2006 FIFA World Cup

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2006 FIFA World Cup - 18th FIFA World Cup, held in Germany. This event is the 36^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 54^th most popular event in English Wikipedia. On English Wikipedia article about 2006 FIFA World Cup recently has been very popular. Article “2006 FIFA World Cup” in English Wikipedia has 87.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 145 references and 55 sections.

This article has the best quality in Dutch Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

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The 2330^th most popular in English Wikipedia.

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The 721^st most editable in English Wikipedia.

The 54^th most popular in events in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 1270^th most popular in all topics.

The 421^st most popular in AI.

The 36^th most popular in events.

Achievements in the last month:

English Wikipedia:

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The 97^th most popular in English Wikipedia in the last month.

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The 2407^th most editable in English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 52^nd most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 751^st most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “2006 FIFA World Cup” was edited by 15 authors in English Wikipedia (2407^th place) and written by 72 authors in all languages (751^st place).

Since the creation of article “2006 FIFA World Cup”, its content was written by 2150 registered users of English Wikipedia (721^st place) and edited by 8633 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (421^st place).

2006 FIFA World Cup is on the 54^th place in local ranking of events in English Wikipedia and on the 36^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 5097 times in English Wikipedia (4740^th place) and cited 55776 times in all languages (2977^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1 in June 2006
• Global: #1 in June 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #19 in June 2010
• Global: #8 in June 2010

There are 54 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, 2026 (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	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2006		100
2	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2006		93.1069
3	English (en) 2006 FIFA World Cup		87.8138
4	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006		86.7376
5	Arabic (ar) كأس العالم 2006		74.8578
6	Korean (ko) 2006년 FIFA 월드컵		73.2904
7	Slovak (sk) Majstrovstvá sveta vo futbale 2006		70.643
8	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2006		70.2744
9	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2006		69.9332
10	Chinese (zh) 2006年國際足協世界盃		69.1685

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2006 FIFA World Cup		31 289 439
2	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006		9 207 938
3	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006		7 715 498
4	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2006		6 003 857
5	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2006		4 878 477
6	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2006		4 828 347
7	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2006		4 145 821
8	Japanese (ja) 2006 FIFAワールドカップ		3 019 949
9	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 2006		2 493 765
10	Arabic (ar) كأس العالم 2006		1 660 762

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2006 FIFA World Cup		963 496
2	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006		211 310
3	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006		185 069
4	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2006		100 295
5	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2006		86 975
6	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2006		79 569
7	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2006		76 983
8	Japanese (ja) 2006 FIFAワールドカップ		74 178
9	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 2006		43 398
10	Persian (fa) جام جهانی فوتبال ۲۰۰۶		42 916

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2006 FIFA World Cup		2 150
2	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006		1 170
3	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2006		576
4	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2006		548
5	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006		497
6	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2006		287
7	Chinese (zh) 2006年國際足協世界盃		260
8	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2006		246
9	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 2006		235
10	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2006		219

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2006 FIFA World Cup		15
2	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2006		9
3	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2006		7
4	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006		5
5	Japanese (ja) 2006 FIFAワールドカップ		5
6	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2006		5
7	Hebrew (he) מונדיאל 2006		4
8	Czech (cs) Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 2006		3
9	Catalan (ca) Copa del Món de Futbol de 2006		2
10	Persian (fa) جام جهانی فوتبال ۲۰۰۶		2

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

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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