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Close reading

Quality:

Close reading - careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text. Article “Close reading” in English Wikipedia has 38.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 34 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.25 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 “Close reading” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Close reading”, its content was written by 120 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 263 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 149 times in English Wikipedia and cited 438 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5588 in October 2015
  • Global: #22254 in October 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #82962 in October 2013
  • Global: #142575 in October 2013

There are 21 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)
Close reading
38.2726
2Armenian (hy)
Մոտ ընթերցում
27.2425
3Arabic (ar)
قراءة دقيقة (نقد أدبي)
27.173
4German (de)
Close Reading
24.4277
5Finnish (fi)
Lähiluku
19.6797
6Slovenian (sl)
Natančno branje
18.9767
7Estonian (et)
Lähilugemine
18.0471
8Swedish (sv)
Närläsning
16.6458
9Chinese (zh)
細讀
14.3727
10Bulgarian (bg)
Затворено четене
13.7604
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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 "Close reading" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Close reading
1 035 236
2German (de)
Close Reading
102 390
3Dutch (nl)
Close reading
35 683
4Japanese (ja)
クロース・リーディング
19 273
5Swedish (sv)
Närläsning
17 880
6Italian (it)
Close reading
17 298
7Korean (ko)
정독
10 741
8French (fr)
Lecture attentive
10 383
9Hebrew (he)
קריאה צמודה
10 063
10Turkish (tr)
Yakın okuma
6 451
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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 "Close reading" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Close reading
1 913
2German (de)
Close Reading
496
3Chinese (zh)
細讀
111
4Italian (it)
Close reading
101
5Japanese (ja)
クロース・リーディング
78
6French (fr)
Lecture attentive
75
7Dutch (nl)
Close reading
58
8Czech (cs)
Close reading
42
9Turkish (tr)
Yakın okuma
29
10Korean (ko)
정독
26
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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 "Close reading" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Close reading
120
2Dutch (nl)
Close reading
25
3German (de)
Close Reading
19
4Hebrew (he)
קריאה צמודה
18
5Swedish (sv)
Närläsning
11
6Italian (it)
Close reading
10
7Indonesian (id)
Pembacaan cermat
8
8Slovenian (sl)
Natančno branje
7
9Hungarian (hu)
Alapos olvasás
6
10Japanese (ja)
クロース・リーディング
6
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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 "Close reading" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Close reading
1
2Arabic (ar)
قراءة دقيقة (نقد أدبي)
0
3Bulgarian (bg)
Затворено четене
0
4Czech (cs)
Close reading
0
5German (de)
Close Reading
0
6Estonian (et)
Lähilugemine
0
7Persian (fa)
ژرف‌خوانی
0
8Finnish (fi)
Lähiluku
0
9French (fr)
Lecture attentive
0
10Hebrew (he)
קריאה צמודה
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 "Close reading" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Swedish (sv)
Närläsning
168
2English (en)
Close reading
149
3German (de)
Close Reading
23
4Dutch (nl)
Close reading
17
5Arabic (ar)
قراءة دقيقة (نقد أدبي)
15
6Korean (ko)
정독
10
7French (fr)
Lecture attentive
9
8Hebrew (he)
קריאה צמודה
9
9Italian (it)
Close reading
6
10Chinese (zh)
細讀
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قراءة دقيقة (نقد أدبي)
bgBulgarian
Затворено четене
csCzech
Close reading
deGerman
Close Reading
enEnglish
Close reading
etEstonian
Lähilugemine
faPersian
ژرف‌خوانی
fiFinnish
Lähiluku
frFrench
Lecture attentive
heHebrew
קריאה צמודה
huHungarian
Alapos olvasás
hyArmenian
Մոտ ընթերցում
idIndonesian
Pembacaan cermat
itItalian
Close reading
jaJapanese
クロース・リーディング
koKorean
정독
nlDutch
Close reading
slSlovenian
Natančno branje
svSwedish
Närläsning
trTurkish
Yakın okuma
zhChinese
細讀

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#82962
10.2013
Global:
#142575
10.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5588
10.2015
Global:
#22254
10.2015

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Close reading from Wikipedia articles about New Criticism, Pinocchio, The Cantos, Reading comprehension and Slow reading. Whereas reading the article about Close reading people most often go to Wikipedia articles on New Criticism, Distant reading, Slow reading, Literary criticism and Explication de texte.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

ko: 정독
zh: 細讀

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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