Islam in South Africa

Islam in South Africa - overview of the presence and impact of Islam in South Africa. Article “Islam in South Africa” in English Wikipedia has 71.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 74 references and 32 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 12.56 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 “Islam in South Africa” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Islam in South Africa”, its content was written by 205 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 263 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 429 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1360 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #22573 in March 2021
• Global: #63087 in December 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #136660 in June 2019
• Global: #154462 in January 2024

There are 6 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) Islam in South Africa		71.158
2	French (fr) Islam en Afrique du Sud		21.3914
3	Russian (ru) Ислам в ЮАР		18.9792
4	Indonesian (id) Islam di Afrika Selatan		16.196
5	Arabic (ar) الإسلام في جنوب إفريقيا		15.4342
6	Malay (ms) Islam di Afrika Selatan		9.4345

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Islam in South Africa" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Islam in South Africa		783 515
2	Arabic (ar) الإسلام في جنوب إفريقيا		104 773
3	French (fr) Islam en Afrique du Sud		55 225
4	Indonesian (id) Islam di Afrika Selatan		22 869
5	Russian (ru) Ислам в ЮАР		11 118
6	Malay (ms) Islam di Afrika Selatan		10 383

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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 "Islam in South Africa" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Islam in South Africa		3 838
2	French (fr) Islam en Afrique du Sud		219
3	Arabic (ar) الإسلام في جنوب إفريقيا		176
4	Russian (ru) Ислам в ЮАР		65
5	Indonesian (id) Islam di Afrika Selatan		34
6	Malay (ms) Islam di Afrika Selatan		28

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

Language versions of the article "Islam in South Africa" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Islam in South Africa		205
2	Arabic (ar) الإسلام في جنوب إفريقيا		24
3	French (fr) Islam en Afrique du Sud		15
4	Russian (ru) Ислам в ЮАР		10
5	Indonesian (id) Islam di Afrika Selatan		5
6	Malay (ms) Islam di Afrika Selatan		4

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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 "Islam in South Africa" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Islam in South Africa		1
2	Arabic (ar) الإسلام في جنوب إفريقيا		0
3	French (fr) Islam en Afrique du Sud		0
4	Indonesian (id) Islam di Afrika Selatan		0
5	Malay (ms) Islam di Afrika Selatan		0
6	Russian (ru) Ислам в ЮАР		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 "Islam in South Africa" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Islam in South Africa		429
2	Arabic (ar) الإسلام في جنوب إفريقيا		319
3	Indonesian (id) Islam di Afrika Selatan		236
4	Malay (ms) Islam di Afrika Selatan		156
5	Russian (ru) Ислам в ЮАР		128
6	French (fr) Islam en Afrique du Sud		92

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الإسلام في جنوب إفريقيا
en	English Islam in South Africa
fr	French Islam en Afrique du Sud
id	Indonesian Islam di Afrika Selatan
ms	Malay Islam di Afrika Selatan
ru	Russian Ислам в ЮАР

Best Rank

English: #136660 06.2019

Global: #154462 01.2024

Best Rank

English: #22573 03.2021

Global: #63087 12.2004

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