Forgetting

Forgetting - loss or failure to recall information stored in human memory. Article “Forgetting” in English Wikipedia has 52.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 40 references and 15 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 2026 the article “Forgetting” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Forgetting”, its content was written by 190 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 674 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 228 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1086 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1064 in August 2001
• Global: #1170 in August 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #95751 in April 2008
• Global: #54104 in May 2013

There are 27 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) Forgetting		52.3095
2	Portuguese (pt) Esquecimento		46.3964
3	Korean (ko) 망각		39.3011
4	German (de) Vergessen		37.6234
5	Armenian (hy) Մոռացկոտություն		35.3996
6	French (fr) Oubli		26.7293
7	Ukrainian (uk) Забування		26.1831
8	Dutch (nl) Vergeten		24.5994
9	Italian (it) Oblio		23.2363
10	Polish (pl) Zapominanie		23.0685

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Forgetting		1 242 493
2	Spanish (es) Olvido		943 578
3	German (de) Vergessen		539 862
4	Italian (it) Oblio		514 956
5	Japanese (ja) 忘却		279 025
6	Polish (pl) Zapominanie		242 585
7	Arabic (ar) نسيان		186 249
8	French (fr) Oubli		107 186
9	Chinese (zh) 遗忘		94 904
10	Persian (fa) فراموشی		71 423

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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 "Forgetting" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Forgetting		1 235
2	Italian (it) Oblio		561
3	German (de) Vergessen		372
4	Japanese (ja) 忘却		337
5	Chinese (zh) 遗忘		232
6	Korean (ko) 망각		176
7	Polish (pl) Zapominanie		176
8	Spanish (es) Olvido		170
9	French (fr) Oubli		151
10	Russian (ru) Забывание		129

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Forgetting		190
2	German (de) Vergessen		149
3	Spanish (es) Olvido		37
4	French (fr) Oubli		37
5	Italian (it) Oblio		35
6	Arabic (ar) نسيان		26
7	Hebrew (he) שכחה		23
8	Japanese (ja) 忘却		23
9	Polish (pl) Zapominanie		19
10	Dutch (nl) Vergeten		14

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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 "Forgetting" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Serbian (sr) Заборављање		2
2	English (en) Forgetting		1
3	Arabic (ar) نسيان		0
4	Belarusian (be) Забыццё		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Забравяне		0
6	German (de) Vergessen		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Forgeso		0
8	Spanish (es) Olvido		0
9	Basque (eu) Ahanztura		0
10	Persian (fa) فراموشی		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 "Forgetting" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Forgetting		228
2	Arabic (ar) نسيان		148
3	Serbian (sr) Заборављање		90
4	Chinese (zh) 遗忘		79
5	Persian (fa) فراموشی		66
6	Hebrew (he) שכחה		66
7	German (de) Vergessen		65
8	Italian (it) Oblio		49
9	Spanish (es) Olvido		48
10	Dutch (nl) Vergeten		46

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نسيان
be	Belarusian Забыццё
bg	Bulgarian Забравяне
de	German Vergessen
en	English Forgetting
eo	Esperanto Forgeso
es	Spanish Olvido
eu	Basque Ahanztura
fa	Persian فراموشی
fi	Finnish Unohtaminen
fr	French Oubli
he	Hebrew שכחה
hi	Hindi विस्मरण
hy	Armenian Մոռացկոտություն
id	Indonesian Proses lupa
it	Italian Oblio
ja	Japanese 忘却
kk	Kazakh Ұмыту
ko	Korean 망각
nl	Dutch Vergeten
pl	Polish Zapominanie
pt	Portuguese Esquecimento
ru	Russian Забывание
sr	Serbian Заборављање
uk	Ukrainian Забування
ur	Urdu بھولنا
zh	Chinese 遗忘

Best Rank

English: #95751 04.2008

Global: #54104 05.2013

Best Rank

English: #1064 08.2001

Global: #1170 08.2001

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