Cold sore

Herpes labialis - Herpes simplex virus that primarily affects the lip. Article “Cold sore” in English Wikipedia has 74.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 115 references and 12 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.

Since the creation of article “Cold sore”, its content was written by 183 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 617 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 325 times in English Wikipedia and cited 975 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #13194 in February 2013
• Global: #15867 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #2941 in August 2013
• Global: #5481 in August 2013

There are 26 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	English (en) Cold sore		74.6057
2	Hebrew (he) הרפס שפתיים		44.9832
3	Ukrainian (uk) Губний герпес		40.3072
4	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Herpes labialis		36.2432
5	Armenian (hy) Շրթունքի հերպես		34.0332
6	Greek (el) Επιχείλιος έρπης		31.6097
7	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Groznica na usni		30.6074
8	Spanish (es) Herpes labial		29.8087
9	Portuguese (pt) Herpes labial		28.9036
10	Vietnamese (vi) Mụn rộp môi		28.7128

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Cold sore" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cold sore		8 029 914
2	Russian (ru) Герпес		6 932 077
3	Italian (it) Herpes labiale		1 005 473
4	Dutch (nl) Koortslip		847 178
5	Spanish (es) Herpes labial		257 186
6	Ukrainian (uk) Губний герпес		244 888
7	Chinese (zh) 唇瘡		173 282
8	Arabic (ar) هربس الشفة		133 067
9	Kazakh (kk) Ұшық		109 578
10	Hebrew (he) הרפס שפתיים		95 131

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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 "Cold sore" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cold sore		9 240
2	Russian (ru) Герпес		6 450
3	Spanish (es) Herpes labial		968
4	Chinese (zh) 唇瘡		401
5	French (fr) Herpès labial		322
6	Italian (it) Herpes labiale		309
7	Dutch (nl) Koortslip		297
8	Portuguese (pt) Herpes labial		274
9	Hebrew (he) הרפס שפתיים		218
10	Ukrainian (uk) Губний герпес		213

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Cold sore		183
2	Russian (ru) Герпес		143
3	Dutch (nl) Koortslip		92
4	Italian (it) Herpes labiale		62
5	Hebrew (he) הרפס שפתיים		20
6	Swedish (sv) Munherpes		16
7	Chinese (zh) 唇瘡		12
8	French (fr) Herpès labial		11
9	Spanish (es) Herpes labial		10
10	Arabic (ar) هربس الشفة		9

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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 "Cold sore" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) هربس الشفة		1
2	Catalan (ca) Herpes labial		1
3	Greek (el) Επιχείλιος έρπης		1
4	Basque (eu) Ezpain herpes		1
5	Azerbaijani (az) Herpes		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Лабиален херпес		0
7	English (en) Cold sore		0
8	Spanish (es) Herpes labial		0
9	French (fr) Herpès labial		0
10	Hebrew (he) הרפס שפתיים		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 "Cold sore" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Cold sore		325
2	Arabic (ar) هربس الشفة		195
3	Russian (ru) Герпес		167
4	Ukrainian (uk) Губний герпес		72
5	Italian (it) Herpes labiale		35
6	Chinese (zh) 唇瘡		31
7	Dutch (nl) Koortslip		25
8	Spanish (es) Herpes labial		18
9	French (fr) Herpès labial		16
10	Catalan (ca) Herpes labial		15

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic هربس الشفة
az	Azerbaijani Herpes
bg	Bulgarian Лабиален херпес
ca	Catalan Herpes labial
el	Greek Επιχείλιος έρπης
en	English Cold sore
es	Spanish Herpes labial
eu	Basque Ezpain herpes
fr	French Herpès labial
he	Hebrew הרפס שפתיים
hy	Armenian Շրթունքի հերպես
id	Indonesian Herpes oral
it	Italian Herpes labiale
kk	Kazakh Ұшық
nl	Dutch Koortslip
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Herpes labialis
pt	Portuguese Herpes labial
ru	Russian Герпес
sh	Serbo-Croatian Groznica na usni
sr	Serbian Грозница на усни
sv	Swedish Munherpes
uk	Ukrainian Губний герпес
ur	Urdu ہونٹوں کی داد
uz	Uzbek Herpes
vi	Vietnamese Mụn rộp môi
zh	Chinese 唇瘡

Best Rank

English: #2941 08.2013

Global: #5481 08.2013

Best Rank

English: #13194 02.2013

Global: #15867 09.2003

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