Wikipedia 'Citation Needed' Tag Lifespan

How long Wikipedia 'citation needed' tags persist before being resolved.

Observations: 63
Tracking since: 09 Aug 2026
Last updated: 07 Oct 2026 16:00 UTC

Median lifespan of 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia

Median number of days between when a 'citation needed' tag is added and removed

0 observations · measured in days

Average lifespan of 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia

Average number of days between when a 'citation needed' tag is added and removed

0 observations · measured in days

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia

Number of pages currently containing 'citation needed' in their title

30 observations · measured in count

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Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia

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Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia (count) — summary, last 30 days.

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia (count) — line, last 30 days.

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia (count) — area, last 30 days.

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia0 count

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia (count) — bar, last 30 days.

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia0 count

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia (count) — dot plot, last 30 days.

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Darker = higher count of active 'citation needed' tags on wikipedia. Empty cells are hours with no collection.

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia (count) — heatmap, last 30 days.

Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia observations
When	Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia
07 Oct 2026 16:00	0 count
06 Oct 2026 15:45	0 count
05 Oct 2026 15:30	0 count
04 Oct 2026 15:15	0 count
03 Oct 2026 15:00	0 count
02 Oct 2026 14:45	0 count
01 Oct 2026 14:30	0 count
30 Sep 2026 14:15	0 count
29 Sep 2026 14:00	0 count
28 Sep 2026 13:45	0 count
27 Sep 2026 13:30	0 count
26 Sep 2026 13:15	0 count
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24 Sep 2026 12:45	0 count
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22 Sep 2026 12:15	0 count
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20 Sep 2026 11:45	0 count
19 Sep 2026 11:30	0 count
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16 Sep 2026 10:45	0 count
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Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia (count) — table, last 30 days.

About this data

This page tracks how long 'citation needed' tags remain on Wikipedia articles before editors add or remove citations. The data is derived from parsing revision histories to identify when tags are added and removed. Understanding tag lifespan reveals the responsiveness of editors and the health of citation practices across articles. It highlights which topics attract more scrutiny and where citation gaps persist over time.

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Why this isn't published anywhere else

No existing tracker or public dataset specifically measures the lifespan of Wikipedia's 'citation needed' tags by parsing revision histories.

Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.

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