We Didn't Start the Fire

Quality:

We Didn't Start the Fire - 1989 list song and single by Billy Joel. Article “We Didn't Start the Fire” in Catalan Wikipedia has 29.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 14 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “We Didn't Start the Fire”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Catalan Wikipedia and edited by 1552 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Catalan Wikipedia and cited 815 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Catalan): #3022 in April 2023
• Global: #2063 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Catalan): #62556 in May 2025
• Global: #1933 in March 2021

There are 22 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	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) We Didn't Start the Fire		96.25
2	English (en) We Didn't Start the Fire		66.5735
3	Hebrew (he) We Didn't Start the Fire		43.7293
4	Russian (ru) We Didn’t Start the Fire		40.9847
5	Vietnamese (vi) We Didn't Start the Fire		37.0917
6	Ukrainian (uk) We Didn’t Start the Fire		35.4387
7	Portuguese (pt) We Didn't Start the Fire		33.5455
8	Simple English (simple) We Didn't Start the Fire		33.1907
9	German (de) We Didn’t Start the Fire		32.7853
10	Arabic (ar) وي ديدينت ستارت ذا فاير		32.0578

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) We Didn't Start the Fire		9 205 573
2	German (de) We Didn’t Start the Fire		695 082
3	Spanish (es) We Didn't Start the Fire		264 909
4	Japanese (ja) ハートにファイア		180 513
5	French (fr) We Didn't Start the Fire		86 323
6	Dutch (nl) We Didn't Start the Fire		57 120
7	Russian (ru) We Didn’t Start the Fire		47 650
8	Swedish (sv) We Didn't Start the Fire		29 619
9	Persian (fa) ما آتش را نیفروختیم		22 297
10	Chinese (zh) We Didn't Start the Fire		20 649

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) We Didn't Start the Fire		22 892
2	German (de) We Didn’t Start the Fire		2 216
3	Chinese (zh) We Didn't Start the Fire		833
4	Japanese (ja) ハートにファイア		706
5	Spanish (es) We Didn't Start the Fire		641
6	Russian (ru) We Didn’t Start the Fire		633
7	Persian (fa) ما آتش را نیفروختیم		354
8	French (fr) We Didn't Start the Fire		344
9	Dutch (nl) We Didn't Start the Fire		210
10	Italian (it) We Didn't Start the Fire		193

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) We Didn't Start the Fire		1 079
2	German (de) We Didn’t Start the Fire		153
3	French (fr) We Didn't Start the Fire		65
4	Spanish (es) We Didn't Start the Fire		50
5	Hebrew (he) We Didn't Start the Fire		36
6	Dutch (nl) We Didn't Start the Fire		27
7	Japanese (ja) ハートにファイア		20
8	Russian (ru) We Didn’t Start the Fire		18
9	Swedish (sv) We Didn't Start the Fire		16
10	Persian (fa) ما آتش را نیفروختیم		13

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) We Didn't Start the Fire		6
2	Persian (fa) ما آتش را نیفروختیم		1
3	French (fr) We Didn't Start the Fire		1
4	Hebrew (he) We Didn't Start the Fire		1
5	Japanese (ja) ハートにファイア		1
6	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) We Didn't Start the Fire		1
7	Chinese (zh) We Didn't Start the Fire		1
8	Arabic (ar) وي ديدينت ستارت ذا فاير		0
9	Catalan (ca) We Didn't Start the Fire		0
10	German (de) We Didn’t Start the Fire		0

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

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