Google effect

Google effect - inability to remember important information because of the ease of looking online. Article “Google effect” in English Wikipedia has 48 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 43 references and 12 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Google effect” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Google effect”, its content was written by 56 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 146 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 559 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1113 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #29776 in November 2013
• Global: #81329 in November 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #24906 in January 2013
• Global: #50470 in January 2013

There are 18 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	Indonesian (id) Efek Google		51.6771
2	English (en) Google effect		48.0478
3	Malay (ms) Kesan Google		38.0392
4	Greek (el) Ψηφιακή αμνησία		29.6238
5	French (fr) Effet Google		26.1062
6	Armenian (hy) Գուգլի էֆեկտ		24.3295
7	Spanish (es) Efecto Google		24.1738
8	German (de) Google-Effekt		23.7409
9	Galician (gl) Efecto Google		22.9667
10	Chinese (zh) 谷歌效应		21.7443

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Google effect		390 845
2	Spanish (es) Efecto Google		61 937
3	Russian (ru) Цифровая амнезия		22 810
4	Chinese (zh) 谷歌效应		12 066
5	German (de) Google-Effekt		8 652
6	Japanese (ja) グーグル効果		8 508
7	French (fr) Effet Google		5 324
8	Arabic (ar) تأثير جوجل		3 909
9	Turkish (tr) Google etkisi		3 217
10	Vietnamese (vi) Hiệu ứng Google		2 749

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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 "Google effect" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Google effect		1 539
2	Japanese (ja) グーグル効果		171
3	French (fr) Effet Google		130
4	Chinese (zh) 谷歌效应		126
5	Russian (ru) Цифровая амнезия		78
6	Spanish (es) Efecto Google		68
7	German (de) Google-Effekt		63
8	Vietnamese (vi) Hiệu ứng Google		45
9	Korean (ko) 구글 효과		27
10	Turkish (tr) Google etkisi		26

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Google effect		56
2	Russian (ru) Цифровая амнезия		13
3	Indonesian (id) Efek Google		9
4	Arabic (ar) تأثير جوجل		8
5	French (fr) Effet Google		8
6	Chinese (zh) 谷歌效应		8
7	Spanish (es) Efecto Google		7
8	Persian (fa) اثر گوگل		6
9	Turkish (tr) Google etkisi		6
10	Vietnamese (vi) Hiệu ứng Google		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 "Google effect" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Google effect		2
2	German (de) Google-Effekt		1
3	French (fr) Effet Google		1
4	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект Google		1
5	Arabic (ar) تأثير جوجل		0
6	Greek (el) Ψηφιακή αμνησία		0
7	Spanish (es) Efecto Google		0
8	Persian (fa) اثر گوگل		0
9	Galician (gl) Efecto Google		0
10	Armenian (hy) Գուգլի էֆեկտ		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 "Google effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Google effect		559
2	Chinese (zh) 谷歌效应		354
3	Persian (fa) اثر گوگل		190
4	Spanish (es) Efecto Google		2
5	Armenian (hy) Գուգլի էֆեկտ		2
6	Japanese (ja) グーグル効果		2
7	German (de) Google-Effekt		1
8	French (fr) Effet Google		1
9	Indonesian (id) Efek Google		1
10	Turkish (tr) Google etkisi		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تأثير جوجل
de	German Google-Effekt
el	Greek Ψηφιακή αμνησία
en	English Google effect
es	Spanish Efecto Google
fa	Persian اثر گوگل
fr	French Effet Google
gl	Galician Efecto Google
hy	Armenian Գուգլի էֆեկտ
id	Indonesian Efek Google
ja	Japanese グーグル効果
ko	Korean 구글 효과
ms	Malay Kesan Google
ru	Russian Цифровая амнезия
tr	Turkish Google etkisi
uk	Ukrainian Ефект Google
vi	Vietnamese Hiệu ứng Google
zh	Chinese 谷歌效应

Best Rank

English: #24906 01.2013

Global: #50470 01.2013

Best Rank

English: #29776 11.2013

Global: #81329 11.2013

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