Black Legend

Black Legend - supposed tendency in historical writing demonising Spain and the Spanish Empire. Article “Black Legend” in English Wikipedia has 89.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 135 references and 21 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Black Legend” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 11 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Black Legend”, its content was written by 573 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1262 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 722 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1135 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #111 in February 2003
• Global: #596 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #30223 in October 2021
• Global: #35543 in October 2021

There are 23 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Catalan (ca) Llegenda negra espanyola		98.6786
2	Spanish (es) Leyenda negra española		96.3076
3	German (de) Leyenda negra		95
4	English (en) Black Legend		89.0667
5	Polish (pl) Czarna legenda Hiszpanii		52.3598
6	Arabic (ar) الأسطورة السوداء		43.8167
7	Slovenian (sl) Črna legenda		32.5236
8	Italian (it) Leggenda nera spagnola		30.5158
9	Dutch (nl) Zwarte legende		28.7131
10	French (fr) Légende noire espagnole		25.287

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Black Legend" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Black Legend		2 854 701
2	Spanish (es) Leyenda negra española		1 890 008
3	German (de) Leyenda negra		214 642
4	French (fr) Légende noire espagnole		178 000
5	Dutch (nl) Zwarte legende		106 640
6	Italian (it) Leggenda nera spagnola		50 120
7	Japanese (ja) 黒い伝説		46 540
8	Russian (ru) Испанская чёрная легенда		20 687
9	Polish (pl) Czarna legenda Hiszpanii		12 328
10	Catalan (ca) Llegenda negra espanyola		11 308

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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 "Black Legend" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Black Legend		9 891
2	Spanish (es) Leyenda negra española		3 723
3	German (de) Leyenda negra		1 032
4	French (fr) Légende noire espagnole		575
5	Italian (it) Leggenda nera spagnola		324
6	Russian (ru) Испанская чёрная легенда		307
7	Dutch (nl) Zwarte legende		235
8	Japanese (ja) 黒い伝説		200
9	Chinese (zh) 黑色传说		142
10	Portuguese (pt) Lenda negra espanhola		78

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Black Legend		573
2	Spanish (es) Leyenda negra española		264
3	German (de) Leyenda negra		133
4	French (fr) Légende noire espagnole		72
5	Dutch (nl) Zwarte legende		57
6	Russian (ru) Испанская чёрная легенда		30
7	Catalan (ca) Llegenda negra espanyola		21
8	Italian (it) Leggenda nera spagnola		21
9	Danish (da) Sorte Legende		19
10	Polish (pl) Czarna legenda Hiszpanii		11

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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 "Black Legend" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Leyenda negra española		3
2	German (de) Leyenda negra		2
3	Portuguese (pt) Lenda negra espanhola		2
4	Arabic (ar) الأسطورة السوداء		1
5	Catalan (ca) Llegenda negra espanyola		1
6	English (en) Black Legend		1
7	Chinese (zh) 黑色传说		1
8	Czech (cs) Černá legenda		0
9	Danish (da) Sorte Legende		0
10	Basque (eu) Espainiar elezahar beltza		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 "Black Legend" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Black Legend		722
2	Spanish (es) Leyenda negra española		182
3	French (fr) Légende noire espagnole		43
4	German (de) Leyenda negra		35
5	Dutch (nl) Zwarte legende		27
6	Catalan (ca) Llegenda negra espanyola		24
7	Italian (it) Leggenda nera spagnola		14
8	Japanese (ja) 黒い伝説		12
9	Slovenian (sl) Črna legenda		9
10	Chinese (zh) 黑色传说		9

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الأسطورة السوداء
ca	Catalan Llegenda negra espanyola
cs	Czech Černá legenda
da	Danish Sorte Legende
de	German Leyenda negra
en	English Black Legend
es	Spanish Leyenda negra española
eu	Basque Espainiar elezahar beltza
fi	Finnish Musta legenda
fr	French Légende noire espagnole
it	Italian Leggenda nera spagnola
ja	Japanese 黒い伝説
ko	Korean 검은 전설
nl	Dutch Zwarte legende
no	Norwegian Den sorte legende
pl	Polish Czarna legenda Hiszpanii
pt	Portuguese Lenda negra espanhola
ro	Romanian Legenda Neagră
ru	Russian Испанская чёрная легенда
sl	Slovenian Črna legenda
sv	Swedish Svarta legenden
uk	Ukrainian Чорна легенда (Іспанія)
zh	Chinese 黑色传说

Best Rank

English: #30223 10.2021

Global: #35543 10.2021

Best Rank

English: #111 02.2003

Global: #596 02.2003

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