2012 Benghazi attack

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2012 Benghazi attack - attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya.. This event is the 212^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 75^th most popular event in English Wikipedia. Article “2012 Benghazi attack” in English Wikipedia has 93.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 363 references and 20 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

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The 3722^nd most popular in English Wikipedia.

The 75^th most popular in events in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 9936^th most popular in all topics.

The 212^th most popular in events.

In June 2026 the article “2012 Benghazi attack” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “2012 Benghazi attack”, its content was written by 557 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 818 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

2012 Benghazi attack is on the 75^th place in local ranking of events in English Wikipedia and on the 212^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 1061 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1887 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #88 in September 2012
• Global: #1159 in September 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #45 in June 2016
• Global: #131 in June 2016

There are 21 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	Chinese (zh) 班加西事件		100
2	English (en) 2012 Benghazi attack		93.8979
3	Portuguese (pt) Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012		60.8845
4	Simple English (simple) 2012 Benghazi attack		54.4031
5	Hebrew (he) מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי		51.4695
6	Catalan (ca) Atac contra el consolat dels Estats Units a Bengasi		48.7705
7	Spanish (es) Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi		42.5962
8	Turkish (tr) 2012 Bingazi saldırısı		35.1218
9	German (de) Bengasi-Anschlag		32.1637
10	French (fr) Attaque de Benghazi de 2012		29.8596

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2012 Benghazi attack		24 906 723
2	Spanish (es) Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi		916 318
3	German (de) Bengasi-Anschlag		671 037
4	Chinese (zh) 班加西事件		637 712
5	French (fr) Attaque de Benghazi de 2012		474 990
6	Portuguese (pt) Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012		237 123
7	Dutch (nl) Aanval op het Amerikaanse consulaat in Benghazi in september 2012		156 097
8	Polish (pl) Atak na konsulat USA w Bengazi		90 370
9	Hebrew (he) מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי		66 318
10	Persian (fa) حمله ۲۰۱۲ بنغازی		56 659

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) 2012 Benghazi attack		31 785
2	German (de) Bengasi-Anschlag		1 496
3	Chinese (zh) 班加西事件		1 273
4	French (fr) Attaque de Benghazi de 2012		1 162
5	Spanish (es) Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi		705
6	Russian (ru) Нападение на представительство США в Бенгази		628
7	Polish (pl) Atak na konsulat USA w Bengazi		349
8	Persian (fa) حمله ۲۰۱۲ بنغازی		282
9	Indonesian (id) Serangan Benghazi 2012		218
10	Portuguese (pt) Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012		209

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2012 Benghazi attack		557
2	Spanish (es) Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi		42
3	German (de) Bengasi-Anschlag		36
4	Hebrew (he) מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי		30
5	French (fr) Attaque de Benghazi de 2012		28
6	Chinese (zh) 班加西事件		28
7	Arabic (ar) هجوم بنغازي 2012		13
8	Portuguese (pt) Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012		11
9	Catalan (ca) Atac contra el consolat dels Estats Units a Bengasi		10
10	Dutch (nl) Aanval op het Amerikaanse consulaat in Benghazi in september 2012		9

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) 2012 Benghazi attack		3
2	Simple English (simple) 2012 Benghazi attack		1
3	Chinese (zh) 班加西事件		1
4	Arabic (ar) هجوم بنغازي 2012		0
5	Azerbaijani (az) ABŞ-nin Benqazidəki nümayəndəliyinə hücum		0
6	Catalan (ca) Atac contra el consolat dels Estats Units a Bengasi		0
7	German (de) Bengasi-Anschlag		0
8	Spanish (es) Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi		0
9	Persian (fa) حمله ۲۰۱۲ بنغازی		0
10	Finnish (fi) Bengasin isku 2012		0

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

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