History of the Balkans

History of the Balkans - aspect of history. Article “History of the Balkans” in English Wikipedia has 77.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 74 references and 49 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “History of the Balkans”, its content was written by 450 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 760 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 349 times in English Wikipedia and cited 789 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #149 in March 2005
• Global: #1058 in March 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #45618 in February 2008
• Global: #63706 in February 2008

There are 22 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	Turkish (tr) Balkanlar tarihi		88.9956
2	Catalan (ca) Història dels Balcans		80.6314
3	English (en) History of the Balkans		77.9229
4	Armenian (hy) Բալկանյան երկրների պատմություն		71.7847
5	Spanish (es) Historia de los Balcanes		70.082
6	Basque (eu) Balkanetako historia		69.5815
7	Chinese (zh) 巴尔干半岛历史		66.6426
8	Arabic (ar) تاريخ البلقان		58.2939
9	Ukrainian (uk) Історія Балкан		57.7023
10	French (fr) Histoire des Balkans		55.7183

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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 the Balkans" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of the Balkans		1 624 046
2	Turkish (tr) Balkanlar tarihi		291 887
3	Japanese (ja) バルカンの歴史		221 601
4	Portuguese (pt) História dos Bálcãs		182 491
5	Russian (ru) История Балкан		158 099
6	Arabic (ar) تاريخ البلقان		74 028
7	Spanish (es) Historia de los Balcanes		72 675
8	Serbian (sr) Историја Балканског полуострва		65 500
9	French (fr) Histoire des Balkans		57 876
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Historija Balkana		45 962

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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 the Balkans" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of the Balkans		5 521
2	Lithuanian (lt) Balkanų istorija		1 482
3	Spanish (es) Historia de los Balcanes		1 158
4	Turkish (tr) Balkanlar tarihi		962
5	French (fr) Histoire des Balkans		535
6	Portuguese (pt) História dos Bálcãs		393
7	Russian (ru) История Балкан		359
8	Chinese (zh) 巴尔干半岛历史		324
9	Japanese (ja) バルカンの歴史		313
10	Arabic (ar) تاريخ البلقان		270

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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 the Balkans" 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 the Balkans		450
2	Japanese (ja) バルカンの歴史		45
3	Russian (ru) История Балкан		39
4	Serbian (sr) Историја Балканског полуострва		33
5	Turkish (tr) Balkanlar tarihi		31
6	French (fr) Histoire des Balkans		24
7	Dutch (nl) Geschiedenis van de Balkan		20
8	Greek (el) Βαλκανική ιστορία		16
9	Arabic (ar) تاريخ البلقان		15
10	Spanish (es) Historia de los Balcanes		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 "History of the Balkans" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Indonesian (id) Sejarah Balkan		3
2	Catalan (ca) Història dels Balcans		1
3	Serbian (sr) Историја Балканског полуострва		1
4	Ukrainian (uk) Історія Балкан		1
5	Arabic (ar) تاريخ البلقان		0
6	Greek (el) Βαλκανική ιστορία		0
7	English (en) History of the Balkans		0
8	Spanish (es) Historia de los Balcanes		0
9	Basque (eu) Balkanetako historia		0
10	French (fr) Histoire des Balkans		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 the Balkans" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) History of the Balkans		349
2	Serbian (sr) Историја Балканског полуострва		92
3	French (fr) Histoire des Balkans		69
4	Dutch (nl) Geschiedenis van de Balkan		57
5	Turkish (tr) Balkanlar tarihi		46
6	Arabic (ar) تاريخ البلقان		44
7	Romanian (ro) Istoria Balcanilor		27
8	Japanese (ja) バルカンの歴史		20
9	Portuguese (pt) História dos Bálcãs		17
10	Chinese (zh) 巴尔干半岛历史		17

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تاريخ البلقان
ca	Catalan Història dels Balcans
el	Greek Βαλκανική ιστορία
en	English History of the Balkans
es	Spanish Historia de los Balcanes
eu	Basque Balkanetako historia
fr	French Histoire des Balkans
hr	Croatian Povijest Balkana
hy	Armenian Բալկանյան երկրների պատմություն
id	Indonesian Sejarah Balkan
ja	Japanese バルカンの歴史
lt	Lithuanian Balkanų istorija
nl	Dutch Geschiedenis van de Balkan
pt	Portuguese História dos Bálcãs
ro	Romanian Istoria Balcanilor
ru	Russian История Балкан
sh	Serbo-Croatian Historija Balkana
sl	Slovenian Zgodovina Balkana
sr	Serbian Историја Балканског полуострва
tr	Turkish Balkanlar tarihi
uk	Ukrainian Історія Балкан
zh	Chinese 巴尔干半岛历史

Best Rank

English: #45618 02.2008

Global: #63706 02.2008

Best Rank

English: #149 03.2005

Global: #1058 03.2005

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