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Colonial empire

Quality:

Colonial empire - overseas possessions of a nation-state, usually a product of the European Age of Exploration. Article “Colonial empire” in English Wikipedia has 49.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 21 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5.53 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Colonial empire” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Colonial empire”, its content was written by 328 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 914 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 483 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2921 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1405 in April 2023
  • Global: #7964 in April 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #67722 in May 2024
  • Global: #38272 in November 2020

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1French (fr)
Empire colonial
49.838
2English (en)
Colonial empire
49.7488
3Estonian (et)
Koloniaalimpeeriumid
40.1882
4Portuguese (pt)
Império colonial
38.95
5Italian (it)
Impero coloniale
33.8395
6German (de)
Kolonialreich
32.4185
7Thai (th)
จักรวรรดิอาณานิคม
32.3599
8Persian (fa)
امپراتوری‌های استعماری
30.2049
9Vietnamese (vi)
Đế quốc thuộc địa
26.3963
10Polish (pl)
Imperium kolonialne
24.868
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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 "Colonial empire" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Colonial empire
1 997 146
2French (fr)
Empire colonial
1 260 946
3Polish (pl)
Imperium kolonialne
598 475
4Portuguese (pt)
Império colonial
453 652
5Spanish (es)
Imperio de ultramar
244 624
6Italian (it)
Impero coloniale
222 506
7German (de)
Kolonialreich
201 456
8Persian (fa)
امپراتوری‌های استعماری
158 064
9Ukrainian (uk)
Колоніальні імперії
124 226
10Romanian (ro)
Imperiu colonial
117 958
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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 "Colonial empire" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Colonial empire
12 222
2French (fr)
Empire colonial
2 089
3Persian (fa)
امپراتوری‌های استعماری
1 908
4German (de)
Kolonialreich
1 025
5Italian (it)
Impero coloniale
785
6Portuguese (pt)
Império colonial
772
7Polish (pl)
Imperium kolonialne
738
8Chinese (zh)
殖民帝国
377
9Turkish (tr)
Sömürge imparatorluğu
242
10Spanish (es)
Imperio de ultramar
221
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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 "Colonial empire" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Colonial empire
328
2French (fr)
Empire colonial
171
3Polish (pl)
Imperium kolonialne
68
4Portuguese (pt)
Império colonial
57
5Italian (it)
Impero coloniale
55
6Spanish (es)
Imperio de ultramar
46
7German (de)
Kolonialreich
39
8Estonian (et)
Koloniaalimpeeriumid
19
9Romanian (ro)
Imperiu colonial
17
10Persian (fa)
امپراتوری‌های استعماری
16
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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 "Colonial empire" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Colonial empire
4
2Persian (fa)
امپراتوری‌های استعماری
1
3French (fr)
Empire colonial
1
4Arabic (ar)
إمبراطورية استعمارية
0
5Belarusian (be)
Каланіяльная імперыя
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Колониална империя
0
7Czech (cs)
Koloniální říše
0
8German (de)
Kolonialreich
0
9Spanish (es)
Imperio de ultramar
0
10Estonian (et)
Koloniaalimpeeriumid
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 "Colonial empire" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Empire colonial
542
2English (en)
Colonial empire
483
3Portuguese (pt)
Império colonial
429
4Indonesian (id)
Imperium kolonial
155
5Ukrainian (uk)
Колоніальні імперії
145
6Vietnamese (vi)
Đế quốc thuộc địa
142
7Chinese (zh)
殖民帝国
132
8Italian (it)
Impero coloniale
110
9Turkish (tr)
Sömürge imparatorluğu
103
10Arabic (ar)
إمبراطورية استعمارية
92
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
إمبراطورية استعمارية
beBelarusian
Каланіяльная імперыя
bgBulgarian
Колониална империя
csCzech
Koloniální říše
deGerman
Kolonialreich
enEnglish
Colonial empire
esSpanish
Imperio de ultramar
etEstonian
Koloniaalimpeeriumid
euBasque
Inperio kolonial
faPersian
امپراتوری‌های استعماری
frFrench
Empire colonial
hiHindi
औपनिवेशिक साम्राज्य
idIndonesian
Imperium kolonial
itItalian
Impero coloniale
koKorean
식민제국
plPolish
Imperium kolonialne
ptPortuguese
Império colonial
roRomanian
Imperiu colonial
thThai
จักรวรรดิอาณานิคม
trTurkish
Sömürge imparatorluğu
ukUkrainian
Колоніальні імперії
viVietnamese
Đế quốc thuộc địa
zhChinese
殖民帝国

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#67722
05.2024
Global:
#38272
11.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1405
04.2023
Global:
#7964
04.2022

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Colonial empire from Wikipedia articles about Portuguese Empire, Spanish Empire, Colonialism, German colonial empire and French colonial empire. Whereas reading the article about Colonial empire people most often go to Wikipedia articles on British Empire, Dutch Empire, Belgian Empire, French colonial empire and Portuguese Empire.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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