In the beginning (phrase)

In the beginning - incipit used in Genesis 1:1. Article “In the beginning (phrase)” in English Wikipedia has 27.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.03 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “In the beginning (phrase)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “In the beginning (phrase)”, its content was written by 28 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 39 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 269 times in English Wikipedia and cited 365 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #85886 in September 2021
• Global: #133162 in August 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #210180 in September 2021
• Global: #356133 in September 2021

There are 7 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) In the beginning (phrase)		27.26
2	Basque (eu) Hasieran		21.1077
3	Spanish (es) En el principio		20.0191
4	Thai (th) ในปฐมกาล		12.4573
5	Korean (ko) 태초에		9.4885
6	Indonesian (id) Pada mulanya		9.1102
7	Swedish (sv) I begynnelsen		8.7945

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

The most popular language versions of the article "In the beginning (phrase)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) In the beginning (phrase)		187 370
2	Spanish (es) En el principio		27 691
3	Indonesian (id) Pada mulanya		1 487
4	Swedish (sv) I begynnelsen		531
5	Thai (th) ในปฐมกาล		161
6	Basque (eu) Hasieran		134
7	Korean (ko) 태초에		61

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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 "In the beginning (phrase)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) In the beginning (phrase)		2 230
2	Spanish (es) En el principio		229
3	Indonesian (id) Pada mulanya		30
4	Swedish (sv) I begynnelsen		27
5	Korean (ko) 태초에		16
6	Thai (th) ในปฐมกาล		5
7	Basque (eu) Hasieran		3

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) In the beginning (phrase)		28
2	Spanish (es) En el principio		4
3	Swedish (sv) I begynnelsen		3
4	Indonesian (id) Pada mulanya		2
5	Basque (eu) Hasieran		1
6	Thai (th) ในปฐมกาล		1
7	Korean (ko) 태초에		0

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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 "In the beginning (phrase)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) In the beginning (phrase)		1
2	Spanish (es) En el principio		0
3	Basque (eu) Hasieran		0
4	Indonesian (id) Pada mulanya		0
5	Korean (ko) 태초에		0
6	Swedish (sv) I begynnelsen		0
7	Thai (th) ในปฐมกาล		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 "In the beginning (phrase)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) In the beginning (phrase)		269
2	Korean (ko) 태초에		48
3	Thai (th) ในปฐมกาล		42
4	Basque (eu) Hasieran		2
5	Swedish (sv) I begynnelsen		2
6	Spanish (es) En el principio		1
7	Indonesian (id) Pada mulanya		1

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#	Language	Value
en	English In the beginning (phrase)
es	Spanish En el principio
eu	Basque Hasieran
id	Indonesian Pada mulanya
ko	Korean 태초에
sv	Swedish I begynnelsen
th	Thai ในปฐมกาล

Best Rank

English: #210180 09.2021

Global: #356133 09.2021

Best Rank

English: #85886 09.2021

Global: #133162 08.2023

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