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TANSTAAFL

Quality:

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch - popular adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing. Article “TANSTAAFL” in German Wikipedia has 30.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 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.

Since the creation of article “TANSTAAFL”, its content was written by 107 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 637 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in German Wikipedia and cited 218 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #1404 in November 2002
  • Global: #2609 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #24025 in May 2019
  • Global: #39124 in July 2018

There are 20 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)
No such thing as a free lunch
46.0701
2Russian (ru)
Бесплатных завтраков не бывает
32.1745
3Portuguese (pt)
Não existe almoço grátis
30.3678
4German (de)
TANSTAAFL
30.0857
5Armenian (hy)
Անվճար նախաճաշեր չեն լինում
28.3438
6Hebrew (he)
אין ארוחות חינם
26.472
7Japanese (ja)
TANSTAAFL
25.5157
8Indonesian (id)
Tidak ada makan siang gratis
24.1646
9Czech (cs)
TANSTAAFL
23.9558
10Polish (pl)
TANSTAAFL
23.5931
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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 "TANSTAAFL" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
No such thing as a free lunch
3 341 238
2Portuguese (pt)
Não existe almoço grátis
221 353
3German (de)
TANSTAAFL
176 086
4Russian (ru)
Бесплатных завтраков не бывает
136 468
5Chinese (zh)
天下沒有白吃的午餐
116 580
6Spanish (es)
TANSTAAFL
98 854
7Italian (it)
TANSTAAFL
52 983
8Polish (pl)
TANSTAAFL
44 437
9Dutch (nl)
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
36 251
10Swedish (sv)
TANSTAAFL
24 228
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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 "TANSTAAFL" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
No such thing as a free lunch
9 167
2Chinese (zh)
天下沒有白吃的午餐
504
3German (de)
TANSTAAFL
466
4Japanese (ja)
TANSTAAFL
426
5Russian (ru)
Бесплатных завтраков не бывает
355
6Portuguese (pt)
Não existe almoço grátis
309
7Spanish (es)
TANSTAAFL
264
8Italian (it)
TANSTAAFL
191
9Korean (ko)
공짜 점심은 없다
158
10Polish (pl)
TANSTAAFL
121
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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 "TANSTAAFL" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
No such thing as a free lunch
259
2German (de)
TANSTAAFL
107
3Italian (it)
TANSTAAFL
41
4Dutch (nl)
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
30
5Polish (pl)
TANSTAAFL
26
6Spanish (es)
TANSTAAFL
25
7Russian (ru)
Бесплатных завтраков не бывает
22
8Chinese (zh)
天下沒有白吃的午餐
22
9Norwegian (no)
TANSTAAFL
19
10Hebrew (he)
אין ארוחות חינם
17
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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 "TANSTAAFL" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
No such thing as a free lunch
1
2Czech (cs)
TANSTAAFL
0
3German (de)
TANSTAAFL
0
4Spanish (es)
TANSTAAFL
0
5Hebrew (he)
אין ארוחות חינם
0
6Armenian (hy)
Անվճար նախաճաշեր չեն լինում
0
7Indonesian (id)
Tidak ada makan siang gratis
0
8Italian (it)
TANSTAAFL
0
9Japanese (ja)
TANSTAAFL
0
10Korean (ko)
공짜 점심은 없다
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 "TANSTAAFL" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
No such thing as a free lunch
74
2Czech (cs)
TANSTAAFL
31
3Russian (ru)
Бесплатных завтраков не бывает
16
4Portuguese (pt)
Não existe almoço grátis
13
5Chinese (zh)
天下沒有白吃的午餐
12
6German (de)
TANSTAAFL
11
7Ukrainian (uk)
Безплатних сніданків не існує
11
8Italian (it)
TANSTAAFL
7
9Spanish (es)
TANSTAAFL
6
10Hebrew (he)
אין ארוחות חינם
5
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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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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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
TANSTAAFL
deGerman
TANSTAAFL
enEnglish
No such thing as a free lunch
esSpanish
TANSTAAFL
heHebrew
אין ארוחות חינם
hyArmenian
Անվճար նախաճաշեր չեն լինում
idIndonesian
Tidak ada makan siang gratis
itItalian
TANSTAAFL
jaJapanese
TANSTAAFL
koKorean
공짜 점심은 없다
nlDutch
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
noNorwegian
TANSTAAFL
plPolish
TANSTAAFL
ptPortuguese
Não existe almoço grátis
ruRussian
Бесплатных завтраков не бывает
svSwedish
TANSTAAFL
ukUkrainian
Безплатних сніданків не існує
viVietnamese
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
zhChinese
天下沒有白吃的午餐
zhminnanMin Nan
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#24025
05.2019
Global:
#39124
07.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#1404
11.2002
Global:
#2609
11.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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