Laxative

Quality:

Laxative - agents that produce a soft formed stool, and relax and loosen the bowels, typically used over a protracted period, to relieve constipation. Article “Laxative” in English Wikipedia has 65.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 64 references and 18 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Laxative”, its content was written by 332 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1167 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1021 times in English Wikipedia and cited 5792 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7091 in April 2003
• Global: #9479 in March 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #6825 in February 2012
• Global: #9004 in February 2012

There are 38 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) Laxative		65.8726
2	Greek (el) Καθαρτικό		57.5979
3	Thai (th) ยาระบายอย่างอ่อน		55.6002
4	Korean (ko) 완하제		55.5134
5	Indonesian (id) Laksatif		53.5375
6	German (de) Abführmittel		34.8753
7	Slovak (sk) Preháňadlo		32.6498
8	Japanese (ja) 瀉下薬		27.1956
9	Polish (pl) Środki przeczyszczające		26.2521
10	French (fr) Laxatif		24.764

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Laxative		8 315 359
2	Spanish (es) Laxante		1 819 847
3	German (de) Abführmittel		1 511 309
4	French (fr) Laxatif		877 838
5	Russian (ru) Слабительные средства		658 250
6	Japanese (ja) 瀉下薬		652 228
7	Italian (it) Lassativo		482 870
8	Dutch (nl) Laxeermiddelen		341 997
9	Portuguese (pt) Laxante		335 522
10	Indonesian (id) Laksatif		321 730

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Laxative		8 402
2	German (de) Abführmittel		1 650
3	Persian (fa) ملین		897
4	Russian (ru) Слабительные средства		868
5	Japanese (ja) 瀉下薬		753
6	Spanish (es) Laxante		524
7	French (fr) Laxatif		474
8	Chinese (zh) 泻药		342
9	Italian (it) Lassativo		278
10	Dutch (nl) Laxeermiddelen		258

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Laxative		332
2	German (de) Abführmittel		142
3	French (fr) Laxatif		76
4	Italian (it) Lassativo		65
5	Japanese (ja) 瀉下薬		50
6	Spanish (es) Laxante		46
7	Dutch (nl) Laxeermiddelen		46
8	Russian (ru) Слабительные средства		39
9	Portuguese (pt) Laxante		38
10	Finnish (fi) Laksatiivit		32

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	Indonesian (id) Laksatif		1
2	Arabic (ar) ملين		0
3	Catalan (ca) Laxant		0
4	Czech (cs) Laxativum		0
5	Danish (da) Afføringsmiddel		0
6	German (de) Abführmittel		0
7	Greek (el) Καθαρτικό		0
8	English (en) Laxative		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Laksigilo		0
10	Spanish (es) Laxante		0

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

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