Fan death

Fan death - South Korean misconception relating to the use of electric fans. Article “Fan death” in English Wikipedia has 37.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 22 references and 9 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.

In June 2026 the article “Fan death” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Fan death”, its content was written by 466 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 878 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 165 times in English Wikipedia and cited 484 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6072 in August 2006
• Global: #14577 in August 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #2733 in December 2011
• Global: #7522 in March 2010

There are 25 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	English (en) Fan death		37.4136
2	Japanese (ja) 扇風機の都市伝説		31.5962
3	German (de) Ventilatortod		30.3431
4	Chinese (zh) 電風扇致死		29.7434
5	Thai (th) การเสียชีวิตจากพัดลม		27.9807
6	Korean (ko) 선풍기 사망설		25.5626
7	French (fr) Mort par ventilateur		24.583
8	Ukrainian (uk) Смерть від вентилятора		23.1514
9	Indonesian (id) Kematian akibat kipas angin		21.8886
10	Armenian (hy) Օդափոխիչից մահ		20.2483

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Fan death" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Fan death		6 942 890
2	Japanese (ja) 扇風機の都市伝説		575 872
3	German (de) Ventilatortod		451 471
4	Korean (ko) 선풍기 사망설		283 511
5	Russian (ru) Смерть от вентилятора		135 287
6	Spanish (es) Muerte por ventilador		71 064
7	Polish (pl) Śmierć wentylatorowa		60 610
8	French (fr) Mort par ventilateur		59 969
9	Italian (it) Morte da ventilatore		44 858
10	Dutch (nl) Ventilatordood		32 731

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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 "Fan death" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Fan death		16 459
2	German (de) Ventilatortod		12 451
3	Japanese (ja) 扇風機の都市伝説		2 404
4	French (fr) Mort par ventilateur		1 242
5	Russian (ru) Смерть от вентилятора		583
6	Korean (ko) 선풍기 사망설		480
7	Polish (pl) Śmierć wentylatorowa		303
8	Dutch (nl) Ventilatordood		269
9	Chinese (zh) 電風扇致死		213
10	Persian (fa) مرگ توسط پنکه		175

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Fan death		466
2	Korean (ko) 선풍기 사망설		72
3	German (de) Ventilatortod		68
4	Italian (it) Morte da ventilatore		41
5	Japanese (ja) 扇風機の都市伝説		38
6	Vietnamese (vi) Chết do quạt		26
7	Russian (ru) Смерть от вентилятора		24
8	Finnish (fi) Tuuletinkuolemat		15
9	Esperanto (eo) Ventumila morto		14
10	French (fr) Mort par ventilateur		14

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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 "Fan death" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Fan death		1
2	Arabic (ar) موت المروحة		0
3	German (de) Ventilatortod		0
4	Esperanto (eo) Ventumila morto		0
5	Spanish (es) Muerte por ventilador		0
6	Persian (fa) مرگ توسط پنکه		0
7	Finnish (fi) Tuuletinkuolemat		0
8	French (fr) Mort par ventilateur		0
9	Armenian (hy) Օդափոխիչից մահ		0
10	Indonesian (id) Kematian akibat kipas angin		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 "Fan death" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Fan death		165
2	Persian (fa) مرگ توسط پنکه		161
3	Vietnamese (vi) Chết do quạt		87
4	Arabic (ar) موت المروحة		36
5	Japanese (ja) 扇風機の都市伝説		5
6	Urdu (ur) پنکھے سے موت		5
7	Korean (ko) 선풍기 사망설		4
8	German (de) Ventilatortod		2
9	Spanish (es) Muerte por ventilador		2
10	French (fr) Mort par ventilateur		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic موت المروحة
de	German Ventilatortod
en	English Fan death
eo	Esperanto Ventumila morto
es	Spanish Muerte por ventilador
fa	Persian مرگ توسط پنکه
fi	Finnish Tuuletinkuolemat
fr	French Mort par ventilateur
hy	Armenian Օդափոխիչից մահ
id	Indonesian Kematian akibat kipas angin
it	Italian Morte da ventilatore
ja	Japanese 扇風機の都市伝説
ko	Korean 선풍기 사망설
nl	Dutch Ventilatordood
pl	Polish Śmierć wentylatorowa
ru	Russian Смерть от вентилятора
simple	Simple English Fan death
sv	Swedish Fläktdöden
th	Thai การเสียชีวิตจากพัดลม
tr	Turkish Vantilatör ölümü
uk	Ukrainian Смерть від вентилятора
ur	Urdu پنکھے سے موت
vi	Vietnamese Chết do quạt
zh	Chinese 電風扇致死
zhminnan	Min Nan Tiān-hong tì-miā lūn

Best Rank

English: #2733 12.2011

Global: #7522 03.2010

Best Rank

English: #6072 08.2006

Global: #14577 08.2011

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