2016 Summer Olympics

Quality:

2016 Summer Olympics - Games of the XXXI Olympiad, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This event is the 34^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 39^th most popular event in English Wikipedia. Article “2016 Summer Olympics” in English Wikipedia has 81.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 171 references and 39 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 9.04 points.

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

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

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The 1421^st most popular in English Wikipedia.

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The 3017^th most editable in English Wikipedia.

The 39^th most popular in events in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 1247^th most popular in all topics.

The 2176^th most popular in AI.

The 34^th most popular in events.

In June 2026 the article “2016 Summer Olympics” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 17 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “2016 Summer Olympics”, its content was written by 1382 registered users of English Wikipedia (3017^th place) and edited by 4947 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (2176^th place).

2016 Summer Olympics is on the 39^th place in local ranking of events in English Wikipedia and on the 34^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 12537 times in English Wikipedia (1529^th place) and cited 100660 times in all languages (1401^st place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #14 in August 2016
• Global: #1 in August 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #3 in August 2016
• Global: #1 in August 2016

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	Malay (ms) Sukan Olimpik Musim Panas 2016		96.4265
2	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016		94.9321
3	German (de) Olympische Sommerspiele 2016		92.2625
4	Hebrew (he) אולימפיאדת ריו דה ז'ניירו (2016)		89.584
5	Chinese (zh) 2016年夏季奧林匹克運動會		84.8483
6	Indonesian (id) Olimpiade Musim Panas 2016		84.4012
7	Croatian (hr) XXXI. Olimpijske igre – Rio de Janeiro 2016.		83.4074
8	English (en) 2016 Summer Olympics		81.3599
9	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016		80.4973
10	Romanian (ro) Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2016		78.6203

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2016 Summer Olympics		39 026 956
2	Spanish (es) Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016		7 562 252
3	Russian (ru) Летние Олимпийские игры 2016		5 810 197
4	German (de) Olympische Sommerspiele 2016		4 562 316
5	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016		4 380 192
6	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016		3 937 432
7	Japanese (ja) 2016年リオデジャネイロオリンピック		3 423 753
8	Chinese (zh) 2016年夏季奧林匹克運動會		2 594 875
9	Italian (it) Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade		2 301 453
10	Polish (pl) Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 2016		2 193 548

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) 2016 Summer Olympics		32 510
2	Russian (ru) Летние Олимпийские игры 2016		4 743
3	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016		4 661
4	Spanish (es) Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016		4 451
5	Japanese (ja) 2016年リオデジャネイロオリンピック		2 831
6	German (de) Olympische Sommerspiele 2016		2 190
7	Chinese (zh) 2016年夏季奧林匹克運動會		2 189
8	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016		1 967
9	Italian (it) Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade		1 450
10	Polish (pl) Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 2016		1 285

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2016 Summer Olympics		1 382
2	German (de) Olympische Sommerspiele 2016		348
3	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016		322
4	Spanish (es) Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016		301
5	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016		254
6	Chinese (zh) 2016年夏季奧林匹克運動會		190
7	Russian (ru) Летние Олимпийские игры 2016		177
8	Italian (it) Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade		155
9	Japanese (ja) 2016年リオデジャネイロオリンピック		145
10	Hebrew (he) אולימפיאדת ריו דה ז'ניירו (2016)		127

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	Czech (cs) Letní olympijské hry 2016		4
2	Catalan (ca) Jocs Olímpics d'Estiu de 2016		2
3	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016		2
4	German (de) Olympische Sommerspiele 2016		1
5	English (en) 2016 Summer Olympics		1
6	Spanish (es) Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016		1
7	Hungarian (hu) 2016. évi nyári olimpiai játékok		1
8	Italian (it) Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade		1
9	Korean (ko) 2016년 하계 올림픽		1
10	Russian (ru) Летние Олимпийские игры 2016		1

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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