Death is all around us, including Wikipedia editors — from 2007 to 2015, the "Deaths in [Year]" article was the most edited on Wikipedia.

Since January 15th, 2001, Wikipedia has been building its vast online encyclopedia one edit at a time. And every edit is tracked, which means we know which articles were the most edited in each of Wikipedia's 15 years.

A lot about the numbers is unexpected. A bunch of people die in a given year, so it makes sense that "Deaths In [Year]" articles consistently rank highly in edits made. And it makes sense that, as Wikipedia has grown over the past decade and a half, the number of edits required to top the most-edited list has grown as well: In 2001, a mere 149 edits earned Creationism top honors, while Deaths In 2015 registered 18,121 edits, a more than 100-fold increase, to top the list.

On the other hand, some things are… unexpected (although they illustrate why Wikipedia, and its "Random Article" option, can be such a delight). The second most edited post in 2015? Geospatial summary of the High Peaks/Summits of the Juneau Icefield, which — for some reason we here at Digg can't quite figure out — was edited 7,291 (!) times last year.

So, out of Wikipedia's 5,053,647 articles (with 808,187,367 total edits), what was the most-edited the most each year? And what are the most edited articles ever?

15 Years Of Wikipedia: By The Numbers





2001

Most-edited: Creationism (149 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: Intelligent design (76 edits)





2002

Most-edited: Wikipedia's main page (449 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: List of Canadians (289 edits)

2003

Most-edited: Wikipedia's main page (2,072 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: New Imperialism (584 edits)

2004

Most-edited: George W. Bush (5,527 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: Sexual slang (2,101 edits)

2005

Most-edited: George W. Bush (20,891 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: Jesus (6,519 edits)

2006

Most-edited: 2006 Lebanon War (15,067 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: RuneScape (9,333 edits)

From 2007 to 2015, Deaths In [Year] was the most-edited every year, so we've included the second most-edited as well:

2007

Most-edited: Deaths in 2007 (18,089 edits)

Second Most-edited: List of WWE personnel (9,825 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: List of Ben 10 aliens (6,371)

2008

Most-edited: Deaths in 2008 (18,969 edits)

Second Most-edited: Sarah Palin (10,429 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: FC Singen 04 (6,043 edits)

2009

Most-edited: Deaths in 2009 (20,678 edits)

Second Most-edited: Gaza War (2008-09) (10,490 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: I Am… World Tour (5,011 edits)

2010

Most-edited: Deaths in 2010 (20,789 edits)

Second Most-edited: Miss Universe 2010 (6,109 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: Big time Rush (4,278 edits)

2011

Most-edited: Deaths in 2011 (16,283 edits)

Second Most-edited: Libyan Civil War (2011) (9,311 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: List of 1000 Ways to Die episodes (4,535 edits)

2012

Most-edited: Deaths in 2012 (17,263 edits)

Second Most-edited: Syrian Civil War (7,760 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: Gangnam Style (5,028 edits)

2013

Most-edited: Deaths in 2013 (22,470 edits)

Second Most-edited: 2013 Pacific typhoon season (6,077 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: ATP World Tour records (3,521 edits)

2014

Most-edited: Deaths in 2014 (19,957 edits)

Second Most-edited: Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (10,055 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period (8,234 edits)

2015

Most-edited: Deaths in 2015 (18,271 edits)

Second Most-edited: Geospatial summary of the High Peaks/Summits of the Juneau Icefield (7,290 edits)

Digg's favorite in the Top 10: Asia's Next Top Model (cycle 3) (4,328 edits)

All Time Most Edited

1. George W. Bush (45,862 edits)

2. List of WWE personnel (42,863 edits)

3. United States (35,742 edits)

4. Wikipedia (33,958 edits)

5. Michael Jackson (28,152 edits)

6. Jesus (28,084 edits)

7. Catholic Church (26,421 edits)

8. List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN (25,188 edits)

9. Barack Obama (24,708 edits)

10. Adolf Hitler (24,612 edits)

11. Britney Spears (23,802 edits)

12. World War II (23,739 edits)

13. Deaths in 2013 (22,529 edits)

14. The Beatles (22,399 edits)

15. India (22,271 edits)

Where do some of Digg's favorite 2015 topics rank?

Digg (38 edits)

Hotline Bling (683 edits)

Donald Trump (2,590 edits)

Sizzler (15 edits)

Kim Davis (46 edits)

Star Wars (571 edits)

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