Flashbulb memory

Flashbulb memory - type of autobiographical memory, vivid, enduring memory formed during a shocking, emotionally significant experience. Article "Flashbulb memory" in English Wikipedia has 75.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 124 references and 30 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

In June 2025 the article "Flashbulb memory" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Flashbulb memory", its content was written by 162 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 311 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 208 times in English Wikipedia and cited 566 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5020 in June 2003
• Global: #10984 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #65649 in October 2013
• Global: #112117 in October 2011

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	Turkish (tr) Flaş bellek (psikoloji)		76.7701
2	English (en) Flashbulb memory		75.4235
3	Estonian (et) Mälusähvatus		60.2739
4	Chinese (zh) 閃光燈記憶		59.3026
5	Russian (ru) Воспоминания-вспышки		29.7067
6	Indonesian (id) Ingatan bohlam lampu		24.8446
7	Arabic (ar) ذاكرة المصباح الومضي		23.012
8	Italian (it) Flashbulb memory		22.9073
9	Dutch (nl) Flitsherinnering		21.8502
10	French (fr) Repères temporels dans la mémoire autobiographique		17.9873

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Flashbulb memory" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Flashbulb memory		1 282 631
2	Japanese (ja) フラッシュバルブ記憶		104 801
3	German (de) Blitzlichterinnerung		34 739
4	Hungarian (hu) Vakuemlékezet		27 692
5	French (fr) Repères temporels dans la mémoire autobiographique		25 934
6	Dutch (nl) Flitsherinnering		24 403
7	Italian (it) Flashbulb memory		23 091
8	Chinese (zh) 閃光燈記憶		22 866
9	Russian (ru) Воспоминания-вспышки		12 141
10	Turkish (tr) Flaş bellek (psikoloji)		9 859

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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 "Flashbulb memory" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Flashbulb memory		2 636
2	Japanese (ja) フラッシュバルブ記憶		225
3	Chinese (zh) 閃光燈記憶		210
4	Russian (ru) Воспоминания-вспышки		132
5	German (de) Blitzlichterinnerung		90
6	Hungarian (hu) Vakuemlékezet		59
7	Italian (it) Flashbulb memory		59
8	Korean (ko) 섬광기억		54
9	Turkish (tr) Flaş bellek (psikoloji)		44
10	Dutch (nl) Flitsherinnering		42

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Flashbulb memory		162
2	German (de) Blitzlichterinnerung		26
3	French (fr) Repères temporels dans la mémoire autobiographique		26
4	Hungarian (hu) Vakuemlékezet		24
5	Dutch (nl) Flitsherinnering		16
6	Danish (da) Blitzhukommelse		12
7	Turkish (tr) Flaş bellek (psikoloji)		12
8	Italian (it) Flashbulb memory		9
9	Japanese (ja) フラッシュバルブ記憶		7
10	Chinese (zh) 閃光燈記憶		5

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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 "Flashbulb memory" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Flashbulb memory		1
2	Arabic (ar) ذاكرة المصباح الومضي		0
3	Danish (da) Blitzhukommelse		0
4	German (de) Blitzlichterinnerung		0
5	Estonian (et) Mälusähvatus		0
6	French (fr) Repères temporels dans la mémoire autobiographique		0
7	Hungarian (hu) Vakuemlékezet		0
8	Indonesian (id) Ingatan bohlam lampu		0
9	Italian (it) Flashbulb memory		0
10	Japanese (ja) フラッシュバルブ記憶		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 "Flashbulb memory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Flashbulb memory		208
2	Arabic (ar) ذاكرة المصباح الومضي		107
3	Chinese (zh) 閃光燈記憶		65
4	Turkish (tr) Flaş bellek (psikoloji)		58
5	Dutch (nl) Flitsherinnering		46
6	Hungarian (hu) Vakuemlékezet		30
7	Korean (ko) 섬광기억		20
8	Japanese (ja) フラッシュバルブ記憶		8
9	Russian (ru) Воспоминания-вспышки		7
10	Danish (da) Blitzhukommelse		5

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ذاكرة المصباح الومضي
da	Danish Blitzhukommelse
de	German Blitzlichterinnerung
en	English Flashbulb memory
et	Estonian Mälusähvatus
fr	French Repères temporels dans la mémoire autobiographique
hu	Hungarian Vakuemlékezet
id	Indonesian Ingatan bohlam lampu
it	Italian Flashbulb memory
ja	Japanese フラッシュバルブ記憶
ko	Korean 섬광기억
nl	Dutch Flitsherinnering
ru	Russian Воспоминания-вспышки
tr	Turkish Flaş bellek (psikoloji)
zh	Chinese 閃光燈記憶

Best Rank

English: #65649 10.2013

Global: #112117 10.2011

Best Rank

English: #5020 06.2003

Global: #10984 06.2003

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