Background check

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Background check

Quality:

Background check - process of identification of a person, for security concerns. Article “Background check” in English Wikipedia has 50.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 49 references and 20 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.68 points.

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 2026 the article “Background check” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Background check”, its content was written by 387 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 449 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 671 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1183 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7586 in October 2013
  • Global: #32757 in December 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #10461 in June 2013
  • Global: #26857 in June 2013

There are 10 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Background check
50.8411
2Hebrew (he)
בדיקת רקע
38.2535
3Arabic (ar)
فحص الخلفية
33.9164
4Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundskontroll
26.0764
5Ukrainian (uk)
Перевірка репутації
25.7087
6Polish (pl)
Background check
24.8597
7Chinese (zh)
背景调查
22.5148
8Norwegian (no)
Bakgrunnssjekk
14.4676
9Portuguese (pt)
Verificação de antecedentes
6.5997
10Czech (cs)
Background check
3.8832
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Background check" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Background check
4 863 108
2Chinese (zh)
背景调查
37 361
3Portuguese (pt)
Verificação de antecedentes
32 152
4Czech (cs)
Background check
14 165
5Norwegian (no)
Bakgrunnssjekk
10 422
6Arabic (ar)
فحص الخلفية
9 892
7Hebrew (he)
בדיקת רקע
7 666
8Polish (pl)
Background check
4 586
9Ukrainian (uk)
Перевірка репутації
325
10Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundskontroll
60
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Background check" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Background check
3 379
2Chinese (zh)
背景调查
343
3Polish (pl)
Background check
73
4Portuguese (pt)
Verificação de antecedentes
32
5Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundskontroll
32
6Hebrew (he)
בדיקת רקע
29
7Norwegian (no)
Bakgrunnssjekk
20
8Czech (cs)
Background check
14
9Ukrainian (uk)
Перевірка репутації
9
10Arabic (ar)
فحص الخلفية
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Background check" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Background check
387
2Hebrew (he)
בדיקת רקע
16
3Chinese (zh)
背景调查
11
4Norwegian (no)
Bakgrunnssjekk
10
5Portuguese (pt)
Verificação de antecedentes
10
6Czech (cs)
Background check
6
7Arabic (ar)
فحص الخلفية
3
8Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundskontroll
3
9Polish (pl)
Background check
2
10Ukrainian (uk)
Перевірка репутації
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Background check" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundskontroll
3
2English (en)
Background check
1
3Arabic (ar)
فحص الخلفية
0
4Czech (cs)
Background check
0
5Hebrew (he)
בדיקת רקע
0
6Norwegian (no)
Bakgrunnssjekk
0
7Polish (pl)
Background check
0
8Portuguese (pt)
Verificação de antecedentes
0
9Ukrainian (uk)
Перевірка репутації
0
10Chinese (zh)
背景调查
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Background check" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Background check
671
2Chinese (zh)
背景调查
277
3Arabic (ar)
فحص الخلفية
106
4Portuguese (pt)
Verificação de antecedentes
97
5Hebrew (he)
בדיקת רקע
20
6Norwegian (no)
Bakgrunnssjekk
6
7Polish (pl)
Background check
3
8Czech (cs)
Background check
2
9Ukrainian (uk)
Перевірка репутації
1
10Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundskontroll
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
فحص الخلفية
csCzech
Background check
enEnglish
Background check
heHebrew
בדיקת רקע
noNorwegian
Bakgrunnssjekk
plPolish
Background check
ptPortuguese
Verificação de antecedentes
svSwedish
Bakgrundskontroll
ukUkrainian
Перевірка репутації
zhChinese
背景调查

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#10461
06.2013
Global:
#26857
06.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7586
10.2013
Global:
#32757
12.2005

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Background check from Wikipedia articles about Marine One, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Security clearance, HireRight and Yankee White. Whereas reading the article about Background check people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Criminal record, Recommendation letter, Social media background check, Fair Credit Reporting Act and Security clearance.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

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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