First wave of European colonization

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First wave of European colonization

Quality:

First wave of European colonization - aspect of history. Article “First wave of European colonization” in English Wikipedia has 34.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 6.13 points.

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

Since the creation of article “First wave of European colonization”, its content was written by 123 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 320 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 72 times in English Wikipedia and cited 246 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #17183 in May 2018
  • Global: #24001 in March 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #100604 in September 2014
  • Global: #73415 in March 2016

There are 5 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
1German (de)
Europäische Expansion
93.3882
2English (en)
First wave of European colonization
34.7389
3Portuguese (pt)
Primeira onda da colonização europeia
29.5453
4Arabic (ar)
الموجة الأولى من الاستعمار الأوروبي
9.3336
5Chinese (zh)
第一次欧洲殖民浪潮
3.1818
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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 "First wave of European colonization" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
First wave of European colonization
807 615
2German (de)
Europäische Expansion
649 728
3Arabic (ar)
الموجة الأولى من الاستعمار الأوروبي
5 554
4Portuguese (pt)
Primeira onda da colonização europeia
1 902
5Chinese (zh)
第一次欧洲殖民浪潮
1 003
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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 "First wave of European colonization" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
First wave of European colonization
2 341
2German (de)
Europäische Expansion
1 201
3Arabic (ar)
الموجة الأولى من الاستعمار الأوروبي
45
4Portuguese (pt)
Primeira onda da colonização europeia
45
5Chinese (zh)
第一次欧洲殖民浪潮
28
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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 "First wave of European colonization" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Europäische Expansion
188
2English (en)
First wave of European colonization
123
3Portuguese (pt)
Primeira onda da colonização europeia
4
4Arabic (ar)
الموجة الأولى من الاستعمار الأوروبي
3
5Chinese (zh)
第一次欧洲殖民浪潮
2
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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 "First wave of European colonization" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Europäische Expansion
1
2Arabic (ar)
الموجة الأولى من الاستعمار الأوروبي
0
3English (en)
First wave of European colonization
0
4Portuguese (pt)
Primeira onda da colonização europeia
0
5Chinese (zh)
第一次欧洲殖民浪潮
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 "First wave of European colonization" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Europäische Expansion
157
2English (en)
First wave of European colonization
72
3Chinese (zh)
第一次欧洲殖民浪潮
11
4Arabic (ar)
الموجة الأولى من الاستعمار الأوروبي
5
5Portuguese (pt)
Primeira onda da colonização europeia
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الموجة الأولى من الاستعمار الأوروبي
deGerman
Europäische Expansion
enEnglish
First wave of European colonization
ptPortuguese
Primeira onda da colonização europeia
zhChinese
第一次欧洲殖民浪潮

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#100604
09.2014
Global:
#73415
03.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17183
05.2018
Global:
#24001
03.2016

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on First wave of European colonization from Wikipedia articles about New Imperialism, Age of Discovery, European colonization of the Americas, Early modern period and Atlantic slave trade. Whereas reading the article about First wave of European colonization people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Kingdom of Kandy, History of colonialism, Timeline of European imperialism, European colonization of the Americas and New Imperialism.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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