1997 in video games

1997 in video gaming - video gaming-related events during 1997. Article “1997 in video games” in English Wikipedia has 73.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 93 references and 16 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “1997 in video games”, its content was written by 116 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 256 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 238 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2895 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #59517 in July 2014
• Global: #66676 in June 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #175919 in October 2021
• Global: #263538 in December 2014

There are 11 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 1997 in video games		73.4669
2	French (fr) 1997 en jeu vidéo		34.0653
3	Swedish (sv) Datorspelsåret 1997		33.0477
4	Italian (it) Videogiochi nel 1997		26.3407
5	Romanian (ro) 1997 în jocuri video		17.9425
6	Russian (ru) 1997 год в компьютерных играх		13.4169
7	Chinese (zh) 1997年电子游戏界		13.3956
8	Ukrainian (uk) 1997 у відеоіграх		12.1355
9	Polish (pl) 1997 w grach komputerowych		9.1267
10	Finnish (fi) Videopelivuosi 1997		8.3155

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

The most popular language versions of the article "1997 in video games" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1997 in video games		771 946
2	Russian (ru) 1997 год в компьютерных играх		107 992
3	French (fr) 1997 en jeu vidéo		67 779
4	Polish (pl) 1997 w grach komputerowych		37 017
5	Italian (it) Videogiochi nel 1997		15 999
6	Swedish (sv) Datorspelsåret 1997		10 593
7	Ukrainian (uk) 1997 у відеоіграх		3 272
8	Chinese (zh) 1997年电子游戏界		1 917
9	Finnish (fi) Videopelivuosi 1997		1 870
10	Norwegian (no) Videospillåret 1997		273

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

The most popular language versions of the article "1997 in video games" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1997 in video games		3 427
2	Russian (ru) 1997 год в компьютерных играх		376
3	French (fr) 1997 en jeu vidéo		261
4	Polish (pl) 1997 w grach komputerowych		43
5	Italian (it) Videogiochi nel 1997		25
6	Chinese (zh) 1997年电子游戏界		20
7	Finnish (fi) Videopelivuosi 1997		17
8	Swedish (sv) Datorspelsåret 1997		13
9	Ukrainian (uk) 1997 у відеоіграх		13
10	Romanian (ro) 1997 în jocuri video		7

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

Language versions of the article "1997 in video games" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1997 in video games		116
2	French (fr) 1997 en jeu vidéo		43
3	Russian (ru) 1997 год в компьютерных играх		24
4	Italian (it) Videogiochi nel 1997		20
5	Swedish (sv) Datorspelsåret 1997		20
6	Ukrainian (uk) 1997 у відеоіграх		12
7	Polish (pl) 1997 w grach komputerowych		11
8	Finnish (fi) Videopelivuosi 1997		3
9	Norwegian (no) Videospillåret 1997		3
10	Chinese (zh) 1997年电子游戏界		3

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

Language versions of the article "1997 in video games" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1997 in video games		0
2	Finnish (fi) Videopelivuosi 1997		0
3	French (fr) 1997 en jeu vidéo		0
4	Italian (it) Videogiochi nel 1997		0
5	Norwegian (no) Videospillåret 1997		0
6	Polish (pl) 1997 w grach komputerowych		0
7	Romanian (ro) 1997 în jocuri video		0
8	Russian (ru) 1997 год в компьютерных играх		0
9	Swedish (sv) Datorspelsåret 1997		0
10	Ukrainian (uk) 1997 у відеоіграх		0

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

Language versions of the article "1997 in video games" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) 1997 en jeu vidéo		1 475
2	Russian (ru) 1997 год в компьютерных играх		339
3	English (en) 1997 in video games		238
4	Swedish (sv) Datorspelsåret 1997		193
5	Polish (pl) 1997 w grach komputerowych		152
6	Ukrainian (uk) 1997 у відеоіграх		142
7	Italian (it) Videogiochi nel 1997		91
8	Romanian (ro) 1997 în jocuri video		90
9	Finnish (fi) Videopelivuosi 1997		82
10	Chinese (zh) 1997年电子游戏界		70

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#	Language	Value
en	English 1997 in video games
fi	Finnish Videopelivuosi 1997
fr	French 1997 en jeu vidéo
it	Italian Videogiochi nel 1997
no	Norwegian Videospillåret 1997
pl	Polish 1997 w grach komputerowych
ro	Romanian 1997 în jocuri video
ru	Russian 1997 год в компьютерных играх
sv	Swedish Datorspelsåret 1997
uk	Ukrainian 1997 у відеоіграх
zh	Chinese 1997年电子游戏界

Best Rank

English: #175919 10.2021

Global: #263538 12.2014

Best Rank

English: #59517 07.2014

Global: #66676 06.2022

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