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Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage

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To be, or not to be - soliloquy in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. This event is the 427th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 366th most popular event in German Wikipedia. Article “Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage” in German Wikipedia has 13.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 4 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
German Wikipedia:
The 366th most popular in events in German Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 427th most popular in events.

Since the creation of article “Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage”, its content was written by 74 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 899 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

To be, or not to be is on the 366th place in local ranking of events in German Wikipedia and on the 427th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 25 times in German Wikipedia and cited 743 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #10848 in February 2018
  • Global: #17354 in February 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #4078 in November 2009
  • Global: #10172 in April 2016

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, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
To be, or not to be
32.5283
2Russian (ru)
Быть или не быть
23.748
3Dutch (nl)
To be, or not to be
19.2516
4Chinese (zh)
生存还是毁灭
19.2374
5Arabic (ar)
أكون أو لا أكون
18.8139
6Portuguese (pt)
Ser ou não ser
18.3778
7Armenian (hy)
Լինել, թե չլինել
16.6926
8German (de)
Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
13.3565
9Finnish (fi)
Ollako vai eikö, siinä pulma
12.3874
10Catalan (ca)
Ser o no ser (Hamlet)
11.439
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
To be, or not to be
9 413 834
2German (de)
Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
1 188 839
3Italian (it)
Essere o non essere
1 119 145
4Spanish (es)
Ser o no ser
1 014 144
5Portuguese (pt)
Ser ou não ser
752 380
6Russian (ru)
Быть или не быть
696 859
7Chinese (zh)
生存还是毁灭
624 006
8Polish (pl)
Być albo nie być
343 995
9Persian (fa)
بودن، یا نبودن
238 917
10Ukrainian (uk)
Бути чи не бути
145 767
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
To be, or not to be
22 174
2German (de)
Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
2 865
3Chinese (zh)
生存还是毁灭
2 408
4Spanish (es)
Ser o no ser
2 389
5Russian (ru)
Быть или не быть
2 263
6Italian (it)
Essere o non essere
2 229
7French (fr)
To be, or not to be
1 680
8Persian (fa)
بودن، یا نبودن
1 388
9Portuguese (pt)
Ser ou não ser
805
10Bulgarian (bg)
Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш
781
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
To be, or not to be
431
2German (de)
Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
74
3Italian (it)
Essere o non essere
57
4Russian (ru)
Быть или не быть
54
5Dutch (nl)
To be, or not to be
33
6Polish (pl)
Być albo nie być
33
7Spanish (es)
Ser o no ser
30
8Hebrew (he)
להיות, או לא להיות
29
9Chinese (zh)
生存还是毁灭
29
10Portuguese (pt)
Ser ou não ser
22
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
To be, or not to be
1
2French (fr)
To be, or not to be
1
3Arabic (ar)
أكون أو لا أكون
0
4Bulgarian (bg)
Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш
0
5Catalan (ca)
Ser o no ser (Hamlet)
0
6German (de)
Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
0
7Esperanto (eo)
Ĉu esti, aŭ ne esti
0
8Spanish (es)
Ser o no ser
0
9Estonian (et)
Olla või mitte olla
0
10Basque (eu)
Izan ala ez izan (Hamlet)
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
To be, or not to be
302
2Persian (fa)
بودن، یا نبودن
93
3Russian (ru)
Быть или не быть
76
4Polish (pl)
Być albo nie być
31
5German (de)
Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
25
6Spanish (es)
Ser o no ser
24
7Hebrew (he)
להיות, או לא להיות
24
8French (fr)
To be, or not to be
23
9Arabic (ar)
أكون أو لا أكون
21
10Italian (it)
Essere o non essere
21
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أكون أو لا أكون
bgBulgarian
Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш
caCatalan
Ser o no ser (Hamlet)
deGerman
Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
enEnglish
To be, or not to be
eoEsperanto
Ĉu esti, aŭ ne esti
esSpanish
Ser o no ser
etEstonian
Olla või mitte olla
euBasque
Izan ala ez izan (Hamlet)
faPersian
بودن، یا نبودن
fiFinnish
Ollako vai eikö, siinä pulma
frFrench
To be, or not to be
heHebrew
להיות, או לא להיות
hyArmenian
Լինել, թե չլինել
itItalian
Essere o non essere
nlDutch
To be, or not to be
noNorwegian
Å være, eller ikke være
plPolish
Być albo nie być
ptPortuguese
Ser ou não ser
ruRussian
Быть или не быть
ukUkrainian
Бути чи не бути
zhChinese
生存还是毁灭

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#4078
11.2009
Global:
#10172
04.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#10848
02.2018
Global:
#17354
02.2009

Local popularity rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on To be, or not to be from Wikipedia articles about Hamlet, Mortal coil, Soliloquy, William Shakespeare and What Dreams May Come. Whereas reading the article about To be, or not to be people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Hamlet, Soliloquy, William Shakespeare, Prince Hamlet and To Be or Not to Be.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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