Elk

Quality:

Cervus canadensis - species of mammal in the deer family (Cervidae). This taxon is the 524^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of taxon and the 262^nd most popular taxon in English Wikipedia. Article “Elk” in English Wikipedia has 96.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 179 references and 17 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

The 262^nd most popular in taxon in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 524^th most popular in taxon.

In June 2026 the article “Elk” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 17 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Elk”, its content was written by 642 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1735 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Cervus canadensis is on the 262^nd place in local ranking of taxon in English Wikipedia and on the 524^th place in global ranking of taxon in all the time.

The article is cited 1958 times in English Wikipedia and cited 6193 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #285 in December 2010
• Global: #1302 in December 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #4107 in December 2010
• Global: #8422 in December 2010

There are 48 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	Catalan (ca) Uapití		99.3137
2	Indonesian (id) Elk		97.0243
3	English (en) Elk		96.7142
4	Hungarian (hu) Vapiti		94.0663
5	Italian (it) Cervus canadensis		92.657
6	Chinese (zh) 加拿大馬鹿		83.7619
7	Spanish (es) Cervus canadensis		76.6829
8	Romanian (ro) Wapiti		66.9472
9	French (fr) Wapiti		64.9566
10	German (de) Wapiti		44.6372

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Elk		11 446 467
2	French (fr) Wapiti		1 297 239
3	German (de) Wapiti		1 039 823
4	Spanish (es) Cervus canadensis		735 693
5	Japanese (ja) ワピチ		363 712
6	Russian (ru) Вапити		343 650
7	Italian (it) Cervus canadensis		328 051
8	Polish (pl) Jeleń kanadyjski		296 095
9	Chinese (zh) 加拿大馬鹿		239 373
10	Dutch (nl) Wapiti		222 544

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) Elk		34 081
2	French (fr) Wapiti		5 199
3	German (de) Wapiti		3 887
4	Spanish (es) Cervus canadensis		2 311
5	Russian (ru) Вапити		2 198
6	Italian (it) Cervus canadensis		1 777
7	Japanese (ja) ワピチ		1 748
8	Chinese (zh) 加拿大馬鹿		1 282
9	Swedish (sv) Vapiti		1 050
10	Polish (pl) Jeleń kanadyjski		938

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Elk		642
2	French (fr) Wapiti		154
3	German (de) Wapiti		146
4	Italian (it) Cervus canadensis		89
5	Spanish (es) Cervus canadensis		58
6	Dutch (nl) Wapiti		55
7	Hungarian (hu) Vapiti		50
8	Russian (ru) Вапити		45
9	Hebrew (he) אייל קנדי		44
10	Chinese (zh) 加拿大馬鹿		35

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	Arabic (ar) إلكة		2
2	English (en) Elk		2
3	Hungarian (hu) Vapiti		2
4	Italian (it) Cervus canadensis		2
5	Catalan (ca) Uapití		1
6	Danish (da) Wapiti		1
7	Persian (fa) واپیتی		1
8	Indonesian (id) Elk		1
9	Japanese (ja) ワピチ		1
10	Polish (pl) Jeleń kanadyjski		1

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.

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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