Germ theory denialism

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Germ theory denialism

Quality:

Germ theory denialism - pseudoscientific belief that germs do not cause infectious disease. Article “Germ theory denialism” in English Wikipedia has 35.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 23 references and 6 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 “Germ theory denialism” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Germ theory denialism”, its content was written by 114 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 151 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 539 times in English Wikipedia and cited 859 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #8956 in June 2021
  • Global: #21490 in March 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #65502 in April 2019
  • Global: #127337 in April 2019

There are 8 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)
Germ theory denialism
35.7548
2French (fr)
Déni de la théorie du germe
31.0136
3Basque (eu)
Germenen teoriaren negazionismo
30.3349
4Romanian (ro)
Negarea teoriei germenilor
29.4474
5Spanish (es)
Teoría negacionista de los gérmenes
28.5674
6Croatian (hr)
Poricanje germinativne teorije
26.4755
7Arabic (ar)
انكار نظرية الجراثيم
25.0259
8Chinese (zh)
細菌理論否定論
20.1149
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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 "Germ theory denialism" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Germ theory denialism
561 999
2Spanish (es)
Teoría negacionista de los gérmenes
35 700
3French (fr)
Déni de la théorie du germe
10 748
4Arabic (ar)
انكار نظرية الجراثيم
4 183
5Croatian (hr)
Poricanje germinativne teorije
1 554
6Chinese (zh)
細菌理論否定論
696
7Romanian (ro)
Negarea teoriei germenilor
273
8Basque (eu)
Germenen teoriaren negazionismo
235
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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 "Germ theory denialism" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Germ theory denialism
4 762
2French (fr)
Déni de la théorie du germe
233
3Spanish (es)
Teoría negacionista de los gérmenes
129
4Chinese (zh)
細菌理論否定論
26
5Arabic (ar)
انكار نظرية الجراثيم
17
6Romanian (ro)
Negarea teoriei germenilor
8
7Basque (eu)
Germenen teoriaren negazionismo
6
8Croatian (hr)
Poricanje germinativne teorije
5
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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 "Germ theory denialism" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Germ theory denialism
114
2French (fr)
Déni de la théorie du germe
16
3Spanish (es)
Teoría negacionista de los gérmenes
12
4Arabic (ar)
انكار نظرية الجراثيم
3
5Basque (eu)
Germenen teoriaren negazionismo
3
6Croatian (hr)
Poricanje germinativne teorije
1
7Romanian (ro)
Negarea teoriei germenilor
1
8Chinese (zh)
細菌理論否定論
1
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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 "Germ theory denialism" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Germ theory denialism
2
2Arabic (ar)
انكار نظرية الجراثيم
1
3French (fr)
Déni de la théorie du germe
1
4Spanish (es)
Teoría negacionista de los gérmenes
0
5Basque (eu)
Germenen teoriaren negazionismo
0
6Croatian (hr)
Poricanje germinativne teorije
0
7Romanian (ro)
Negarea teoriei germenilor
0
8Chinese (zh)
細菌理論否定論
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 "Germ theory denialism" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Germ theory denialism
539
2Arabic (ar)
انكار نظرية الجراثيم
159
3Chinese (zh)
細菌理論否定論
97
4French (fr)
Déni de la théorie du germe
55
5Spanish (es)
Teoría negacionista de los gérmenes
4
6Romanian (ro)
Negarea teoriei germenilor
3
7Basque (eu)
Germenen teoriaren negazionismo
1
8Croatian (hr)
Poricanje germinativne teorije
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
انكار نظرية الجراثيم
enEnglish
Germ theory denialism
esSpanish
Teoría negacionista de los gérmenes
euBasque
Germenen teoriaren negazionismo
frFrench
Déni de la théorie du germe
hrCroatian
Poricanje germinativne teorije
roRomanian
Negarea teoriei germenilor
zhChinese
細菌理論否定論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#65502
04.2019
Global:
#127337
04.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8956
06.2021
Global:
#21490
03.2021

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Germ theory denialism from Wikipedia articles about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Germ theory of disease, Antoine Béchamp, Arnold Ehret and Ben Klassen. Whereas reading the article about Germ theory denialism people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Antoine Béchamp, Pleomorphism, Sanitary movement, Germ theory of disease and Louis Pasteur.

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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