John Simpson (journalist)

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John Simpson (journalist)

Quality:

John Simpson - English journalist, born 1944. Article “John Simpson (journalist)” in English Wikipedia has 41.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.17 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 “John Simpson (journalist)” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “John Simpson (journalist)”, its content was written by 207 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 224 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 131 times in English Wikipedia and cited 155 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #20182 in March 2004
  • Global: #49607 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #8100 in February 2016
  • Global: #22201 in February 2016

There are 4 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
John Simpson (journalist)
41.2838
2Norwegian (no)
John Simpson
23.1256
3Persian (fa)
جان سیمپسون
17.5891
4Portuguese (pt)
John Simpson
16.2985
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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 "John Simpson (journalist)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
John Simpson (journalist)
1 348 841
2Persian (fa)
جان سیمپسون
9 944
3Portuguese (pt)
John Simpson
4 308
4Norwegian (no)
John Simpson
927
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "John Simpson (journalist)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
John Simpson (journalist)
11 688
2Persian (fa)
جان سیمپسون
56
3Portuguese (pt)
John Simpson
22
4Norwegian (no)
John Simpson
9
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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 "John Simpson (journalist)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
John Simpson (journalist)
207
2Norwegian (no)
John Simpson
7
3Persian (fa)
جان سیمپسون
6
4Portuguese (pt)
John Simpson
4
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "John Simpson (journalist)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
John Simpson (journalist)
4
2Persian (fa)
جان سیمپسون
0
3Norwegian (no)
John Simpson
0
4Portuguese (pt)
John Simpson
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 "John Simpson (journalist)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
John Simpson (journalist)
131
2Persian (fa)
جان سیمپسون
9
3Norwegian (no)
John Simpson
8
4Portuguese (pt)
John Simpson
7
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
John Simpson (journalist)
faPersian
جان سیمپسون
noNorwegian
John Simpson
ptPortuguese
John Simpson

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8100
02.2016
Global:
#22201
02.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#20182
03.2004
Global:
#49607
03.2004

Local popularity rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on John Simpson from Wikipedia articles about List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters, Richard Baker, Kate Adie, BBC Nine OClock News and Yvonne Ridley. Whereas reading the article about John Simpson people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Chelsea Old Church, Pim Fortuyn, St Pauls School, Granta and Dulwich Prep London.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 10 March 2026

On 10 March 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, Enhypen, Ali Khamenei, Strait of Hormuz, Jeffrey Epstein, 2026 Iran war, 2026 World Baseball Classic, Donald Trump, World Baseball Classic.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 Iran war, Mojtaba Khamenei, Deaths in 2026, Ali Khamenei, War Machine (upcoming film), Enhypen, Jennifer Runyon, Pete Hegseth, 2026 World Baseball Classic, Iran.

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