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Information overload

Quality:

Information overload - difficulty of understanding an issue and effectively making decisions when one has too much information. Article “Information overload” in English Wikipedia has 67.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 82 references and 21 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.55 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 2026 the article “Information overload” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 10 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Information overload”, its content was written by 308 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 795 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 422 times in English Wikipedia and cited 915 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #16912 in January 2026
  • Global: #19818 in February 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #67347 in February 2023
  • Global: #81264 in October 2013

There are 27 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, 2026 (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)
Information overload
67.4861
2Basque (eu)
Infoxikazio
58.7263
3Korean (ko)
정보 과다
51.999
4French (fr)
Surcharge informationnelle
47.7035
5Catalan (ca)
Infoxicació
39.4393
6Estonian (et)
Infoväsimuse sündroom
39.0848
7Ukrainian (uk)
Інформаційне перевантаження
38.3022
8Japanese (ja)
情報オーバーロード
38.1803
9Polish (pl)
Przeciążenie informacją
37.0798
10Hebrew (he)
היצף מידע
32.316
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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 "Information overload" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Information overload
2 070 746
2Spanish (es)
Sobrecarga informativa
372 100
3Russian (ru)
Информационная перегрузка
217 699
4German (de)
Informationsüberflutung
191 386
5French (fr)
Surcharge informationnelle
155 929
6Japanese (ja)
情報オーバーロード
124 853
7Italian (it)
Sovraccarico cognitivo
112 368
8Chinese (zh)
資訊超載
49 434
9Persian (fa)
سرریز داده‌ها
34 592
10Polish (pl)
Przeciążenie informacją
27 009
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Information overload" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Information overload
3 305
2Persian (fa)
سرریز داده‌ها
602
3French (fr)
Surcharge informationnelle
544
4Spanish (es)
Sobrecarga informativa
426
5Chinese (zh)
資訊超載
346
6Russian (ru)
Информационная перегрузка
336
7German (de)
Informationsüberflutung
317
8Italian (it)
Sovraccarico cognitivo
243
9Japanese (ja)
情報オーバーロード
239
10Korean (ko)
정보 과다
89
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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 "Information overload" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Information overload
308
2French (fr)
Surcharge informationnelle
68
3German (de)
Informationsüberflutung
67
4Spanish (es)
Sobrecarga informativa
61
5Italian (it)
Sovraccarico cognitivo
41
6Hebrew (he)
היצף מידע
40
7Russian (ru)
Информационная перегрузка
30
8Catalan (ca)
Infoxicació
20
9Japanese (ja)
情報オーバーロード
17
10Arabic (ar)
إغراق معلوماتي
15
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Information overload" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Information overload
3
2Arabic (ar)
إغراق معلوماتي
1
3Esperanto (eo)
Informa superŝarĝo
1
4French (fr)
Surcharge informationnelle
1
5Hebrew (he)
היצף מידע
1
6Indonesian (id)
Banjir informasi
1
7Korean (ko)
정보 과다
1
8Chinese (zh)
資訊超載
1
9Bulgarian (bg)
Информационно претоварване
0
10Catalan (ca)
Infoxicació
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 "Information overload" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Information overload
422
2German (de)
Informationsüberflutung
63
3French (fr)
Surcharge informationnelle
63
4Hebrew (he)
היצף מידע
37
5Spanish (es)
Sobrecarga informativa
35
6Persian (fa)
سرریز داده‌ها
35
7Japanese (ja)
情報オーバーロード
33
8Korean (ko)
정보 과다
32
9Chinese (zh)
資訊超載
28
10Russian (ru)
Информационная перегрузка
26
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
إغراق معلوماتي
bgBulgarian
Информационно претоварване
caCatalan
Infoxicació
csCzech
Informační zahlcení
deGerman
Informationsüberflutung
enEnglish
Information overload
eoEsperanto
Informa superŝarĝo
esSpanish
Sobrecarga informativa
etEstonian
Infoväsimuse sündroom
euBasque
Infoxikazio
faPersian
سرریز داده‌ها
fiFinnish
Informaatioähky
frFrench
Surcharge informationnelle
heHebrew
היצף מידע
hrCroatian
Prekrcanost informacijama
idIndonesian
Banjir informasi
itItalian
Sovraccarico cognitivo
jaJapanese
情報オーバーロード
koKorean
정보 과다
nlDutch
Informatiestress
plPolish
Przeciążenie informacją
ruRussian
Информационная перегрузка
slSlovenian
Informacijska preobremenjenost
svSwedish
Informationsöverbelastning
thThai
ภาวะข้อมูลท่วมท้น
ukUkrainian
Інформаційне перевантаження
zhChinese
資訊超載

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#67347
02.2023
Global:
#81264
10.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#16912
01.2026
Global:
#19818
02.2023

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Information overload from Wikipedia articles about Post–Cold War era, Dihydrogen monoxide parody, Cognitive load, Analysis paralysis and Shaggy dog story. Whereas reading the article about Information overload people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Attention theft, Attention economy, Future Shock, Continuous partial attention and Decision making.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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