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Folk devil

Quality:

Folk devil - a person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant. Article “Folk devil” in English Wikipedia has 20.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.09 points.

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 “Folk devil”, its content was written by 69 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 89 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 213 times in English Wikipedia and cited 219 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #9112 in January 2004
  • Global: #23080 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #117790 in April 2009
  • Global: #187872 in April 2009

There are 3 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
1English (en)
Folk devil
20.7956
2Czech (cs)
Démonizace
15.5478
3Slovenian (sl)
Ljudski hudič
15.1051
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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 "Folk devil" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Folk devil
444 876
2Czech (cs)
Démonizace
13 827
3Slovenian (sl)
Ljudski hudič
2 662
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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 "Folk devil" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Folk devil
1 237
2Czech (cs)
Démonizace
34
3Slovenian (sl)
Ljudski hudič
12
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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 "Folk devil" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Folk devil
69
2Czech (cs)
Démonizace
17
3Slovenian (sl)
Ljudski hudič
3
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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 "Folk devil" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Démonizace
0
2English (en)
Folk devil
0
3Slovenian (sl)
Ljudski hudič
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 "Folk devil" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Folk devil
213
2Czech (cs)
Démonizace
5
3Slovenian (sl)
Ljudski hudič
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Démonizace
enEnglish
Folk devil
slSlovenian
Ljudski hudič

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#117790
04.2009
Global:
#187872
04.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#9112
01.2004
Global:
#23080
01.2004

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Folk devil from Wikipedia articles about Demon, Moral panic, Deviancy amplification spiral, Video game controversies and Devil. Whereas reading the article about Folk devil people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Moral panic, Labeling theory, Fear mongering, Mods and rockers and Scapegoating.

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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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 98th Academy Awards, Michael B. Jordan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jessie Buckley, Sinners (2025 film), Amy Madigan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Maya Rudolph, Sean Penn, Academy Awards.

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