,000 | [22] | 00:24, 22 March 2008 | 43 days | 6 weeks | |
210,000,000 | [23] | 00:42, 4 May 2008 | 43 days | 6 weeks | |
220,000,000 | [24] | 21:40, 17 June 2008 | 44 days | 6 weeks | |
230,000,000 | [25] | 16:23, 5 August 2008 | 49 days | 7 weeks | |
240,000,000 | [26] | 16:04, 21 September 2008 | 47 days | 7 weeks | |
250,000,000 | [27] | 09:33, 6 November 2008 | 46 days | 6 weeks | |
260,000,000 | [28] | 23:06, 24 December 2008 | 48 days | 7 weeks | |
270,000,000 | [29] | 10:07, 11 February 2009 | 49 days | 7 weeks | |
280,000,000 | [30] | 08:59, 27 March 2009 | 44 days | 6 weeks | |
290,000,000 | [31] | 20:49, 14 May 2009 | 48 days | 7 weeks | |
300,000,000 | [32] | 01:14, 3 July 2009 | 50 days | 7 weeks | |
310,000,000 | [33] | 12:53, 25 August 2009 | 53 days | 8 weeks | |
320,000,000 | [34] | 08:05, 15 October 2009 | 51 days | 7 weeks | |
330,000,000 | [35] | 00:00, 6 December 2009 | 52 days | 7 weeks | |
340,000,000 | [36] | 17:22, 25 January 2010 | 50 days | 7 weeks | [note 3] |
350,000,000 | [37] | 09:37, 15 March 2010 | 49 days | 7 weeks | |
360,000,000 | [38] | 01:05, 4 May 2010 | 50 days | 7 weeks | |
370,000,000 | [39] | 19:26, 24 June 2010 | 51 days | 7 weeks | |
380,000,000 | [40] | 14:21, 20 August 2010 | 57 days | 8 weeks | |
390,000,000 | [41] | 23:43, 10 October 2010 | 51 days | 7 weeks | |
400,000,000 | [42] | 17:48, 1 December 2010 | 52 days | 7 weeks | |
410,000,000 | [43] | 13:23, 25 January 2011 | 55 days | 8 weeks | |
420,000,000 | [44] | 13:26, 21 March 2011 | 55 days | 8 weeks | |
430,000,000 | [45] | 02:02, 20 May 2011 | 60 days | 8 weeks | |
440,000,000 | [46] | 16:04, 17 July 2011 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
450,000,000 | [47] | 03:49, 12 September 2011 | 57 days | 8 weeks | |
460,000,000 | [48] | 13:57, 10 November 2011 | 59 days | 8 weeks | |
470,000,000 | [49] | 19:50, 6 January 2012 | 57 days | 8 weeks | [note 4] |
480,000,000 | [50] | 11:43, 3 March 2012 | 57 days | 8 weeks | |
490,000,000 | [51] | 15:36, 30 April 2012 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
500,000,000 | [52] | 23:35, 29 June 2012 | 60 days | 9 weeks | |
510,000,000 | [53] | 16:50, 30 August 2012 | 62 days | 9 weeks | |
520,000,000 | [54] | 15:02, 26 October 2012 | 57 days | 8 weeks | |
530,000,000 | [55] | 11:38, 27 December 2012 | 62 days | 9 weeks | |
540,000,000 | [56] | 22:21, 23 February 2013 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
550,000,000 | [57] | 09:40, 12 April 2013 | 48 days | 7 weeks | [note 5] |
560,000,000 | [58] | 06:07, 15 June 2013 | 64 days | 9 weeks | |
570,000,000 | [59] | 10:41, 24 August 2013 | 70 days | 10 weeks | |
580,000,000 | [60] | 08:01, 3 November 2013 | 71 days | 10 weeks | |
590,000,000 | [61] | 19:01, 9 January 2014 | 67 days | 10 weeks | |
600,000,000 | [62] | 07:24, 17 March 2014 | 67 days | 10 weeks | |
610,000,000 | [63] | 18:44, 24 May 2014 | 68 days | 10 weeks | |
620,000,000 | [64] | 19:47, 5 August 2014 | 73 days | 10 weeks | |
630,000,000 | [65] | 16:36, 17 October 2014 | 73 days | 10 weeks | |
640,000,000 | [66] | 22:12, 28 December 2014 | 72 days | 10 weeks | |
650,000,000 | [67] | 15:14, 5 March 2015 | 67 days | 10 weeks | |
660,000,000 | [68] | 04:47, 30 April 2015 | 56 days | 8 weeks | |
670,000,000 | [69] | 03:09, 5 July 2015 | 66 days | 9 weeks | |
680,000,000 | [70] | 03:35, 8 September 2015 | 65 days | 9 weeks | |
690,000,000 | [71] | 16:59, 10 November 2015 | 63 days | 9 weeks | |
700,000,000 | [72] | 18:26, 15 January 2016 | 66 days | 9 weeks | |
710,000,000 | [73] | 10:43, 14 March 2016 | 59 days | 8 weeks | [note 6] |
720,000,000 | [74] | 18:26, 13 May 2016 | 60 days | 9 weeks | |
730,000,000 | [75] | 2:31, 16 July 2016 | 64 days | 9 weeks | |
740,000,000 | [76] | 13:44, 18 September 2016 | 64 days | 9 weeks | |
750,000,000 | [77] | 08:13, 17 November 2016 | 60 days | 9 weeks | |
760,000,000 | [78] | 10:17, 14 January 2017 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
770,000,000 | [79] | 21:12, 12 March 2017 | 57 days | 8 weeks | |
780,000,000 | [80] | 10:30, 12 May 2017 | 61 days | 9 weeks | |
790,000,000 | [81] | 00:26, 11 July 2017 | 60 days | 9 weeks | |
800,000,000 | [82] | 02:58, 11 September 2017 | 62 days | 9 weeks | |
810,000,000 | [83] | 20:51, 12 November 2017 | 63 days | 9 weeks | |
820,000,000 | [84] | 14:12, 12 January 2018 | 61 days | 9 weeks | |
830,000,000 | [85] | 02:57, 12 March 2018 | 59 days | 8 weeks | |
840,000,000 | [86] | 03:37, 7 May 2018 | 56 days | 8 weeks | |
850,000,000 | [87] | 22:47, 12 July 2018 | 66 days | 10 weeks | |
860,000,000 | [88] | 18:57, 17 September 2018 | 66 days | 10 weeks | |
870,000,000 | [89] | 19:26, 21 November 2018 | 65 days | 9 weeks | |
880,000,000 | [90] | 18:38, 24 January 2019 | 64 days | 9 weeks | |
890,000,000 | [91] | 10:40, 29 March 2019 | 64 days | 9 weeks | |
900,000,000 | [92] | 20:51, 2 June 2019 | 64 days | 9 weeks | |
910,000,000 | [93] | 01:41, 9 August 2019 | 67 days | 10 weeks | |
920,000,000 | [94] | 04:34, 7 October 2019 | 59 days | 8 weeks | |
930,000,000 | [95] | 11:01, 9 December 2019 | 63 days | 9 weeks | |
940,000,000 | [96] | 23:52, 9 February 2020 | 62 days | 9 weeks | |
950,000,000 | [97] | 19:38, 9 April 2020 | 59 days | 8 weeks | |
960,000,000 | [98] | 17:53, 31 May 2020 | 52 days | 7 weeks | [note 7] |
970,000,000 | [99] | 18:03, 28 July 2020 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
980,000,000 | [100] | 2:07, 24 September 2020 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
990,000,000 | [101] | 6:04, 22 November 2020 | 59 days | 8 weeks | |
1,000,000,000 | [102] | 01:03, 13 January 2021 | 52 days | 7 weeks | |
1,010,000,000 | [103] | 09:29, 3 March 2021 | 49 days | 7 weeks | |
1,020,000,000 | [104] | 17:29, 26 April 2021 | 54 days | 8 weeks | |
1,030,000,000 | [105] | 09:08, 23 June 2021 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
1,040,000,000 | [106] | 03:39, 22 August 2021 | 60 days | 9 weeks | |
1,050,000,000 | [107] | 06:09, 15 October 2021 | 54 days | 8 weeks | |
1,060,000,000 | [108] | 22:33, 12 December 2021 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
1,070,000,000 | [109] | 04:21, 5 February 2022 | 55 days | 8 weeks | |
1,080,000,000 | [110] | 20:52, 29 March 2022 | 52 days | 7 weeks | |
1,090,000,000 | [111] | 16:04, 26 May 2022 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
1,100,000,000 | [112] | 19:26, 23 July 2022 | 58 days | 8 weeks | |
1,110,000,000 | [113] | 02:02, 13 September 2022 | 52 days | 7 weeks | |
1,120,000,000 | [114] | 15:13, 4 November 2022 | 52 days | 7 weeks | |
1,130,000,000 | [115] | 04:25, 28 December 2022 | 54 days | 8 weeks | |
1,140,000,000 | [116] | 23:12, 17 February 2023 | 52 days | 7 weeks | |
1,150,000,000 | [117] | 19:54, 15 April 2023 | 57 days | 8 weeks | |
1,160,000,000 | [118] | 21:51, 13 June 2023 | 59 days | 8 weeks | |
1,170,000,000 | [119] | 17:47 12 August 2023 | 60 days | 9 weeks | |
1,180,000,000 | [120] | 21:57, 13 October 2023 | 62 days | 9 weeks | |
1,190,000,000 | [121] | 09:04, 15 December 2023 | 63 days | 9 weeks | |
1,200,000,000 | [122] | 13:24, 28 January 2024 | 44 days | 6 weeks | |
1,210,000,000 | [123] | 4:29, 24 February 2024 | 27 days | 4 weeks | |
1,220,000,000 | [124] | 06:55, 21 April 2024 | 57 days | 8 weeks | |
1,230,000,000 | [125] | 00:54, 20 June 2024 | 60 days | 9 weeks | |
1,240,000,000 | [126] | 23:58, 12 August 2024 | 53 days | 8 weeks | |
1,250,000,000 | [127] | 00:09, 8 October 2024 | 56 days | 8 weeks |
Projections
[edit]Around January 2007, the time between every 10,000,000th edit was about six weeks. It hovered around that mark for about two years, and then began to increase; by August/October 2014 it had nearly reached 10 and a half weeks. Subsequently editing has picked up again with eight and a half to nine weeks being the norm for 2015 and 2016 - the second fastest in over a decade.
The current value for {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} is 1,250,362,236. The most recent oldid can be found by checking the most recent edits in the change log. As of January 13, 2021[update], the most recent oldid was around 1,000,000,000. There have been roughly 200,000 per day recently, so we seem likely to reach edit number 2,000,000,000 in late 2034.
FAQ
[edit]- How did this start? I was interested in getting an idea of the overall edit growth on Wikipedia in the last few years. One way I thought to do it was to take a look the time between every 10,000,000th edit. On March 22, 2008, I noticed in the URL of the diffs I was seeing that the oldid value had just passed 200,000,000. So, that gave me 20 data points to start with.
- I have had queries as to why time is not 'on the x-axis' in this graph. The reason is that I am using, as regular intervals, blocks of 10,000,000 Wikipedia edits, not time. I am specifically examining the number of days (which will vary) between each block of ten million edits. Therefore, in this case, time is dependent upon the number of edits made, so time (measured in days) is the dependent variable and edits (measured in blocks of 10,000,000 edits) is the independent variable.
- Why is there a Table 1 but no other tables? There used to be a Table 2 but I removed it.
- Why is {{REVISIONID}} over a hundred million less than whilst {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} is 1,250,362,236? I would prefer to use {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} Keep in mind that the oldid value I am using is the same as the value contained in the magic word {{REVISIONID}} and not the magic word {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}. I would prefer to use {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} as that includes all edits, both existing and deleted. However, there seems to be no way to backtrack that value in time. If I am wrong about that, I would appreciate knowing a method.
See also
[edit]- A chart of monthly edits over time from Wikimedia Statistics
- The date calculators (duration & dateadd) can be used to count days.
Notes
[edit]- ^ The earliest known edit to Wikipedia is dated January 16, 2001. This is almost a year before the edit with oldid=1 which is January 26, 2002. Since the oldids of these older edits are included within the block of the first 10,000,000 edits, the earliest date on record is used for the calculation of the number of days between the first edit and the 10,000,000th edit logged in the database.
- ^ This appears to be the "first" edit in the database; it may have an oldid=1 but the earliest edit date found in the database is this edit dated January 16, 2001 at 4:08pm. Curious wiki historians can read WP:Wikipedia's oldest articles which contains some interesting information about the earliest "surviving" edits.
- ^ a b c d e This edit is missing, presumably deleted, the next was used
- ^ Due to the Sopa blackout of 18/19 January 2012 there were only 142 edits in 24 hours. 471995871 and 471996013 were the edits immediately before and after the blackout.
- ^ In 2012/13 Wikipedia migrated its intrawiki links from a many to many system to a hub and spoke system centred on Wikidata. Removing the old Wikilinks involved a significant editing spike in early 2013. Subsequently the change will have lost tens of millions of edits, mostly minor bot edits.
- ^ Removing
{{Persondata}}
in 2016 involved significant activity, since up to 1.5 million biographies were affected. - ^ This unusually high level of editing coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown in much of the world, most relevantly, much of the English speaking world. Aside from the spike involved in the move of interwiki links to Wikidata, this was the highest editing level since late 2010.