Argument ad ignorantiam

Argument from ignorance - logical fallacy that, since proposition has not yet been proven false, it must be true. Article “Argument ad ignorantiam” in Catalan Wikipedia has 15.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Catalan) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Argument ad ignorantiam” was edited by 1 authors in Catalan Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Argument ad ignorantiam”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Catalan Wikipedia and edited by 906 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 23 times in Catalan Wikipedia and cited 2617 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Catalan): #2837 in June 2006
• Global: #788 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Catalan): #11270 in June 2015
• Global: #50905 in October 2009

There are 33 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		39.3351
2	Indonesian (id) Argumen dari ketidaktahuan		37.7974
3	Slovak (sk) Argument z neznalosti		37.7333
4	Hebrew (he) היסק מהעדר		37.5894
5	Simple English (simple) Argument from ignorance		29.3987
6	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		27.8461
7	Thai (th) การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยความไม่รู้		26.16
8	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		25.8429
9	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		24.7401
10	Esperanto (eo) Argumento de nescio		24.5004

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Argument ad ignorantiam" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		2 791 668
2	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		1 143 372
3	Polish (pl) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		216 017
4	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		132 097
5	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		128 835
6	Russian (ru) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		117 679
7	Japanese (ja) 無知に訴える論証		107 060
8	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		94 764
9	Italian (it) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		74 952
10	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		69 878

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Argument ad ignorantiam" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		4 124
2	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		842
3	Russian (ru) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		442
4	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		386
5	Japanese (ja) 無知に訴える論証		326
6	Polish (pl) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		246
7	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		229
8	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		227
9	Italian (it) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		219
10	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		145

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Argument ad ignorantiam" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		380
2	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		68
3	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		51
4	Italian (it) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		41
5	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		35
6	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		30
7	Polish (pl) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		27
8	Hungarian (hu) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		25
9	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		25
10	Finnish (fi) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		22

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Argument ad ignorantiam" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) احتكام إلى الجهل		1
2	Catalan (ca) Argument ad ignorantiam		1
3	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		1
4	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		1
5	Hebrew (he) היסק מהעדר		1
6	Slovak (sk) Argument z neznalosti		1
7	Bulgarian (bg) Аргумент от незнание		0
8	Greek (el) Προσφυγή στην άγνοια		0
9	English (en) Argument from ignorance		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Argumento de nescio		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Argument ad ignorantiam" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		613
2	English (en) Argument from ignorance		495
3	Arabic (ar) احتكام إلى الجهل		368
4	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		294
5	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		210
6	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		98
7	Persian (fa) توسل به نادانی		70
8	Korean (ko) 무지에 호소하는 논증		64
9	Ukrainian (uk) Argumentum ad Ignorantiam		47
10	Japanese (ja) 無知に訴える論証		44

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic احتكام إلى الجهل
bg	Bulgarian Аргумент от незнание
ca	Catalan Argument ad ignorantiam
de	German Argumentum ad ignorantiam
el	Greek Προσφυγή στην άγνοια
en	English Argument from ignorance
eo	Esperanto Argumento de nescio
es	Spanish Argumento ad ignorantiam
eu	Basque Ad ignorantiam argudioa
fa	Persian توسل به نادانی
fi	Finnish Argumentum ad ignorantiam
fr	French Appel à l'ignorance
he	Hebrew היסק מהעדר
hr	Croatian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
hu	Hungarian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
id	Indonesian Argumen dari ketidaktahuan
it	Italian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
ja	Japanese 無知に訴える論証
ko	Korean 무지에 호소하는 논증
lt	Lithuanian Argumentas iš nežinojimo
nl	Dutch Argumentum ad ignorantiam
pl	Polish Argumentum ad ignorantiam
pt	Portuguese Argumentum ad ignorantiam
ro	Romanian Argumentul ignoranței
ru	Russian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
simple	Simple English Argument from ignorance
sk	Slovak Argument z neznalosti
sr	Serbian Аргумент из незнања
th	Thai การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยความไม่รู้
tr	Turkish Argumentum ad ignorantiam
uk	Ukrainian Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
vi	Vietnamese Lập luận từ sự thiếu hiểu biết
zh	Chinese 訴諸無知

Best Rank

Catalan: #11270 06.2015

Global: #50905 10.2009

Best Rank

Catalan: #2837 06.2006

Global: #788 12.2001

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