Famous for being famous

Famous for being famous - phrase to refer to someone who is famous for no particular reason. Article “Famous for being famous” in English Wikipedia has 50.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 18 references and 6 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 “Famous for being famous”, its content was written by 336 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 632 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 87 times in English Wikipedia and cited 269 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7263 in July 2009
• Global: #26116 in July 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #15494 in August 2010
• Global: #26472 in August 2010

There are 15 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) Famous for being famous		50.5049
2	Ukrainian (uk) Відомий, тому що відомий		40.2091
3	German (de) Schickeria		36.4644
4	Vietnamese (vi) Nổi tiếng không nhờ tài năng		30.407
5	Korean (ko) 유명한 것으로 유명		29.9361
6	Italian (it) Famoso per essere famoso		28.2196
7	Spanish (es) Famoso por ser famoso		27.196
8	Russian (ru) Знамениты, потому что знамениты		25.7494
9	Portuguese (pt) Culto às celebridades		25.408
10	Indonesian (id) Terkenal karena dijadikan terkenal		24.762

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Famous for being famous" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Famous for being famous		3 974 067
2	German (de) Schickeria		825 012
3	Finnish (fi) Turha julkkis		101 293
4	Italian (it) Famoso per essere famoso		70 328
5	Spanish (es) Famoso por ser famoso		67 149
6	Russian (ru) Знамениты, потому что знамениты		61 244
7	Japanese (ja) セレブタント		44 108
8	Portuguese (pt) Culto às celebridades		37 285
9	French (fr) Célèbre parce qu'on est célèbre		12 530
10	Turkish (tr) Selebutant		5 689

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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 "Famous for being famous" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Famous for being famous		9 074
2	German (de) Schickeria		2 575
3	Russian (ru) Знамениты, потому что знамениты		509
4	Italian (it) Famoso per essere famoso		324
5	Spanish (es) Famoso por ser famoso		135
6	French (fr) Célèbre parce qu'on est célèbre		122
7	Finnish (fi) Turha julkkis		121
8	Portuguese (pt) Culto às celebridades		114
9	Vietnamese (vi) Nổi tiếng không nhờ tài năng		86
10	Japanese (ja) セレブタント		76

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

Language versions of the article "Famous for being famous" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Famous for being famous		336
2	German (de) Schickeria		123
3	Finnish (fi) Turha julkkis		46
4	Spanish (es) Famoso por ser famoso		26
5	Italian (it) Famoso per essere famoso		24
6	Portuguese (pt) Culto às celebridades		21
7	Russian (ru) Знамениты, потому что знамениты		17
8	French (fr) Célèbre parce qu'on est célèbre		11
9	Korean (ko) 유명한 것으로 유명		7
10	Turkish (tr) Selebutant		6

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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 "Famous for being famous" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Schickeria		0
2	English (en) Famous for being famous		0
3	Spanish (es) Famoso por ser famoso		0
4	Finnish (fi) Turha julkkis		0
5	French (fr) Célèbre parce qu'on est célèbre		0
6	Armenian (hy) Հայտնի է հայտնի լինելու պատճառով		0
7	Indonesian (id) Terkenal karena dijadikan terkenal		0
8	Italian (it) Famoso per essere famoso		0
9	Japanese (ja) セレブタント		0
10	Korean (ko) 유명한 것으로 유명		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 "Famous for being famous" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Famous for being famous		87
2	German (de) Schickeria		84
3	Spanish (es) Famoso por ser famoso		16
4	Finnish (fi) Turha julkkis		16
5	French (fr) Célèbre parce qu'on est célèbre		14
6	Portuguese (pt) Culto às celebridades		13
7	Italian (it) Famoso per essere famoso		6
8	Japanese (ja) セレブタント		6
9	Russian (ru) Знамениты, потому что знамениты		6
10	Vietnamese (vi) Nổi tiếng không nhờ tài năng		6

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#	Language	Value
de	German Schickeria
en	English Famous for being famous
es	Spanish Famoso por ser famoso
fi	Finnish Turha julkkis
fr	French Célèbre parce qu'on est célèbre
hy	Armenian Հայտնի է հայտնի լինելու պատճառով
id	Indonesian Terkenal karena dijadikan terkenal
it	Italian Famoso per essere famoso
ja	Japanese セレブタント
ko	Korean 유명한 것으로 유명
pt	Portuguese Culto às celebridades
ru	Russian Знамениты, потому что знамениты
tr	Turkish Selebutant
uk	Ukrainian Відомий, тому що відомий
vi	Vietnamese Nổi tiếng không nhờ tài năng

Best Rank

English: #15494 08.2010

Global: #26472 08.2010

Best Rank

English: #7263 07.2009

Global: #26116 07.2015

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