General will

General will - term in political philosophy. Article “General will” in English Wikipedia has 34.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 20 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.84 points.

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

Since the creation of article “General will”, its content was written by 83 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 337 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 161 times in English Wikipedia and cited 541 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #30187 in October 2004
• Global: #52737 in July 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #143710 in November 2009
• Global: #126535 in November 2009

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, 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	German (de) Volonté générale		36.69
2	Chinese (zh) 公共意志		36.4783
3	English (en) General will		34.8935
4	Arabic (ar) الإرادة العامة		22.1722
5	Dutch (nl) Algemene wil		18.9844
6	Spanish (es) Voluntad general		14.467
7	Persian (fa) اراده همگانی		14.0808
8	Finnish (fi) Yleistahto		12.8885
9	French (fr) Volonté générale		10.8421
10	Japanese (ja) 一般意志		9.8685

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) General will		940 031
2	Spanish (es) Voluntad general		402 366
3	German (de) Volonté générale		290 134
4	French (fr) Volonté générale		188 103
5	Japanese (ja) 一般意志		151 592
6	Chinese (zh) 公共意志		67 554
7	Italian (it) Volontà generale		61 591
8	Dutch (nl) Algemene wil		58 954
9	Swedish (sv) Allmänviljan		30 272
10	Korean (ko) 일반 의지		29 334

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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 "General will" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) General will		1 570
2	Japanese (ja) 一般意志		585
3	German (de) Volonté générale		485
4	Korean (ko) 일반 의지		320
5	French (fr) Volonté générale		311
6	Spanish (es) Voluntad general		253
7	Chinese (zh) 公共意志		224
8	Dutch (nl) Algemene wil		80
9	Italian (it) Volontà generale		60
10	Persian (fa) اراده همگانی		56

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) General will		83
2	German (de) Volonté générale		52
3	French (fr) Volonté générale		44
4	Spanish (es) Voluntad general		39
5	Dutch (nl) Algemene wil		33
6	Hebrew (he) הרצון הכללי		23
7	Italian (it) Volontà generale		20
8	Japanese (ja) 一般意志		12
9	Swedish (sv) Allmänviljan		12
10	Chinese (zh) 公共意志		10

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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 "General will" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الإرادة العامة		0
2	Catalan (ca) Voluntat general		0
3	German (de) Volonté générale		0
4	English (en) General will		0
5	Spanish (es) Voluntad general		0
6	Persian (fa) اراده همگانی		0
7	Finnish (fi) Yleistahto		0
8	French (fr) Volonté générale		0
9	Hebrew (he) הרצון הכללי		0
10	Italian (it) Volontà generale		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 "General will" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) General will		161
2	German (de) Volonté générale		65
3	Spanish (es) Voluntad general		63
4	French (fr) Volonté générale		56
5	Chinese (zh) 公共意志		33
6	Hebrew (he) הרצון הכללי		29
7	Dutch (nl) Algemene wil		29
8	Italian (it) Volontà generale		25
9	Japanese (ja) 一般意志		24
10	Catalan (ca) Voluntat general		15

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الإرادة العامة
ca	Catalan Voluntat general
de	German Volonté générale
en	English General will
es	Spanish Voluntad general
fa	Persian اراده همگانی
fi	Finnish Yleistahto
fr	French Volonté générale
he	Hebrew הרצון הכללי
it	Italian Volontà generale
ja	Japanese 一般意志
ko	Korean 일반 의지
nl	Dutch Algemene wil
sv	Swedish Allmänviljan
zh	Chinese 公共意志

Best Rank

English: #143710 11.2009

Global: #126535 11.2009

Best Rank

English: #30187 10.2004

Global: #52737 07.2005

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