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Red herring

Quality:

Red herring - false clue that misleads or distracts attention away from a relevant or important question. Article “Red herring” in Greek Wikipedia has 24.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Red herring”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Greek Wikipedia and edited by 754 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 13 times in Greek Wikipedia and cited 2635 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Greek): #2725 in December 2019
  • Global: #4728 in June 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Greek): #24814 in June 2021
  • Global: #14277 in September 2009

There are 31 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)
Red herring
47.3395
2Korean (ko)
붉은 청어
40.2855
3Russian (ru)
Отвлекающий манёвр
39.9558
4Malay (ms)
Hering merah
39.9443
5Indonesian (id)
Ikan haring merah
35.1763
6Catalan (ca)
Pista falsa
34.3905
7Portuguese (pt)
Pista falsa
32.5833
8Hebrew (he)
הרינג אדום
30.7117
9Arabic (ar)
الرنجة الحمراء
30.5826
10Thai (th)
เรดเฮร์ริง
29.8848
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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 "Red herring" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Red herring
10 012 016
2German (de)
Red herring (Redewendung)
823 386
3Japanese (ja)
燻製ニシンの虚偽
581 664
4Spanish (es)
Red herring
269 672
5Chinese (zh)
紅鯡魚
212 723
6Polish (pl)
Fałszywy trop
125 376
7Dutch (nl)
Red herring
119 264
8French (fr)
Hareng rouge
117 599
9Arabic (ar)
الرنجة الحمراء
58 860
10Swedish (sv)
Red herring
36 407
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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 "Red herring" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Red herring
26 739
2Japanese (ja)
燻製ニシンの虚偽
3 614
3German (de)
Red herring (Redewendung)
1 631
4Chinese (zh)
紅鯡魚
1 594
5Spanish (es)
Red herring
1 389
6French (fr)
Hareng rouge
1 012
7Russian (ru)
Отвлекающий манёвр
899
8Simple English (simple)
Red herring
357
9Polish (pl)
Fałszywy trop
346
10Dutch (nl)
Red herring
297
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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 "Red herring" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Red herring
287
2German (de)
Red herring (Redewendung)
129
3Dutch (nl)
Red herring
29
4Japanese (ja)
燻製ニシンの虚偽
27
5Polish (pl)
Fałszywy trop
27
6Spanish (es)
Red herring
26
7Chinese (zh)
紅鯡魚
26
8French (fr)
Hareng rouge
23
9Finnish (fi)
Harhaanjohtava vihje
21
10Persian (fa)
نکته انحرافی
19
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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 "Red herring" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
الرنجة الحمراء
0
2Belarusian (be)
Чырвоная сялёдка
0
3Catalan (ca)
Pista falsa
0
4German (de)
Red herring (Redewendung)
0
5Greek (el)
Red herring
0
6English (en)
Red herring
0
7Spanish (es)
Red herring
0
8Persian (fa)
نکته انحرافی
0
9Finnish (fi)
Harhaanjohtava vihje
0
10French (fr)
Hareng rouge
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 "Red herring" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Red herring
894
2Chinese (zh)
紅鯡魚
268
3Persian (fa)
نکته انحرافی
190
4Arabic (ar)
الرنجة الحمراء
178
5Dutch (nl)
Red herring
142
6Ukrainian (uk)
Червоний оселедець
136
7Spanish (es)
Red herring
123
8Korean (ko)
붉은 청어
91
9Portuguese (pt)
Pista falsa
77
10Japanese (ja)
燻製ニシンの虚偽
76
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الرنجة الحمراء
beBelarusian
Чырвоная сялёдка
caCatalan
Pista falsa
deGerman
Red herring (Redewendung)
elGreek
Red herring
enEnglish
Red herring
esSpanish
Red herring
faPersian
نکته انحرافی
fiFinnish
Harhaanjohtava vihje
frFrench
Hareng rouge
heHebrew
הרינג אדום
idIndonesian
Ikan haring merah
itItalian
Depistaggio
jaJapanese
燻製ニシンの虚偽
koKorean
붉은 청어
ltLithuanian
Raudona silkė
msMalay
Hering merah
nlDutch
Red herring
noNorwegian
Red herring
plPolish
Fałszywy trop
ptPortuguese
Pista falsa
roRomanian
Red herring
ruRussian
Отвлекающий манёвр
simpleSimple English
Red herring
srSerbian
Црвена харинга (идиом)
svSwedish
Red herring
thThai
เรดเฮร์ริง
trTurkish
Kırmızı Ringa Balığı
ukUkrainian
Червоний оселедець
viVietnamese
Cá trích đỏ
zhChinese
紅鯡魚

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Greek:
#24814
06.2021
Global:
#14277
09.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Greek:
#2725
12.2019
Global:
#4728
06.2022

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):

simple: Red herring

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