538 BC

538 BC - year. Article “538 BC” in English Wikipedia has 28 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 5 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 “538 BC”, its content was written by 17 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 294 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1079 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7803 in June 2002
• Global: #8885 in June 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #676755 in October 2008
• Global: #474891 in June 2008

There are 31 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) 538 BC		27.9665
2	Russian (ru) 538 год до н. э.		26.929
3	Bulgarian (bg) 538 г. пр.н.е.		26.6608
4	Arabic (ar) 538 ق م		22.8467
5	Spanish (es) 538 a. C.		22.3017
6	Chinese (zh) 前538年		5.4733
7	Japanese (ja) 紀元前538年		5.1275
8	Galician (gl) -538		5.0769
9	Estonian (et) 538 eKr		4.8769
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) 538. pr. n. e.		4.5063

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

The most popular language versions of the article "538 BC" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Polish (pl) 538 p.n.e.		46 781
2	English (en) 538 BC		37 990
3	Russian (ru) 538 год до н. э.		26 119
4	Spanish (es) 538 a. C.		15 732
5	Italian (it) 538 a.C.		12 949
6	Chinese (zh) 前538年		9 965
7	German (de) 538 v. Chr.		8 565
8	Portuguese (pt) 538 a.C.		7 454
9	Dutch (nl) 538 v.Chr.		7 278
10	Japanese (ja) 紀元前538年		6 185

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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 "538 BC" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 538 BC		120
2	Chinese (zh) 前538年		81
3	Dutch (nl) 538 v.Chr.		42
4	Italian (it) 538 a.C.		39
5	Russian (ru) 538 год до н. э.		38
6	Polish (pl) 538 p.n.e.		28
7	Japanese (ja) 紀元前538年		24
8	German (de) 538 v. Chr.		20
9	Danish (da) 538 f.Kr.		13
10	Thai (th) พ.ศ. 6		12

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

Language versions of the article "538 BC" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Dutch (nl) 538 v.Chr.		43
2	Italian (it) 538 a.C.		30
3	Danish (da) 538 f.Kr.		27
4	Russian (ru) 538 год до н. э.		26
5	Hungarian (hu) I. e. 538		23
6	Spanish (es) 538 a. C.		19
7	Latin (la) 538 a.C.n.		19
8	English (en) 538 BC		17
9	German (de) 538 v. Chr.		12
10	Chinese (zh) 前538年		8

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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 "538 BC" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 紀元前538年		2
2	Arabic (ar) 538 ق م		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) E.ə. 538		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) 538 г. пр.н.е.		0
5	Danish (da) 538 f.Kr.		0
6	German (de) 538 v. Chr.		0
7	Greek (el) 538 π.Χ.		0
8	English (en) 538 BC		0
9	Spanish (es) 538 a. C.		0
10	Estonian (et) 538 eKr		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 "538 BC" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Russian (ru) 538 год до н. э.		269
2	Japanese (ja) 紀元前538年		121
3	Bulgarian (bg) 538 г. пр.н.е.		106
4	Persian (fa) ۵۳۸ (پیش از میلاد)		100
5	Dutch (nl) 538 v.Chr.		39
6	Italian (it) 538 a.C.		38
7	Uzbek (uz) Mil. av. 538		30
8	Chinese (zh) 前538年		30
9	Ukrainian (uk) 538 до н. е.		29
10	Arabic (ar) 538 ق م		23

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic 538 ق م
az	Azerbaijani E.ə. 538
bg	Bulgarian 538 г. пр.н.е.
da	Danish 538 f.Kr.
de	German 538 v. Chr.
el	Greek 538 π.Χ.
en	English 538 BC
es	Spanish 538 a. C.
et	Estonian 538 eKr
fa	Persian ۵۳۸ (پیش از میلاد)
gl	Galician -538
hu	Hungarian I. e. 538
hy	Armenian Մ.թ.ա. 538
it	Italian 538 a.C.
ja	Japanese 紀元前538年
ka	Georgian ძვ. წ. 538
kk	Kazakh Б. з. д. 538 жыл
la	Latin 538 a.C.n.
nl	Dutch 538 v.Chr.
no	Norwegian 538 f.Kr.
pl	Polish 538 p.n.e.
pt	Portuguese 538 a.C.
ru	Russian 538 год до н. э.
sh	Serbo-Croatian 538. pr. n. e.
sk	Slovak 538 pred Kr.
sr	Serbian 538. п. н. е.
th	Thai พ.ศ. 6
uk	Ukrainian 538 до н. е.
uz	Uzbek Mil. av. 538
vi	Vietnamese 538 TCN
zh	Chinese 前538年

Best Rank

English: #676755 10.2008

Global: #474891 06.2008

Best Rank

English: #7803 06.2002

Global: #8885 06.2002

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