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Dark pattern

Quality:

Dark pattern - user interface designed for a user to make choices without being aware of them. Article “Dark pattern” in English Wikipedia has 66 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 66 references and 15 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 2026 the article “Dark pattern” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 10 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Dark pattern”, its content was written by 99 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 281 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 43 times in English Wikipedia and cited 105 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #38392 in January 2024
  • Global: #26207 in February 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #43059 in October 2025
  • Global: #62956 in October 2025

There are 20 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)
Dark pattern
66.0105
2Chinese (zh)
暗黑模式
55.2827
3Spanish (es)
Dark pattern
51.0708
4Dutch (nl)
Dark pattern
49.6592
5German (de)
Dark Pattern
48.7639
6Serbian (sr)
Мрачни образац
42.8688
7Italian (it)
Dark pattern
42.0554
8Arabic (ar)
أنماط مظلمة
41.6826
9Persian (fa)
الگوی تاریک
38.9217
10Hebrew (he)
תבנית אפלה
38.916
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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 "Dark pattern" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dark pattern
654 896
2German (de)
Dark Pattern
146 334
3French (fr)
Dark pattern
80 005
4Japanese (ja)
ダークパターン
71 748
5Russian (ru)
Тёмные паттерны
10 874
6Italian (it)
Dark pattern
10 031
7Chinese (zh)
暗黑模式
7 725
8Korean (ko)
다크패턴
5 588
9Spanish (es)
Dark pattern
3 538
10Hebrew (he)
תבנית אפלה
3 209
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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 "Dark pattern" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dark pattern
7 559
2Japanese (ja)
ダークパターン
3 780
3German (de)
Dark Pattern
1 269
4French (fr)
Dark pattern
608
5Spanish (es)
Dark pattern
292
6Chinese (zh)
暗黑模式
256
7Russian (ru)
Тёмные паттерны
210
8Korean (ko)
다크패턴
105
9Dutch (nl)
Dark pattern
87
10Italian (it)
Dark pattern
82
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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 "Dark pattern" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Dark pattern
99
2German (de)
Dark Pattern
44
3Japanese (ja)
ダークパターン
23
4French (fr)
Dark pattern
22
5Hebrew (he)
תבנית אפלה
15
6Italian (it)
Dark pattern
13
7Persian (fa)
الگوی تاریک
12
8Catalan (ca)
Dark pattern
10
9Chinese (zh)
暗黑模式
6
10Czech (cs)
Dark pattern
5
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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 "Dark pattern" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
ダークパターン
3
2Arabic (ar)
أنماط مظلمة
1
3German (de)
Dark Pattern
1
4English (en)
Dark pattern
1
5Hebrew (he)
תבנית אפלה
1
6Italian (it)
Dark pattern
1
7Russian (ru)
Тёмные паттерны
1
8Swedish (sv)
Vilseledande gränssnitt
1
9Catalan (ca)
Dark pattern
0
10Czech (cs)
Dark pattern
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 "Dark pattern" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Dark pattern
43
2Japanese (ja)
ダークパターン
17
3German (de)
Dark Pattern
13
4French (fr)
Dark pattern
6
5Finnish (fi)
Pimeä käytäntö
5
6Dutch (nl)
Dark pattern
5
7Korean (ko)
다크패턴
4
8Spanish (es)
Dark pattern
2
9Hebrew (he)
תבנית אפלה
2
10Italian (it)
Dark pattern
2
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أنماط مظلمة
caCatalan
Dark pattern
csCzech
Dark pattern
deGerman
Dark Pattern
enEnglish
Dark pattern
esSpanish
Dark pattern
faPersian
الگوی تاریک
fiFinnish
Pimeä käytäntö
frFrench
Dark pattern
heHebrew
תבנית אפלה
huHungarian
Sötét mintázatok
itItalian
Dark pattern
jaJapanese
ダークパターン
koKorean
다크패턴
nlDutch
Dark pattern
ruRussian
Тёмные паттерны
simpleSimple English
Dark pattern
srSerbian
Мрачни образац
svSwedish
Vilseledande gränssnitt
zhChinese
暗黑模式

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#43059
10.2025
Global:
#62956
10.2025

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#38392
01.2024
Global:
#26207
02.2025

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Dark pattern from Wikipedia articles about Enshittification, Temu, List of controversial video games, Anti-pattern and Zepto. Whereas reading the article about Dark pattern people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Anti-pattern, Roach Motel, Jamster, Confusopoly and Shadow banning.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Dark pattern

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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