Internet censorship in China

Quality:

Internet censorship in China - censorship by the Chinese Communist Party and the government of China. Article “Internet censorship in China” in English Wikipedia has 85.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 307 references and 44 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is Chinese.

In June 2026 the article “Internet censorship in China” was edited by 7 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Internet censorship in China”, its content was written by 943 registered users of English Wikipedia (7920^th place) and edited by 2307 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1234 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3058 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #291 in June 2004
• Global: #1299 in December 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #4897 in August 2008
• Global: #8174 in August 2008

There are 23 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Internet censorship in China		85.3825
2	Chinese (zh) 中华人民共和国网络审查		78.0992
3	French (fr) Censure d'Internet en république populaire de Chine		73.9938
4	Spanish (es) Censura de Internet en la República Popular China		69.9094
5	Hungarian (hu) Internetcenzúra Kínában		45.1204
6	German (de) Internetzensur in der Volksrepublik China		43.2399
7	Japanese (ja) 中華人民共和国のネット検閲		38.8354
8	Dutch (nl) Internetcensuur in China		34.3905
9	Malay (ms) Penapisan Internet di China		31.5141
10	Polish (pl) Cenzura Internetu w Chińskiej Republice Ludowej		29.6677

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Internet censorship in China		5 112 809
2	Chinese (zh) 中华人民共和国网络审查		1 760 036
3	Japanese (ja) 中華人民共和国のネット検閲		674 470
4	German (de) Internetzensur in der Volksrepublik China		358 657
5	Russian (ru) Интернет-цензура в Китае		335 488
6	French (fr) Censure d'Internet en république populaire de Chine		335 323
7	Spanish (es) Censura de Internet en la República Popular China		296 704
8	Polish (pl) Cenzura Internetu w Chińskiej Republice Ludowej		125 410
9	Vietnamese (vi) Kiểm duyệt Internet ở Trung Quốc		68 501
10	Persian (fa) فیلترینگ اینترنت در چین		51 093

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Chinese (zh) 中华人民共和国网络审查		8 216
2	English (en) Internet censorship in China		7 017
3	Japanese (ja) 中華人民共和国のネット検閲		1 461
4	Russian (ru) Интернет-цензура в Китае		690
5	German (de) Internetzensur in der Volksrepublik China		457
6	French (fr) Censure d'Internet en république populaire de Chine		342
7	Spanish (es) Censura de Internet en la República Popular China		279
8	Persian (fa) فیلترینگ اینترنت در چین		278
9	Polish (pl) Cenzura Internetu w Chińskiej Republice Ludowej		121
10	Vietnamese (vi) Kiểm duyệt Internet ở Trung Quốc		104

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Internet censorship in China		943
2	Chinese (zh) 中华人民共和国网络审查		539
3	French (fr) Censure d'Internet en république populaire de Chine		193
4	German (de) Internetzensur in der Volksrepublik China		131
5	Japanese (ja) 中華人民共和国のネット検閲		128
6	Polish (pl) Cenzura Internetu w Chińskiej Republice Ludowej		66
7	Spanish (es) Censura de Internet en la República Popular China		48
8	Vietnamese (vi) Kiểm duyệt Internet ở Trung Quốc		45
9	Russian (ru) Интернет-цензура в Китае		30
10	Finnish (fi) Kiinan Internet-sensuuri		29

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Internet censorship in China		7
2	Chinese (zh) 中华人民共和国网络审查		3
3	Portuguese (pt) Censura da Internet na China		2
4	Catalan (ca) Censura d'Internet a la República Popular de la Xina		1
5	German (de) Internetzensur in der Volksrepublik China		1
6	Arabic (ar) رقابة الإنترنت في الصين		0
7	Spanish (es) Censura de Internet en la República Popular China		0
8	Persian (fa) فیلترینگ اینترنت در چین		0
9	Finnish (fi) Kiinan Internet-sensuuri		0
10	French (fr) Censure d'Internet en république populaire de Chine		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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