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Quality:

Initial - letter at the beginning of a chapter/paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. Article “Initial” in English Wikipedia has 50.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 12 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Initial”, its content was written by 207 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 872 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 736 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4393 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #15425 in October 2003
  • Global: #4687 in November 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #360 in June 2010
  • Global: #1177 in June 2010

There are 35 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
1Latin (la)
Littera initialis
54.2813
2Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Initial
53.3109
3English (en)
Initial
50.5324
4German (de)
Initiale
49.9476
5Persian (fa)
سرحرف
46.3387
6Dutch (nl)
Initiaal
40.08
7Russian (ru)
Инициал (шрифт)
37.7347
8Estonian (et)
Initsiaal
34.3582
9Hungarian (hu)
Iniciálé
31.1556
10Slovak (sk)
Iniciála (polygrafia)
28.6385
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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 "Initial" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Initial
3 227 839
2German (de)
Initiale
1 051 212
3Spanish (es)
Letra capital
853 487
4Russian (ru)
Инициал (шрифт)
535 786
5French (fr)
Lettrine
474 564
6Polish (pl)
Inicjał
339 447
7Dutch (nl)
Initiaal
258 591
8Hungarian (hu)
Iniciálé
183 633
9Czech (cs)
Iniciála
155 779
10Italian (it)
Capolettera
126 481
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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 "Initial" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Initial
2 974
2German (de)
Initiale
993
3Spanish (es)
Letra capital
527
4French (fr)
Lettrine
442
5Russian (ru)
Инициал (шрифт)
438
6Polish (pl)
Inicjał
271
7Italian (it)
Capolettera
223
8Swedish (sv)
Anfang (typografi)
220
9Portuguese (pt)
Letra capitular
159
10Czech (cs)
Iniciála
147
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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 "Initial" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Initial
207
2German (de)
Initiale
104
3French (fr)
Lettrine
69
4Russian (ru)
Инициал (шрифт)
54
5Italian (it)
Capolettera
47
6Spanish (es)
Letra capital
42
7Hungarian (hu)
Iniciálé
41
8Dutch (nl)
Initiaal
38
9Croatian (hr)
Inicijal
31
10Polish (pl)
Inicjał
28
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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 "Initial" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Hungarian (hu)
Iniciálé
1
2Arabic (ar)
أوائل
0
3Belarusian (be)
Ініцыял (тыпаграфія)
0
4Bulgarian (bg)
Инициал
0
5Catalan (ca)
Caplletra
0
6Czech (cs)
Iniciála
0
7Danish (da)
Initial
0
8German (de)
Initiale
0
9English (en)
Initial
0
10Esperanto (eo)
Inicialo
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 "Initial" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Initiale
1 002
2English (en)
Initial
736
3Polish (pl)
Inicjał
310
4French (fr)
Lettrine
279
5Dutch (nl)
Initiaal
258
6Russian (ru)
Инициал (шрифт)
219
7Ukrainian (uk)
Буквиця (типографія)
201
8Estonian (et)
Initsiaal
121
9Czech (cs)
Iniciála
114
10Chinese (zh)
首字放大
112
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أوائل
beBelarusian
Ініцыял (тыпаграфія)
bgBulgarian
Инициал
caCatalan
Caplletra
csCzech
Iniciála
daDanish
Initial
deGerman
Initiale
enEnglish
Initial
eoEsperanto
Inicialo
esSpanish
Letra capital
etEstonian
Initsiaal
faPersian
سرحرف
fiFinnish
Anfangi
frFrench
Lettrine
hrCroatian
Inicijal
huHungarian
Iniciálé
hyArmenian
Սկզբնագիր
idIndonesian
Huruf awal
itItalian
Capolettera
koKorean
이니셜
laLatin
Littera initialis
ltLithuanian
Inicialas
nlDutch
Initiaal
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Initial
noNorwegian
Initial
plPolish
Inicjał
ptPortuguese
Letra capitular
ruRussian
Инициал (шрифт)
shSerbo-Croatian
Inicijal
simpleSimple English
Initial
skSlovak
Iniciála (polygrafia)
srSerbian
Иницијал (орнамент)
svSwedish
Anfang (typografi)
ukUkrainian
Буквиця (типографія)
zhChinese
首字放大

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#360
06.2010
Global:
#1177
06.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#15425
10.2003
Global:
#4687
11.2011

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Initial from Wikipedia articles about Joan of Arc, Lucia Joyce, Illuminated manuscript, Lombardic capitals and Glagolitic. Whereas reading the article about Initial people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Illuminated manuscript, Lombardic capitals, Given name, Art of Insular illumination and Beatus vir.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Initial

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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