Identifiable victim effect

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Identifiable victim effect

Quality:

Identifiable victim effect - tendency of individuals to offer greater aid when a specific, identifiable person is observed under hardship, as compared to a large, vaguely defined group with the same need. Article “Identifiable victim effect” in English Wikipedia has 68.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 87 references and 25 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 “Identifiable victim effect”, its content was written by 59 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 108 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 9 times in English Wikipedia and cited 241 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #59784 in May 2021
  • Global: #76347 in December 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #419987 in September 2013
  • Global: #634473 in October 2023

There are 9 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)
Identifiable victim effect
68.2657
2Portuguese (pt)
Efeito da vítima identificável
48.7259
3French (fr)
Effet victime identifiable
48.5028
4Hebrew (he)
אפקט הקורבן המזוהה
36.3738
5Bulgarian (bg)
Ефект на идентифицируемата жертва
33.272
6Russian (ru)
Эффект опознаваемой жертвы
29.529
7Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект відомої жертви
24.1921
8Persian (fa)
اثر قربانی قابل شناسایی
16.3428
9Chinese (zh)
可辨識受害者效應
15.0126
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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 "Identifiable victim effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Identifiable victim effect
134 575
2Russian (ru)
Эффект опознаваемой жертвы
14 924
3Chinese (zh)
可辨識受害者效應
6 837
4Hebrew (he)
אפקט הקורבן המזוהה
3 941
5French (fr)
Effet victime identifiable
2 381
6Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект відомої жертви
1 425
7Persian (fa)
اثر قربانی قابل شناسایی
1 143
8Portuguese (pt)
Efeito da vítima identificável
939
9Bulgarian (bg)
Ефект на идентифицируемата жертва
634
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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 "Identifiable victim effect" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Identifiable victim effect
1 131
2Chinese (zh)
可辨識受害者效應
135
3French (fr)
Effet victime identifiable
126
4Russian (ru)
Эффект опознаваемой жертвы
77
5Persian (fa)
اثر قربانی قابل شناسایی
25
6Hebrew (he)
אפקט הקורבן המזוהה
25
7Portuguese (pt)
Efeito da vítima identificável
14
8Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект відомої жертви
11
9Bulgarian (bg)
Ефект на идентифицируемата жертва
9
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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 "Identifiable victim effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Identifiable victim effect
59
2French (fr)
Effet victime identifiable
14
3Hebrew (he)
אפקט הקורבן המזוהה
12
4Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект відомої жертви
6
5Portuguese (pt)
Efeito da vítima identificável
5
6Russian (ru)
Эффект опознаваемой жертвы
5
7Chinese (zh)
可辨識受害者效應
4
8Persian (fa)
اثر قربانی قابل شناسایی
2
9Bulgarian (bg)
Ефект на идентифицируемата жертва
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 "Identifiable victim effect" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Chinese (zh)
可辨識受害者效應
1
2Bulgarian (bg)
Ефект на идентифицируемата жертва
0
3English (en)
Identifiable victim effect
0
4Persian (fa)
اثر قربانی قابل شناسایی
0
5French (fr)
Effet victime identifiable
0
6Hebrew (he)
אפקט הקורבן המזוהה
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Efeito da vítima identificável
0
8Russian (ru)
Эффект опознаваемой жертвы
0
9Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект відомої жертви
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 "Identifiable victim effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Chinese (zh)
可辨識受害者效應
225
2English (en)
Identifiable victim effect
9
3Hebrew (he)
אפקט הקורבן המזוהה
2
4Russian (ru)
Эффект опознаваемой жертвы
2
5Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект відомої жертви
2
6Persian (fa)
اثر قربانی قابل شناسایی
1
7Bulgarian (bg)
Ефект на идентифицируемата жертва
0
8French (fr)
Effet victime identifiable
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Efeito da vítima identificável
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
bgBulgarian
Ефект на идентифицируемата жертва
enEnglish
Identifiable victim effect
faPersian
اثر قربانی قابل شناسایی
frFrench
Effet victime identifiable
heHebrew
אפקט הקורבן המזוהה
ptPortuguese
Efeito da vítima identificável
ruRussian
Эффект опознаваемой жертвы
ukUkrainian
Ефект відомої жертви
zhChinese
可辨識受害者效應

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#419987
09.2013
Global:
#634473
10.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#59784
05.2021
Global:
#76347
12.2021

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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