Cruel to Be Kind

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Cruel to Be Kind

Quality:

Cruel to Be Kind - 1979 single by Nick Lowe. Article “Cruel to Be Kind” in English Wikipedia has 44.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 31 references and 9 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.

In June 2025 the article “Cruel to Be Kind” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Cruel to Be Kind”, its content was written by 86 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 94 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 67 times in English Wikipedia and cited 78 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #34378 in December 2021
  • Global: #117310 in December 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #174107 in July 2019
  • Global: #294509 in July 2019

There are 3 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, 2025 (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)
Cruel to Be Kind
44.1847
2Spanish (es)
Cruel to Be Kind
31.7567
3Japanese (ja)
恋するふたり (ニック・ロウの曲)
14.9154
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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 "Cruel to Be Kind" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cruel to Be Kind
712 888
2Japanese (ja)
恋するふたり (ニック・ロウの曲)
23 365
3Spanish (es)
Cruel to Be Kind
1 153
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Cruel to Be Kind" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cruel to Be Kind
4 078
2Japanese (ja)
恋するふたり (ニック・ロウの曲)
171
3Spanish (es)
Cruel to Be Kind
38
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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 "Cruel to Be Kind" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cruel to Be Kind
86
2Japanese (ja)
恋するふたり (ニック・ロウの曲)
6
3Spanish (es)
Cruel to Be Kind
2
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Cruel to Be Kind" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cruel to Be Kind
1
2Japanese (ja)
恋するふたり (ニック・ロウの曲)
1
3Spanish (es)
Cruel to Be Kind
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 "Cruel to Be Kind" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Cruel to Be Kind
67
2Japanese (ja)
恋するふたり (ニック・ロウの曲)
10
3Spanish (es)
Cruel to Be Kind
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Cruel to Be Kind
esSpanish
Cruel to Be Kind
jaJapanese
恋するふたり (ニック・ロウの曲)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#174107
07.2019
Global:
#294509
07.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#34378
12.2021
Global:
#117310
12.2021

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Cruel to Be Kind from Wikipedia articles about Nick Lowe, 10 Things I Hate About You, Carlene Carter, Labour of Lust and Letters to Cleo. Whereas reading the article about Cruel to Be Kind people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, Labour of Lust, Brinsley Schwarz and Ian Gomm.

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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