Escalation of commitment

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Escalation of commitment

Quality:

Escalation of commitment - human behavior pattern in which an individual or group facing increasingly negative outcomes from a decision, action, or investment nevertheless continues the behavior instead of altering course. Article "Escalation of commitment" in English Wikipedia has 58.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 60 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 language version.

In June 2025 the article "Escalation of commitment" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Escalation of commitment", its content was written by 130 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 266 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 403 times in English Wikipedia and cited 629 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #22737 in April 2005
  • Global: #56154 in December 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #55405 in December 2018
  • Global: #97932 in December 2018

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Escalation of commitment
58.2275
2Hungarian (hu)
Merevség
56.2439
3German (de)
Eskalierendes Commitment
44.3358
4French (fr)
Escalade d'engagement
26.557
5Azerbaijani (az)
Öhdəliklərin eskalasiyası
23.5984
6Arabic (ar)
تصعيد الالتزام
22.5759
7Hebrew (he)
אפקט ההוצאה האבודה
22.5681
8Portuguese (pt)
Escalada irracional de compromisso
22.2139
9Ukrainian (uk)
Ірраціональна ескалація
20.2194
10Chinese (zh)
承諾續擴
19.355
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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 "Escalation of commitment" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Escalation of commitment
1 298 907
2German (de)
Eskalierendes Commitment
134 453
3French (fr)
Escalade d'engagement
60 873
4Chinese (zh)
承諾續擴
32 134
5Russian (ru)
Иррациональное усиление
27 343
6Finnish (fi)
Sitoutumisen eskalaatio
19 758
7Spanish (es)
Aumento del compromiso
15 580
8Italian (it)
Intensificazione dell'impegno
15 175
9Portuguese (pt)
Escalada irracional de compromisso
9 882
10Hebrew (he)
אפקט ההוצאה האבודה
3 445
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Escalation of commitment" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Escalation of commitment
4 270
2German (de)
Eskalierendes Commitment
1 146
3French (fr)
Escalade d'engagement
721
4Hebrew (he)
אפקט ההוצאה האבודה
141
5Chinese (zh)
承諾續擴
141
6Russian (ru)
Иррациональное усиление
136
7Finnish (fi)
Sitoutumisen eskalaatio
97
8Italian (it)
Intensificazione dell'impegno
93
9Portuguese (pt)
Escalada irracional de compromisso
87
10Spanish (es)
Aumento del compromiso
46
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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 "Escalation of commitment" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Escalation of commitment
130
2German (de)
Eskalierendes Commitment
36
3French (fr)
Escalade d'engagement
36
4Hebrew (he)
אפקט ההוצאה האבודה
11
5Chinese (zh)
承諾續擴
9
6Finnish (fi)
Sitoutumisen eskalaatio
8
7Russian (ru)
Иррациональное усиление
8
8Italian (it)
Intensificazione dell'impegno
7
9Hungarian (hu)
Merevség
6
10Portuguese (pt)
Escalada irracional de compromisso
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 2025

Language versions of the article "Escalation of commitment" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Escalation of commitment
1
2French (fr)
Escalade d'engagement
1
3Arabic (ar)
تصعيد الالتزام
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Öhdəliklərin eskalasiyası
0
5German (de)
Eskalierendes Commitment
0
6Spanish (es)
Aumento del compromiso
0
7Persian (fa)
تعهد بیشتر به خطا
0
8Finnish (fi)
Sitoutumisen eskalaatio
0
9Hebrew (he)
אפקט ההוצאה האבודה
0
10Hungarian (hu)
Merevség
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 "Escalation of commitment" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Escalation of commitment
403
2French (fr)
Escalade d'engagement
102
3Russian (ru)
Иррациональное усиление
72
4German (de)
Eskalierendes Commitment
12
5Hebrew (he)
אפקט ההוצאה האבודה
8
6Ukrainian (uk)
Ірраціональна ескалація
7
7Chinese (zh)
承諾續擴
6
8Spanish (es)
Aumento del compromiso
5
9Italian (it)
Intensificazione dell'impegno
5
10Portuguese (pt)
Escalada irracional de compromisso
4
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تصعيد الالتزام
azAzerbaijani
Öhdəliklərin eskalasiyası
deGerman
Eskalierendes Commitment
enEnglish
Escalation of commitment
esSpanish
Aumento del compromiso
faPersian
تعهد بیشتر به خطا
fiFinnish
Sitoutumisen eskalaatio
frFrench
Escalade d'engagement
heHebrew
אפקט ההוצאה האבודה
huHungarian
Merevség
itItalian
Intensificazione dell'impegno
ptPortuguese
Escalada irracional de compromisso
ruRussian
Иррациональное усиление
trTurkish
Taahhüt tırmanışı
ukUkrainian
Ірраціональна ескалація
zhChinese
承諾續擴

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#55405
12.2018
Global:
#97932
12.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#22737
04.2005
Global:
#56154
12.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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