Five-second rule

Five-second rule - western cultural food hygiene myth. Article “Five-second rule” in English Wikipedia has 34.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). 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.

In June 2025 the article “Five-second rule” was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Five-second rule”, its content was written by 577 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1052 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 24 times in English Wikipedia and cited 97 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #537 in January 2008
• Global: #4105 in January 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #25078 in September 2015
• Global: #42725 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, 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) Five-second rule		34.8665
2	Ukrainian (uk) Правило п'яти секунд		33.1074
3	Italian (it) Regola dei cinque secondi		29.1128
4	Latin (la) Regula quinque secundorum		28.7495
5	Croatian (hr) Pravilo pet sekundi		28.3863
6	Slovak (sk) Pravidlo piatich sekúnd		28.082
7	Thai (th) กฎห้าวินาที		24.5129
8	Korean (ko) 5초 룰		23.7797
9	Portuguese (pt) Regra dos cinco segundos		23.1479
10	Spanish (es) Regla de los cinco segundos		21.9926

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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		1 605 981
2	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		472 910
3	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		376 937
4	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		199 621
5	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		127 198
6	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		87 578
7	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الخمس ثواني		63 931
8	Italian (it) Regola dei cinque secondi		57 300
9	Dutch (nl) Vijfsecondenregel		50 482
10	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		47 456

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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 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Five-second rule		3 172
2	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		729
3	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		706
4	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		213
5	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		207
6	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		183
7	Dutch (nl) Vijfsecondenregel		123
8	Czech (cs) Pravidlo pěti sekund		103
9	Indonesian (id) Belum lima menit		86
10	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		84

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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		577
2	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		101
3	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		71
4	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		62
5	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		38
6	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		25
7	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		23
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 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Five-second rule		5
2	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		1
3	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الخمس ثواني		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) Петсекундно правило		0
5	Czech (cs) Pravidlo pěti sekund		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Kvin-sekunda regulo		0
7	Spanish (es) Regla de los cinco segundos		0
8	Finnish (fi) Viiden sekunnin sääntö		0
9	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		0
10	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		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	English (en) Five-second rule		24
2	Japanese (ja) 5秒ルール		17
3	Russian (ru) Правило пяти секунд		8
4	Hebrew (he) חוק חמש השניות		7
5	Chinese (zh) 五秒规则		7
6	Dutch (nl) Vijfsecondenregel		4
7	Polish (pl) Reguła pięciu sekund		4
8	Czech (cs) Pravidlo pěti sekund		3
9	French (fr) Règle des cinq secondes		3
10	Spanish (es) Regla de los cinco segundos		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: #25078 09.2015

Global: #42725 01.2009

Best Rank

English: #537 01.2008

Global: #4105 01.2008

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