English overseas possessions

English overseas possession - overseas territories that were colonised, conquered, or otherwise acquired by the former Kingdom of England. Article “English overseas possessions” in English Wikipedia has 76.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 51 references and 18 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.

Since the creation of article “English overseas possessions”, its content was written by 180 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 253 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 984 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1329 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #12393 in December 2012
• Global: #70392 in October 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #63848 in February 2011
• Global: #110715 in February 2011

There are 12 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	English (en) English overseas possessions		76.2763
2	Greek (el) Αγγλικές υπερπόντιες κτήσεις		58.7302
3	Chinese (zh) 英格兰殖民地		45.6518
4	Arabic (ar) ممتلكات إنجلترا ما وراء البحار		21.5286
5	French (fr) Empire colonial anglais		16.0082
6	Spanish (es) Posesiones inglesas de ultramar		11.9573
7	Latin (la) Possessiones transmarinae Anglicae		11.0495
8	Indonesian (id) Harta benda Inggris di seberang lautan		7.0051
9	Turkish (tr) İngiliz imparatorluğu		3.6103
10	Azerbaijani (az) İngiltərə müstəmləkə imperiyası		3.0007

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

The most popular language versions of the article "English overseas possessions" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) English overseas possessions		1 542 465
2	French (fr) Empire colonial anglais		69 340
3	Turkish (tr) İngiliz imparatorluğu		56 926
4	Spanish (es) Posesiones inglesas de ultramar		28 678
5	Bulgarian (bg) Английска колониална империя		19 255
6	Chinese (zh) 英格兰殖民地		10 165
7	Hebrew (he) האימפריה הקולוניאלית האנגלית		10 053
8	Greek (el) Αγγλικές υπερπόντιες κτήσεις		7 275
9	Arabic (ar) ممتلكات إنجلترا ما وراء البحار		3 125
10	Azerbaijani (az) İngiltərə müstəmləkə imperiyası		2 906

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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 "English overseas possessions" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) English overseas possessions		6 358
2	French (fr) Empire colonial anglais		381
3	Turkish (tr) İngiliz imparatorluğu		246
4	Chinese (zh) 英格兰殖民地		231
5	Bulgarian (bg) Английска колониална империя		206
6	Spanish (es) Posesiones inglesas de ultramar		139
7	Hebrew (he) האימפריה הקולוניאלית האנגלית		113
8	Greek (el) Αγγλικές υπερπόντιες κτήσεις		76
9	Azerbaijani (az) İngiltərə müstəmləkə imperiyası		27
10	Arabic (ar) ممتلكات إنجلترا ما وراء البحار		26

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) English overseas possessions		180
2	French (fr) Empire colonial anglais		14
3	Hebrew (he) האימפריה הקולוניאלית האנגלית		13
4	Turkish (tr) İngiliz imparatorluğu		13
5	Spanish (es) Posesiones inglesas de ultramar		8
6	Greek (el) Αγγλικές υπερπόντιες κτήσεις		7
7	Bulgarian (bg) Английска колониална империя		4
8	Latin (la) Possessiones transmarinae Anglicae		4
9	Chinese (zh) 英格兰殖民地		4
10	Azerbaijani (az) İngiltərə müstəmləkə imperiyası		3

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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 "English overseas possessions" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) ممتلكات إنجلترا ما وراء البحار		0
2	Azerbaijani (az) İngiltərə müstəmləkə imperiyası		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Английска колониална империя		0
4	Greek (el) Αγγλικές υπερπόντιες κτήσεις		0
5	English (en) English overseas possessions		0
6	Spanish (es) Posesiones inglesas de ultramar		0
7	French (fr) Empire colonial anglais		0
8	Hebrew (he) האימפריה הקולוניאלית האנגלית		0
9	Indonesian (id) Harta benda Inggris di seberang lautan		0
10	Latin (la) Possessiones transmarinae Anglicae		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 "English overseas possessions" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) English overseas possessions		984
2	Chinese (zh) 英格兰殖民地		102
3	Turkish (tr) İngiliz imparatorluğu		85
4	French (fr) Empire colonial anglais		80
5	Hebrew (he) האימפריה הקולוניאלית האנגלית		24
6	Spanish (es) Posesiones inglesas de ultramar		18
7	Arabic (ar) ممتلكات إنجلترا ما وراء البحار		11
8	Greek (el) Αγγλικές υπερπόντιες κτήσεις		11
9	Bulgarian (bg) Английска колониална империя		8
10	Azerbaijani (az) İngiltərə müstəmləkə imperiyası		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ممتلكات إنجلترا ما وراء البحار
az	Azerbaijani İngiltərə müstəmləkə imperiyası
bg	Bulgarian Английска колониална империя
el	Greek Αγγλικές υπερπόντιες κτήσεις
en	English English overseas possessions
es	Spanish Posesiones inglesas de ultramar
fr	French Empire colonial anglais
he	Hebrew האימפריה הקולוניאלית האנגלית
id	Indonesian Harta benda Inggris di seberang lautan
la	Latin Possessiones transmarinae Anglicae
tr	Turkish İngiliz imparatorluğu
zh	Chinese 英格兰殖民地

Best Rank

English: #63848 02.2011

Global: #110715 02.2011

Best Rank

English: #12393 12.2012

Global: #70392 10.2021

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