259 BC

259 BC - year. Article “259 BC” in English Wikipedia has 12.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “259 BC”, its content was written by 31 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 554 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 14 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1183 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9534 in July 2002
• Global: #2247 in October 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #580894 in January 2008
• Global: #362255 in January 2008

There are 46 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	Catalan (ca) 259 aC		32.5333
2	Bulgarian (bg) 259 г. пр.н.е.		28.7427
3	Arabic (ar) 259 ق م		22.8385
4	French (fr) 259 av. J.-C.		20.8611
5	Russian (ru) 259 год до н. э.		20.8072
6	Lithuanian (lt) 259 m. pr. m. e.		16.4849
7	Finnish (fi) 259 eaa.		16.0384
8	Spanish (es) 259 a. C.		15.6356
9	English (en) 259 BC		12.6617
10	Japanese (ja) 紀元前259年		8.4837

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

The most popular language versions of the article "259 BC" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 259 BC		38 229
2	Japanese (ja) 紀元前259年		29 040
3	Polish (pl) 259 p.n.e.		27 630
4	Chinese (zh) 前259年		15 696
5	Russian (ru) 259 год до н. э.		13 894
6	German (de) 259 v. Chr.		13 804
7	French (fr) 259 av. J.-C.		12 601
8	Spanish (es) 259 a. C.		12 077
9	Italian (it) 259 a.C.		7 869
10	Finnish (fi) 259 eaa.		6 291

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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 "259 BC" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 259 BC		252
2	Japanese (ja) 紀元前259年		135
3	Chinese (zh) 前259年		72
4	Malay (ms) 259 SM		66
5	German (de) 259 v. Chr.		50
6	Slovak (sk) 259 pred Kr.		50
7	French (fr) 259 av. J.-C.		45
8	Russian (ru) 259 год до н. э.		44
9	Polish (pl) 259 p.n.e.		34
10	Italian (it) 259 a.C.		31

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

Language versions of the article "259 BC" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) 259 v. Chr.		53
2	French (fr) 259 av. J.-C.		50
3	Dutch (nl) 259 v.Chr.		40
4	Italian (it) 259 a.C.		38
5	Norwegian (no) 259 f.Kr.		38
6	Danish (da) 259 f.Kr.		34
7	English (en) 259 BC		31
8	Russian (ru) 259 год до н. э.		31
9	Hungarian (hu) I. e. 259		28
10	Latin (la) 259 a.C.n.		25

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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 "259 BC" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) 259 v. Chr.		1
2	Arabic (ar) 259 ق م		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) E.ə. 259		0
4	Belarusian (be) 259 да н.э.		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) 259 г. пр.н.е.		0
6	Catalan (ca) 259 aC		0
7	Czech (cs) 259 př. n. l.		0
8	Danish (da) 259 f.Kr.		0
9	Greek (el) 259 π.Χ.		0
10	English (en) 259 BC		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 "259 BC" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 紀元前259年		131
2	Finnish (fi) 259 eaa.		119
3	Persian (fa) ۲۵۹ (پیش از میلاد)		109
4	Bulgarian (bg) 259 г. пр.н.е.		108
5	Russian (ru) 259 год до н. э.		79
6	French (fr) 259 av. J.-C.		38
7	Italian (it) 259 a.C.		33
8	Uzbek (uz) Mil. av. 259		32
9	Catalan (ca) 259 aC		27
10	Arabic (ar) 259 ق م		24

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic 259 ق م
az	Azerbaijani E.ə. 259
be	Belarusian 259 да н.э.
bg	Bulgarian 259 г. пр.н.е.
ca	Catalan 259 aC
cs	Czech 259 př. n. l.
da	Danish 259 f.Kr.
de	German 259 v. Chr.
el	Greek 259 π.Χ.
en	English 259 BC
eo	Esperanto -259
es	Spanish 259 a. C.
et	Estonian 259 eKr
eu	Basque K.a. 259
fa	Persian ۲۵۹ (پیش از میلاد)
fi	Finnish 259 eaa.
fr	French 259 av. J.-C.
gl	Galician -259
hr	Croatian 259. pr. Kr.
hu	Hungarian I. e. 259
hy	Armenian Մ.թ.ա. 259
id	Indonesian 259 SM
it	Italian 259 a.C.
ja	Japanese 紀元前259年
ka	Georgian ძვ. წ. 259
kk	Kazakh Б. з. д. 259 жыл
la	Latin 259 a.C.n.
lt	Lithuanian 259 m. pr. m. e.
ms	Malay 259 SM
nl	Dutch 259 v.Chr.
no	Norwegian 259 f.Kr.
pl	Polish 259 p.n.e.
pt	Portuguese 259 a.C.
ro	Romanian 259 î.Hr.
ru	Russian 259 год до н. э.
sh	Serbo-Croatian 259. pr. n. e.
sk	Slovak 259 pred Kr.
sl	Slovenian 259 pr. n. št.
sr	Serbian 259. п. н. е.
sv	Swedish 259 f.Kr.
th	Thai พ.ศ. 285
tr	Turkish MÖ 259
ur	Urdu 259 ق م
uz	Uzbek Mil. av. 259
vi	Vietnamese 259 TCN
zh	Chinese 前259年

Best Rank

English: #580894 01.2008

Global: #362255 01.2008

Best Rank

English: #9534 07.2002

Global: #2247 10.2011

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