Anting (behavior)

Anting - a self-anointing behavior during which birds rub insects, usually ants, on their feathers and skin. Article "Anting (behavior)" in English Wikipedia has 52.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 15 sections.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article "Anting (behavior)" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Anting (behavior)", its content was written by 69 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 177 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 32 times in English Wikipedia and cited 213 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5134 in December 2003
• Global: #16431 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #40224 in May 2025
• Global: #62252 in May 2025

There are 15 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	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Maurbad		54.6285
2	English (en) Anting (behavior)		52.2888
3	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		30.2478
4	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		28.2476
5	Simple English (simple) Anting		26.8814
6	Russian (ru) Муравление		26.4883
7	German (de) Einemsen		24.9592
8	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		24.2384
9	Arabic (ar) التنميل (سلوك عند الطيور)		20.2923
10	Esperanto (eo) Formikumo		19.0849

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Anting (behavior)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Anting (behavior)		558 569
2	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		137 332
3	German (de) Einemsen		114 490
4	Russian (ru) Муравление		58 706
5	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		27 485
6	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		20 473
7	Chinese (zh) 蚁浴		14 382
8	Polish (pl) Kąpiel mrówkowa		12 753
9	Ukrainian (uk) Мурашіння		6 324
10	Arabic (ar) التنميل (سلوك عند الطيور)		5 060

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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 "Anting (behavior)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Anting (behavior)		13 798
2	German (de) Einemsen		886
3	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		812
4	Polish (pl) Kąpiel mrówkowa		687
5	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		524
6	Chinese (zh) 蚁浴		404
7	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		267
8	Russian (ru) Муравление		256
9	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		224
10	Simple English (simple) Anting		201

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Anting (behavior)		69
2	German (de) Einemsen		22
3	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		13
4	Ukrainian (uk) Мурашіння		11
5	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		10
6	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		10
7	Russian (ru) Муравление		10
8	Polish (pl) Kąpiel mrówkowa		9
9	Simple English (simple) Anting		7
10	Esperanto (eo) Formikumo		5

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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 "Anting (behavior)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Anting (behavior)		3
2	Arabic (ar) التنميل (سلوك عند الطيور)		0
3	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		0
4	German (de) Einemsen		0
5	Esperanto (eo) Formikumo		0
6	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		0
7	Persian (fa) مورچه‌گیری		0
8	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		0
9	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		0
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Maurbad		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 "Anting (behavior)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Maurbad		59
2	English (en) Anting (behavior)		32
3	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		26
4	Simple English (simple) Anting		20
5	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		13
6	German (de) Einemsen		11
7	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		10
8	Chinese (zh) 蚁浴		9
9	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		8
10	Russian (ru) Муравление		8

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic التنميل (سلوك عند الطيور)
cs	Czech Mravenčení (ptáci)
de	German Einemsen
en	English Anting (behavior)
eo	Esperanto Formikumo
es	Spanish Baño de hormigas
fa	Persian مورچه‌گیری
fr	French Bain de fourmis
ja	Japanese 蟻浴
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Maurbad
pl	Polish Kąpiel mrówkowa
ru	Russian Муравление
simple	Simple English Anting
uk	Ukrainian Мурашіння
zh	Chinese 蚁浴

Best Rank

English: #40224 05.2025

Global: #62252 05.2025

Best Rank

English: #5134 12.2003

Global: #16431 12.2003

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