Illusory correlation

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Illusory correlation

Quality:

Illusory correlation - phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables even when no such relationship exists. Article “Illusory correlation” in English Wikipedia has 42.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 15 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 “Illusory correlation”, its content was written by 73 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 152 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 32 times in English Wikipedia and cited 513 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #33945 in October 2012
  • Global: #89883 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #93869 in July 2010
  • Global: #137257 in July 2010

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)
Illusory correlation
42.7443
2Spanish (es)
Correlación ilusoria
35.5764
3Ukrainian (uk)
Ілюзорна кореляція
34.2145
4Arabic (ar)
ربط وهمي
21.6188
5Chinese (zh)
錯覺相關
21.3855
6Russian (ru)
Иллюзорная корреляция
21.358
7German (de)
Illusorische Korrelation
15.0276
8French (fr)
Corrélation illusoire
14.2141
9Japanese (ja)
錯誤相関
13.5479
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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 "Illusory correlation" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Illusory correlation
757 761
2German (de)
Illusorische Korrelation
107 073
3Japanese (ja)
錯誤相関
55 601
4Russian (ru)
Иллюзорная корреляция
55 377
5French (fr)
Corrélation illusoire
45 874
6Spanish (es)
Correlación ilusoria
10 881
7Chinese (zh)
錯覺相關
7 436
8Arabic (ar)
ربط وهمي
5 099
9Ukrainian (uk)
Ілюзорна кореляція
3 729
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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 "Illusory correlation" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Illusory correlation
1 918
2Russian (ru)
Иллюзорная корреляция
272
3French (fr)
Corrélation illusoire
186
4Japanese (ja)
錯誤相関
176
5Chinese (zh)
錯覺相關
159
6German (de)
Illusorische Korrelation
132
7Spanish (es)
Correlación ilusoria
63
8Arabic (ar)
ربط وهمي
34
9Ukrainian (uk)
Ілюзорна кореляція
26
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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 "Illusory correlation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Illusory correlation
73
2German (de)
Illusorische Korrelation
34
3Russian (ru)
Иллюзорная корреляция
11
4French (fr)
Corrélation illusoire
9
5Arabic (ar)
ربط وهمي
6
6Spanish (es)
Correlación ilusoria
6
7Japanese (ja)
錯誤相関
6
8Ukrainian (uk)
Ілюзорна кореляція
4
9Chinese (zh)
錯覺相關
3
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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 "Illusory correlation" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
ربط وهمي
1
2German (de)
Illusorische Korrelation
0
3English (en)
Illusory correlation
0
4Spanish (es)
Correlación ilusoria
0
5French (fr)
Corrélation illusoire
0
6Japanese (ja)
錯誤相関
0
7Russian (ru)
Иллюзорная корреляция
0
8Ukrainian (uk)
Ілюзорна кореляція
0
9Chinese (zh)
錯覺相關
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 "Illusory correlation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Chinese (zh)
錯覺相關
225
2Japanese (ja)
錯誤相関
206
3English (en)
Illusory correlation
32
4French (fr)
Corrélation illusoire
17
5Spanish (es)
Correlación ilusoria
8
6Russian (ru)
Иллюзорная корреляция
8
7German (de)
Illusorische Korrelation
7
8Ukrainian (uk)
Ілюзорна кореляція
6
9Arabic (ar)
ربط وهمي
4
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ربط وهمي
deGerman
Illusorische Korrelation
enEnglish
Illusory correlation
esSpanish
Correlación ilusoria
frFrench
Corrélation illusoire
jaJapanese
錯誤相関
ruRussian
Иллюзорная корреляция
ukUkrainian
Ілюзорна кореляція
zhChinese
錯覺相關

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#93869
07.2010
Global:
#137257
07.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#33945
10.2012
Global:
#89883
01.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Illusory correlation from Wikipedia articles about Confirmation bias, List of cognitive biases, Cognitive bias, Cum hoc ergo propter hoc and Spurious relationship. Whereas reading the article about Illusory correlation people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Cum hoc ergo propter hoc, Cognitive bias, Salience, Confirmation bias and Rorschach Test.

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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