Ask (song)

Ask - 1986 song by The Smiths. Article “Ask (song)” in English Wikipedia has 41.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 26 references and 8 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.

In June 2025 the article “Ask (song)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Ask (song)”, its content was written by 75 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 106 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 87 times in English Wikipedia and cited 248 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #90796 in August 2006
• Global: #129859 in January 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #262757 in February 2016
• Global: #430494 in February 2016

There are 5 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) Ask (song)		41.4628
2	Dutch (nl) Ask (The Smiths)		28.8264
3	Portuguese (pt) Ask (canção)		24.4039
4	Italian (it) Ask (The Smiths)		20.0653
5	Spanish (es) Ask (canción)		3.2364

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Ask (song)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ask (song)		431 427
2	Italian (it) Ask (The Smiths)		25 538
3	Spanish (es) Ask (canción)		16 716
4	Dutch (nl) Ask (The Smiths)		1 271
5	Portuguese (pt) Ask (canção)		313

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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 "Ask (song)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ask (song)		2 058
2	Spanish (es) Ask (canción)		76
3	Italian (it) Ask (The Smiths)		63
4	Portuguese (pt) Ask (canção)		18
5	Dutch (nl) Ask (The Smiths)		7

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ask (song)		75
2	Italian (it) Ask (The Smiths)		20
3	Spanish (es) Ask (canción)		7
4	Dutch (nl) Ask (The Smiths)		2
5	Portuguese (pt) Ask (canção)		2

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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 "Ask (song)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ask (song)		1
2	Spanish (es) Ask (canción)		0
3	Italian (it) Ask (The Smiths)		0
4	Dutch (nl) Ask (The Smiths)		0
5	Portuguese (pt) Ask (canção)		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 "Ask (song)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Ask (song)		87
2	Italian (it) Ask (The Smiths)		58
3	Portuguese (pt) Ask (canção)		57
4	Dutch (nl) Ask (The Smiths)		37
5	Spanish (es) Ask (canción)		9

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#	Language	Value
en	English Ask (song)
es	Spanish Ask (canción)
it	Italian Ask (The Smiths)
nl	Dutch Ask (The Smiths)
pt	Portuguese Ask (canção)

Best Rank

English: #262757 02.2016

Global: #430494 02.2016

Best Rank

English: #90796 08.2006

Global: #129859 01.2022

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