Five-second rule

Five-second rule - western cultural food hygiene myth. Article “Five-second rule” in English Wikipedia has 34.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 16 references and 7 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 “Five-second rule”, its content was written by 583 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1072 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 10 times in English Wikipedia and cited 63 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #536 in January 2008
• Global: #4101 in January 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #25225 in September 2015
• Global: #42875 in January 2009

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) Five-second rule		34.7813
2	Ukrainian (uk) Правило п'яти секунд		32.5614
3	Italian (it) Regola dei cinque secondi		29.0955
4	Latin (la) Regula quinque secundorum		28.8822
5	Croatian (hr) Pravilo pet sekundi		28.3782
6	Slovak (sk) Pravidlo piatich sekúnd		27.768
7	Thai (th) กฎห้าวินาที		24.4156
8	Korean (ko) 5초 룰		23.8256
9	Portuguese (pt) Regra dos cinco segundos		23.0339
10	Spanish (es) Regla de los cinco segundos		21.684

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Five-second rule" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Five-second rule		1 644 903
2	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		485 087
3	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		386 643
4	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		202 258
5	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		130 397
6	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		90 371
7	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الخمس ثواني		65 126
8	Italian (it) Regola dei cinque secondi		59 070
9	Dutch (nl) Vijfsecondenregel		51 419
10	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		48 491

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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 "Five-second rule" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Five-second rule		2 559
2	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		815
3	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		449
4	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		258
5	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		200
6	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		142
7	Italian (it) Regola dei cinque secondi		102
8	Spanish (es) Regla de los cinco segundos		101
9	Czech (cs) Pravidlo pěti sekund		94
10	Portuguese (pt) Regra dos cinco segundos		71

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

Language versions of the article "Five-second rule" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Five-second rule		583
2	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		102
3	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		74
4	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		63
5	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		41
6	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		25
7	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		24
8	Dutch (nl) Vijfsecondenregel		19
9	Finnish (fi) Viiden sekunnin sääntö		18
10	Vietnamese (vi) Quy luật năm giây		18

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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 "Five-second rule" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الخمس ثواني		2
2	Bulgarian (bg) Петсекундно правило		0
3	Czech (cs) Pravidlo pěti sekund		0
4	English (en) Five-second rule		0
5	Esperanto (eo) Kvin-sekunda regulo		0
6	Spanish (es) Regla de los cinco segundos		0
7	Finnish (fi) Viiden sekunnin sääntö		0
8	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		0
9	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		0
10	Croatian (hr) Pravilo pet sekundi		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 "Five-second rule" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		15
2	English (en) Five-second rule		10
3	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		4
4	Czech (cs) Pravidlo pěti sekund		3
5	Dutch (nl) Vijfsecondenregel		3
6	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		3
7	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		3
8	Spanish (es) Regla de los cinco segundos		2
9	Finnish (fi) Viiden sekunnin sääntö		2
10	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قاعدة الخمس ثواني
bg	Bulgarian Петсекундно правило
cs	Czech Pravidlo pěti sekund
en	English Five-second rule
eo	Esperanto Kvin-sekunda regulo
es	Spanish Regla de los cinco segundos
fi	Finnish Viiden sekunnin sääntö
fr	French Règle des cinq secondes
he	Hebrew חוק חמש השניות
hr	Croatian Pravilo pet sekundi
hy	Armenian Հինգ վայրկյանի կանոն
id	Indonesian Belum lima menit
it	Italian Regola dei cinque secondi
ja	Japanese 5秒ルール
ko	Korean 5초 룰
la	Latin Regula quinque secundorum
nl	Dutch Vijfsecondenregel
pl	Polish Reguła pięciu sekund
pt	Portuguese Regra dos cinco segundos
ru	Russian Правило пяти секунд
sk	Slovak Pravidlo piatich sekúnd
th	Thai กฎห้าวินาที
uk	Ukrainian Правило п'яти секунд
vi	Vietnamese Quy luật năm giây
zh	Chinese 五秒规则

Best Rank

English: #25225 09.2015

Global: #42875 01.2009

Best Rank

English: #536 01.2008

Global: #4101 01.2008

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