Light and Darkness (novel)

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Light and Darkness (novel)

Quality:

Light and Darkness - novel by Natsume Sōseki. This book is the 9276th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “Light and Darkness (novel)” in English Wikipedia has 35.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 references and 5 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is Japanese.

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 9276th most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “Light and Darkness (novel)”, its content was written by 23 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 47 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Light and Darkness is on the 9276th place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 27 times in English Wikipedia and cited 103 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #130134 in October 2018
  • Global: #360288 in March 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #769795 in October 2016
  • Global: #228162 in October 2016

There are 2 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)
Light and Darkness (novel)
35.7698
2Japanese (ja)
明暗
5.2088
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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 "Light and Darkness (novel)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
明暗
452 594
2English (en)
Light and Darkness (novel)
84 534
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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 "Light and Darkness (novel)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
明暗
1 415
2English (en)
Light and Darkness (novel)
534
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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 "Light and Darkness (novel)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
明暗
24
2English (en)
Light and Darkness (novel)
23
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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 "Light and Darkness (novel)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Light and Darkness (novel)
0
2Japanese (ja)
明暗
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 "Light and Darkness (novel)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
明暗
76
2English (en)
Light and Darkness (novel)
27
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Light and Darkness (novel)
jaJapanese
明暗

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#769795
10.2016
Global:
#228162
10.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#130134
10.2018
Global:
#360288
03.2010

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Light and Darkness from Wikipedia articles about Natsume Sōseki, Legendary Gambler Tetsuya, Minae Mizumura, May 26 and Yugawara Onsen. Whereas reading the article about Light and Darkness people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Natsume Sōseki, Wikipedia article, Minae Mizumura, I Am a Cat and V. H. Viglielmo.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

ja: 明暗

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