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Layoff

Quality:

Layoff - temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company or employer, which may be due to economic conditions of a specific employer or in society as a whole. Article “Layoff” in English Wikipedia has 51.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 38 references and 15 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.

In June 2025 the article “Layoff” was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Layoff”, its content was written by 275 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 484 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1011 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2310 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #10036 in December 2016
  • Global: #29990 in December 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #15455 in February 2009
  • Global: #5396 in March 2020

There are 20 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)
Layoff
51.579
2Hungarian (hu)
Csoportos létszámcsökkentés
38.7252
3Spanish (es)
Layoff
29.4787
4Hindi (hi)
छंटनी
27.7549
5Slovenian (sl)
Odpuščanje
27.0327
6Chinese (zh)
裁員
24.927
7Simple English (simple)
Layoff
22.8708
8Russian (ru)
Временное увольнение
22.0617
9Serbian (sr)
Višak zaposlenih
21.0723
10German (de)
Stellenabbau
20.4072
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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 "Layoff" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Layoff
2 967 421
2Portuguese (pt)
Downsizing
517 394
3Japanese (ja)
レイオフ
490 872
4Swedish (sv)
Permittering
261 589
5Finnish (fi)
Lomautus
137 127
6French (fr)
Mise à pied
91 579
7Chinese (zh)
裁員
85 878
8German (de)
Stellenabbau
39 379
9Norwegian (no)
Permittering
37 717
10Russian (ru)
Временное увольнение
28 441
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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 "Layoff" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Layoff
7 275
2French (fr)
Mise à pied
803
3Japanese (ja)
レイオフ
732
4Chinese (zh)
裁員
591
5Simple English (simple)
Layoff
503
6Finnish (fi)
Lomautus
180
7Portuguese (pt)
Downsizing
150
8Hungarian (hu)
Csoportos létszámcsökkentés
148
9Spanish (es)
Layoff
147
10Russian (ru)
Временное увольнение
106
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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 "Layoff" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Layoff
275
2Portuguese (pt)
Downsizing
33
3Japanese (ja)
レイオフ
23
4Swedish (sv)
Permittering
20
5German (de)
Stellenabbau
19
6Chinese (zh)
裁員
16
7Norwegian (no)
Permittering
15
8French (fr)
Mise à pied
12
9Finnish (fi)
Lomautus
8
10Korean (ko)
일시 해고
8
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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 "Layoff" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Layoff
5
2Arabic (ar)
تحجيم
0
3German (de)
Stellenabbau
0
4Spanish (es)
Layoff
0
5Finnish (fi)
Lomautus
0
6French (fr)
Mise à pied
0
7Hindi (hi)
छंटनी
0
8Hungarian (hu)
Csoportos létszámcsökkentés
0
9Japanese (ja)
レイオフ
0
10Korean (ko)
일시 해고
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 "Layoff" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Layoff
1 011
2Japanese (ja)
レイオフ
396
3Chinese (zh)
裁員
266
4Arabic (ar)
تحجيم
247
5Portuguese (pt)
Downsizing
97
6Korean (ko)
일시 해고
96
7Ukrainian (uk)
Звільнення
46
8French (fr)
Mise à pied
29
9German (de)
Stellenabbau
23
10Norwegian (no)
Permittering
22
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تحجيم
deGerman
Stellenabbau
enEnglish
Layoff
esSpanish
Layoff
fiFinnish
Lomautus
frFrench
Mise à pied
hiHindi
छंटनी
huHungarian
Csoportos létszámcsökkentés
jaJapanese
レイオフ
koKorean
일시 해고
noNorwegian
Permittering
ptPortuguese
Downsizing
ruRussian
Временное увольнение
simpleSimple English
Layoff
slSlovenian
Odpuščanje
srSerbian
Višak zaposlenih
svSwedish
Permittering
ukUkrainian
Звільнення
viVietnamese
Cắt giảm nhân sự
zhChinese
裁員

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#15455
02.2009
Global:
#5396
03.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#10036
12.2016
Global:
#29990
12.2016

Global popularity rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Layoff from Wikipedia articles about Up in the Air, Metamorphosis, Industry, Termination of employment and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Whereas reading the article about Layoff people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Termination of employment, Wrongful termination, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and Severance package.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

en: Layoff
zh: 裁員
simple: Layoff
es: Layoff

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