Deaths in May 2026

Quality:

Deaths in May 2026 - Wikimedia list article. Article “Deaths in May 2026” in English Wikipedia has 80 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 799 references and 34 sections.

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

Achievements in the last month:

English Wikipedia:

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The 396^th most editable in English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 4664^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 110^th most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “Deaths in May 2026” was edited by 37 authors in English Wikipedia (396^th place) and written by 181 authors in all languages (110^th place).

Since the creation of article “Deaths in May 2026”, its content was written by 33 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 327 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 454 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1777 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #396 in June 2026
• Global: #19 in May 2026

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #1244 in May 2026
• Global: #206 in May 2026

There are 14 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	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in mei 2026		89.6208
2	English (en) Deaths in May 2026		80
3	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Μάιο του 2026		79.2432
4	Chinese (zh) 2026年5月逝世人物列表		78.1317
5	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年5月		76.1356
6	Turkish (tr) Mayıs 2026'da ölenler		74.9848
7	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em maio de 2026		65.4347
8	Polish (pl) Zmarli w maju 2026		63.5294
9	Russian (ru) Умершие в мае 2026 года		56.6644
10	Arabic (ar) وفيات مايو 2026		50.361

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	French (fr) Décès en mai 2026		251 089
2	English (en) Deaths in May 2026		250 508
3	German (de) Nekrolog Mai 2026		195 877
4	Polish (pl) Zmarli w maju 2026		103 182
5	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年5月		89 027
6	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em maio de 2026		64 494
7	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in mei 2026		49 711
8	Chinese (zh) 2026年5月逝世人物列表		32 792
9	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Μάιο του 2026		9 962
10	Korean (ko) 2026년 5월 죽음		6 356

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Deaths in May 2026		40 742
2	German (de) Nekrolog Mai 2026		30 687
3	French (fr) Décès en mai 2026		26 697
4	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年5月		24 201
5	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em maio de 2026		9 781
6	Polish (pl) Zmarli w maju 2026		9 714
7	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in mei 2026		7 029
8	Russian (ru) Умершие в мае 2026 года		5 922
9	Chinese (zh) 2026年5月逝世人物列表		5 509
10	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Μάιο του 2026		1 291

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Nekrolog Mai 2026		92
2	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in mei 2026		35
3	Chinese (zh) 2026年5月逝世人物列表		35
4	English (en) Deaths in May 2026		33
5	Polish (pl) Zmarli w maju 2026		26
6	French (fr) Décès en mai 2026		24
7	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em maio de 2026		23
8	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年5月		20
9	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Μάιο του 2026		16
10	Ukrainian (uk) Померли в травні 2026		10

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Deaths in May 2026		37
2	German (de) Nekrolog Mai 2026		36
3	Chinese (zh) 2026年5月逝世人物列表		17
4	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in mei 2026		16
5	French (fr) Décès en mai 2026		14
6	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年5月		13
7	Polish (pl) Zmarli w maju 2026		13
8	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em maio de 2026		8
9	Russian (ru) Умершие в мае 2026 года		7
10	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Μάιο του 2026		5

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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.

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