The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol - poem by Oscar Wilde, published in 1898. This book is the 3438th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” in German Wikipedia has 17.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 11 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:
Global Wikipedia:
The 3438th most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, its content was written by 14 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 271 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol is on the 3438th place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 40 times in German Wikipedia and cited 455 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #43344 in June 2022
  • Global: #62867 in September 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #179130 in November 2019
  • Global: #102388 in December 2014

There are 15 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)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
41.7516
2Ukrainian (uk)
Балада Редінзької в'язниці
32.3696
3Armenian (hy)
Ռեդինգյան բանտի բալլադը
28.3717
4Chinese (zh)
雷丁监狱之歌
27.899
5Portuguese (pt)
A Balada do Cárcere de Reading
27.3684
6Persian (fa)
ناله‌هایی از زندان ریدینگ
25.2004
7Greek (el)
Η Μπαλάντα της φυλακής του Ρέντιν
22.5627
8Spanish (es)
Balada de la cárcel de Reading
21.8299
9German (de)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
17.7278
10Turkish (tr)
Reading Zindanı Baladı
17.5941
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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 "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
1 056 605
2Italian (it)
La ballata del carcere di Reading
174 963
3Spanish (es)
Balada de la cárcel de Reading
110 070
4Russian (ru)
Баллада Редингской тюрьмы
67 235
5German (de)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
49 958
6Turkish (tr)
Reading Zindanı Baladı
41 145
7French (fr)
La Ballade de la geôle de Reading
40 832
8Dutch (nl)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
19 649
9Polish (pl)
Ballada o więzieniu w Reading
10 625
10Persian (fa)
ناله‌هایی از زندان ریدینگ
8 371
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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 "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
3 926
2Turkish (tr)
Reading Zindanı Baladı
729
3Italian (it)
La ballata del carcere di Reading
504
4Spanish (es)
Balada de la cárcel de Reading
369
5Russian (ru)
Баллада Редингской тюрьмы
253
6French (fr)
La Ballade de la geôle de Reading
251
7German (de)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
203
8Dutch (nl)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
99
9Polish (pl)
Ballada o więzieniu w Reading
92
10Portuguese (pt)
A Balada do Cárcere de Reading
80
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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 "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
122
2Italian (it)
La ballata del carcere di Reading
38
3Dutch (nl)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
22
4Spanish (es)
Balada de la cárcel de Reading
15
5German (de)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
14
6French (fr)
La Ballade de la geôle de Reading
14
7Russian (ru)
Баллада Редингской тюрьмы
10
8Persian (fa)
ناله‌هایی از زندان ریدینگ
8
9Ukrainian (uk)
Балада Редінзької в'язниці
8
10Greek (el)
Η Μπαλάντα της φυλακής του Ρέντιν
6
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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 "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
2
2Italian (it)
La ballata del carcere di Reading
1
3Polish (pl)
Ballada o więzieniu w Reading
1
4Russian (ru)
Баллада Редингской тюрьмы
1
5German (de)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
0
6Greek (el)
Η Μπαλάντα της φυλακής του Ρέντιν
0
7Spanish (es)
Balada de la cárcel de Reading
0
8Persian (fa)
ناله‌هایی از زندان ریدینگ
0
9French (fr)
La Ballade de la geôle de Reading
0
10Armenian (hy)
Ռեդինգյան բանտի բալլադը
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 "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
138
2Italian (it)
La ballata del carcere di Reading
74
3French (fr)
La Ballade de la geôle de Reading
49
4German (de)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
40
5Persian (fa)
ناله‌هایی از زندان ریدینگ
33
6Ukrainian (uk)
Балада Редінзької в'язниці
28
7Russian (ru)
Баллада Редингской тюрьмы
24
8Dutch (nl)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
23
9Spanish (es)
Balada de la cárcel de Reading
13
10Portuguese (pt)
A Balada do Cárcere de Reading
8
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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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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
German:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
elGreek
Η Μπαλάντα της φυλακής του Ρέντιν
enEnglish
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
esSpanish
Balada de la cárcel de Reading
faPersian
ناله‌هایی از زندان ریدینگ
frFrench
La Ballade de la geôle de Reading
hyArmenian
Ռեդինգյան բանտի բալլադը
itItalian
La ballata del carcere di Reading
nlDutch
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
plPolish
Ballada o więzieniu w Reading
ptPortuguese
A Balada do Cárcere de Reading
ruRussian
Баллада Редингской тюрьмы
trTurkish
Reading Zindanı Baladı
ukUkrainian
Балада Редінзької в'язниці
zhChinese
雷丁监狱之歌

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#179130
11.2019
Global:
#102388
12.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#43344
06.2022
Global:
#62867
09.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Ballad of Reading Gaol from Wikipedia articles about Oscar Wilde, Magnus Hirschfeld, HM Prison Reading, Oscar Wilde bibliography and Querelle. Whereas reading the article about The Ballad of Reading Gaol people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Oscar Wilde, HM Prison Reading, Charles Thomas Wooldridge, Labouchère Amendment and Berneval-le-Grand.

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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