Domestication of the dog

Origin of the domestic dog - process which created the domestic dog. Article “Domestication of the dog” in English Wikipedia has 96.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 338 references and 25 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Domestication of the dog” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Domestication of the dog”, its content was written by 435 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 804 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 478 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1163 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6335 in May 2012
• Global: #21030 in April 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #10791 in February 2021
• Global: #22301 in February 2021

There are 16 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Indonesian (id) Asal-usul anjing domestik		100
2	Malay (ms) Pembelajinakan anjing		100
3	English (en) Domestication of the dog		96.251
4	Russian (ru) Происхождение домашней собаки		92.7373
5	Italian (it) Addomesticamento del cane		52.4571
6	Hebrew (he) ביות גזעי כלבים עתיקים		49.6772
7	Korean (ko) 개의 기원		45.9265
8	French (fr) Domestication du chien		41.8306
9	Japanese (ja) イヌの起源		37.2746
10	Slovak (sk) Dejiny psa		33.8297

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Domestication of the dog" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Domestication of the dog		5 471 670
2	Japanese (ja) イヌの起源		516 821
3	French (fr) Domestication du chien		359 234
4	Russian (ru) Происхождение домашней собаки		287 885
5	Dutch (nl) Domesticatie van de hond		133 998
6	Slovak (sk) Dejiny psa		83 532
7	Italian (it) Addomesticamento del cane		60 371
8	Hungarian (hu) A kutya háziasításának története		58 559
9	Hebrew (he) ביות גזעי כלבים עתיקים		41 439
10	Korean (ko) 개의 기원		40 605

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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 "Domestication of the dog" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Domestication of the dog		23 975
2	Russian (ru) Происхождение домашней собаки		3 563
3	Japanese (ja) イヌの起源		1 473
4	French (fr) Domestication du chien		1 364
5	Italian (it) Addomesticamento del cane		321
6	Hungarian (hu) A kutya háziasításának története		179
7	Korean (ko) 개의 기원		167
8	Portuguese (pt) Origem do cão doméstico		134
9	Hebrew (he) ביות גזעי כלבים עתיקים		124
10	Dutch (nl) Domesticatie van de hond		123

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Domestication of the dog		435
2	Dutch (nl) Domesticatie van de hond		98
3	French (fr) Domestication du chien		88
4	Japanese (ja) イヌの起源		28
5	Italian (it) Addomesticamento del cane		27
6	Russian (ru) Происхождение домашней собаки		25
7	Hebrew (he) ביות גזעי כלבים עתיקים		21
8	Slovak (sk) Dejiny psa		20
9	Hungarian (hu) A kutya háziasításának története		17
10	Portuguese (pt) Origem do cão doméstico		10

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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 "Domestication of the dog" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Domestication of the dog		3
2	Dutch (nl) Domesticatie van de hond		2
3	Malay (ms) Pembelajinakan anjing		1
4	Arabic (ar) أصل الكلب المدجن		0
5	Persian (fa) اهلی‌شدن سگ		0
6	French (fr) Domestication du chien		0
7	Hebrew (he) ביות גזעי כלבים עתיקים		0
8	Hungarian (hu) A kutya háziasításának története		0
9	Indonesian (id) Asal-usul anjing domestik		0
10	Italian (it) Addomesticamento del cane		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 "Domestication of the dog" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Domestication of the dog		478
2	Malay (ms) Pembelajinakan anjing		125
3	Arabic (ar) أصل الكلب المدجن		116
4	Portuguese (pt) Origem do cão doméstico		112
5	Russian (ru) Происхождение домашней собаки		78
6	Korean (ko) 개의 기원		61
7	French (fr) Domestication du chien		45
8	Persian (fa) اهلی‌شدن سگ		39
9	Italian (it) Addomesticamento del cane		38
10	Dutch (nl) Domesticatie van de hond		21

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أصل الكلب المدجن
en	English Domestication of the dog
fa	Persian اهلی‌شدن سگ
fr	French Domestication du chien
he	Hebrew ביות גזעי כלבים עתיקים
hu	Hungarian A kutya háziasításának története
id	Indonesian Asal-usul anjing domestik
it	Italian Addomesticamento del cane
ja	Japanese イヌの起源
ko	Korean 개의 기원
ms	Malay Pembelajinakan anjing
nl	Dutch Domesticatie van de hond
pt	Portuguese Origem do cão doméstico
ro	Romanian Originea câinelui
ru	Russian Происхождение домашней собаки
sk	Slovak Dejiny psa

Best Rank

English: #10791 02.2021

Global: #22301 02.2021

Best Rank

English: #6335 05.2012

Global: #21030 04.2025

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