History of anthropology

History of anthropology - 18th- and 19th-century study of man. Article “History of anthropology” in English Wikipedia has 91.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 133 references and 22 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.

Since the creation of article “History of anthropology”, its content was written by 109 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 246 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 290 times in English Wikipedia and cited 721 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #30939 in May 2022
• Global: #60682 in May 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #112063 in October 2020
• Global: #102710 in October 2020

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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) History of anthropology		91.0663
2	Catalan (ca) Història de l'antropologia		56.2385
3	Chinese (zh) 人類學史		30.2287
4	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم الإنسان		27.2516
5	Portuguese (pt) História da antropologia		27.1368
6	Spanish (es) Historia de la antropología		26.2602
7	French (fr) Histoire de l'anthropologie		25.5113
8	Indonesian (id) Sejarah antropologi		22.5219

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of anthropology		877 330
2	Spanish (es) Historia de la antropología		379 538
3	French (fr) Histoire de l'anthropologie		224 990
4	Chinese (zh) 人類學史		37 828
5	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم الإنسان		25 518
6	Indonesian (id) Sejarah antropologi		1 037
7	Portuguese (pt) História da antropologia		947
8	Catalan (ca) Història de l'antropologia		420

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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 "History of anthropology" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of anthropology		2 520
2	Spanish (es) Historia de la antropología		801
3	French (fr) Histoire de l'anthropologie		385
4	Chinese (zh) 人類學史		188
5	Portuguese (pt) História da antropologia		43
6	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم الإنسان		36
7	Indonesian (id) Sejarah antropologi		19
8	Catalan (ca) Història de l'antropologia		13

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) History of anthropology		109
2	French (fr) Histoire de l'anthropologie		62
3	Spanish (es) Historia de la antropología		35
4	Chinese (zh) 人類學史		13
5	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم الإنسان		12
6	Portuguese (pt) História da antropologia		6
7	Catalan (ca) Història de l'antropologia		5
8	Indonesian (id) Sejarah antropologi		4

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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 "History of anthropology" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Histoire de l'anthropologie		2
2	Catalan (ca) Història de l'antropologia		1
3	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم الإنسان		0
4	English (en) History of anthropology		0
5	Spanish (es) Historia de la antropología		0
6	Indonesian (id) Sejarah antropologi		0
7	Portuguese (pt) História da antropologia		0
8	Chinese (zh) 人類學史		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 "History of anthropology" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) History of anthropology		290
2	French (fr) Histoire de l'anthropologie		123
3	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم الإنسان		115
4	Chinese (zh) 人類學史		71
5	Portuguese (pt) História da antropologia		63
6	Catalan (ca) Història de l'antropologia		27
7	Spanish (es) Historia de la antropología		19
8	Indonesian (id) Sejarah antropologi		13

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تاريخ علم الإنسان
ca	Catalan Història de l'antropologia
en	English History of anthropology
es	Spanish Historia de la antropología
fr	French Histoire de l'anthropologie
id	Indonesian Sejarah antropologi
pt	Portuguese História da antropologia
zh	Chinese 人類學史

Best Rank

English: #112063 10.2020

Global: #102710 10.2020

Best Rank

English: #30939 05.2022

Global: #60682 05.2022

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