Less-is-better effect

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Less-is-better effect

Quality:

Less-is-better effect - cognitive bias. Article “Less-is-better effect” in English Wikipedia has 35.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.86 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 “Less-is-better effect” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Less-is-better effect”, its content was written by 29 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 51 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 10 times in English Wikipedia and cited 86 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #134938 in November 2013
  • Global: #139567 in July 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #624792 in March 2014
  • Global: #229770 in September 2013

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)
Less-is-better effect
35.2673
2Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект менше-краще
25.9563
3Russian (ru)
Эффект «меньше — лучше»
17.4675
4French (fr)
Effet moins-c'est-mieux
16.4032
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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 "Less-is-better effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Less-is-better effect
138 658
2Russian (ru)
Эффект «меньше — лучше»
46 371
3French (fr)
Effet moins-c'est-mieux
5 278
4Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект менше-краще
1 104
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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 "Less-is-better effect" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Less-is-better effect
747
2Russian (ru)
Эффект «меньше — лучше»
98
3French (fr)
Effet moins-c'est-mieux
86
4Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект менше-краще
11
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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 "Less-is-better effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Less-is-better effect
29
2French (fr)
Effet moins-c'est-mieux
14
3Russian (ru)
Эффект «меньше — лучше»
6
4Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект менше-краще
2
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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 "Less-is-better effect" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Less-is-better effect
1
2French (fr)
Effet moins-c'est-mieux
0
3Russian (ru)
Эффект «меньше — лучше»
0
4Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект менше-краще
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 "Less-is-better effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Effet moins-c'est-mieux
71
2English (en)
Less-is-better effect
10
3Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект менше-краще
3
4Russian (ru)
Эффект «меньше — лучше»
2
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Less-is-better effect
frFrench
Effet moins-c'est-mieux
ruRussian
Эффект «меньше — лучше»
ukUkrainian
Ефект менше-краще

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#624792
03.2014
Global:
#229770
09.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#134938
11.2013
Global:
#139567
07.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Less-is-better effect from Wikipedia articles about Is the glass half empty or half full?, List of cognitive biases, Heuristics in judgment and decision making, List of psychological effects and Extension neglect. Whereas reading the article about Less-is-better effect people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Less is more, Less is more (disambiguation), Omission bias, Distinction bias and Contrast effect.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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