Letter from Birmingham Jail

Letter from Birmingham Jail - open letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr. Article “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in English Wikipedia has 56.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 59 references and 9 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 “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, its content was written by 285 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 348 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 654 times in English Wikipedia and cited 824 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9321 in January 2013
• Global: #37798 in November 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #10387 in December 2012
• Global: #24289 in December 2012

There are 11 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) Letter from Birmingham Jail		56.7148
2	French (fr) Lettre de la prison de Birmingham		34.1998
3	Japanese (ja) バーミングハム刑務所からの手紙		32.9669
4	Russian (ru) Письмо из Бирмингемской тюрьмы		25.338
5	Italian (it) Lettera dalla prigione di Birmingham		16.4345
6	Chinese (zh) 伯明翰狱中书信		11.1645
7	Spanish (es) Carta desde la cárcel de Birmingham		7.9154
8	Esperanto (eo) Letero el la Birmingama prizono		6.1483
9	Uzbek (uz) Birmingem Qamoqxonasidan Noma		4.8826
10	Simple English (simple) Letter from Birmingham Jail		4.1911

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Letter from Birmingham Jail		4 162 282
2	Spanish (es) Carta desde la cárcel de Birmingham		68 451
3	Italian (it) Lettera dalla prigione di Birmingham		60 836
4	French (fr) Lettre de la prison de Birmingham		18 797
5	Chinese (zh) 伯明翰狱中书信		11 208
6	Russian (ru) Письмо из Бирмингемской тюрьмы		9 061
7	Japanese (ja) バーミングハム刑務所からの手紙		6 607
8	Bulgarian (bg) Писмо от затвора в Бирмингам		3 914
9	Simple English (simple) Letter from Birmingham Jail		3 066
10	Esperanto (eo) Letero el la Birmingama prizono		1 003

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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 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Letter from Birmingham Jail		6 004
2	French (fr) Lettre de la prison de Birmingham		255
3	Spanish (es) Carta desde la cárcel de Birmingham		254
4	Italian (it) Lettera dalla prigione di Birmingham		160
5	Japanese (ja) バーミングハム刑務所からの手紙		153
6	Chinese (zh) 伯明翰狱中书信		97
7	Russian (ru) Письмо из Бирмингемской тюрьмы		87
8	Simple English (simple) Letter from Birmingham Jail		28
9	Bulgarian (bg) Писмо от затвора в Бирмингам		14
10	Uzbek (uz) Birmingem Qamoqxonasidan Noma		12

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

Language versions of the article "Letter from Birmingham Jail" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Letter from Birmingham Jail		285
2	Italian (it) Lettera dalla prigione di Birmingham		17
3	Spanish (es) Carta desde la cárcel de Birmingham		10
4	French (fr) Lettre de la prison de Birmingham		8
5	Russian (ru) Письмо из Бирмингемской тюрьмы		6
6	Bulgarian (bg) Писмо от затвора в Бирмингам		5
7	Japanese (ja) バーミングハム刑務所からの手紙		5
8	Chinese (zh) 伯明翰狱中书信		5
9	Esperanto (eo) Letero el la Birmingama prizono		4
10	Simple English (simple) Letter from Birmingham Jail		2

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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 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Bulgarian (bg) Писмо от затвора в Бирмингам		0
2	English (en) Letter from Birmingham Jail		0
3	Esperanto (eo) Letero el la Birmingama prizono		0
4	Spanish (es) Carta desde la cárcel de Birmingham		0
5	French (fr) Lettre de la prison de Birmingham		0
6	Italian (it) Lettera dalla prigione di Birmingham		0
7	Japanese (ja) バーミングハム刑務所からの手紙		0
8	Russian (ru) Письмо из Бирмингемской тюрьмы		0
9	Simple English (simple) Letter from Birmingham Jail		0
10	Uzbek (uz) Birmingem Qamoqxonasidan Noma		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 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Letter from Birmingham Jail		654
2	Italian (it) Lettera dalla prigione di Birmingham		119
3	Spanish (es) Carta desde la cárcel de Birmingham		11
4	French (fr) Lettre de la prison de Birmingham		10
5	Chinese (zh) 伯明翰狱中书信		9
6	Esperanto (eo) Letero el la Birmingama prizono		8
7	Japanese (ja) バーミングハム刑務所からの手紙		7
8	Russian (ru) Письмо из Бирмингемской тюрьмы		4
9	Simple English (simple) Letter from Birmingham Jail		2
10	Bulgarian (bg) Писмо от затвора в Бирмингам		0

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Писмо от затвора в Бирмингам
en	English Letter from Birmingham Jail
eo	Esperanto Letero el la Birmingama prizono
es	Spanish Carta desde la cárcel de Birmingham
fr	French Lettre de la prison de Birmingham
it	Italian Lettera dalla prigione di Birmingham
ja	Japanese バーミングハム刑務所からの手紙
ru	Russian Письмо из Бирмингемской тюрьмы
simple	Simple English Letter from Birmingham Jail
uz	Uzbek Birmingem Qamoqxonasidan Noma
zh	Chinese 伯明翰狱中书信

Best Rank

English: #10387 12.2012

Global: #24289 12.2012

Best Rank

English: #9321 01.2013

Global: #37798 11.2022

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