Matthew effect

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Matthew effect

Quality:

Matthew effect - greater accumulation of wealth or status by those who already have it. Article “Matthew effect” in English Wikipedia has 51.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 49 references and 15 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5.74 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.

Since the creation of article “Matthew effect”, its content was written by 250 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 800 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 77 times in English Wikipedia and cited 425 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5776 in July 2003
  • Global: #12710 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #639 in September 2014
  • Global: #3199 in September 2014

There are 31 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Matthew effect
51.6464
2Croatian (hr)
Matejev učinak
50.0882
3Catalan (ca)
Efecte Mateu
38.3114
4Turkish (tr)
Matta etkisi
37.5744
5Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект Матвія
36.1289
6Indonesian (id)
Efek Matius
34.6359
7Russian (ru)
Эффект Матфея
30.6775
8Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Matteusprinsippet
30.4083
9Chinese (zh)
马太效应
30.0497
10Dutch (nl)
Mattheuseffect
26.4795
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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 "Matthew effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Matthew effect
2 990 074
2Chinese (zh)
马太效应
916 726
3German (de)
Matthäus-Effekt
829 336
4Spanish (es)
Efecto Mateo
295 070
5Russian (ru)
Эффект Матфея
268 852
6Dutch (nl)
Mattheuseffect
240 370
7French (fr)
Effet Matthieu
191 800
8Polish (pl)
Efekt św. Mateusza
84 120
9Japanese (ja)
マタイ効果
83 279
10Italian (it)
Effetto San Matteo
78 725
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Matthew effect" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Matthew effect
8 301
2Chinese (zh)
马太效应
2 283
3German (de)
Matthäus-Effekt
2 135
4Russian (ru)
Эффект Матфея
1 065
5Japanese (ja)
マタイ効果
967
6French (fr)
Effet Matthieu
757
7Spanish (es)
Efecto Mateo
416
8Polish (pl)
Efekt św. Mateusza
349
9Dutch (nl)
Mattheuseffect
292
10Korean (ko)
마태 효과
271
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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 "Matthew effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Matthew effect
250
2German (de)
Matthäus-Effekt
120
3French (fr)
Effet Matthieu
60
4Dutch (nl)
Mattheuseffect
51
5Chinese (zh)
马太效应
49
6Italian (it)
Effetto San Matteo
32
7Spanish (es)
Efecto Mateo
28
8Hebrew (he)
אפקט מתי
21
9Russian (ru)
Эффект Матфея
20
10Polish (pl)
Efekt św. Mateusza
19
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Matthew effect" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Hebrew (he)
אפקט מתי
2
2German (de)
Matthäus-Effekt
1
3Italian (it)
Effetto San Matteo
1
4Arabic (ar)
تأثير متى
0
5Catalan (ca)
Efecte Mateu
0
6Czech (cs)
Matoušův efekt
0
7Danish (da)
Matthæuseffekten
0
8English (en)
Matthew effect
0
9Spanish (es)
Efecto Mateo
0
10Basque (eu)
Mateo efektu
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 "Matthew effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Matthew effect
77
2Chinese (zh)
马太效应
76
3Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект Матвія
52
4Spanish (es)
Efecto Mateo
25
5French (fr)
Effet Matthieu
24
6German (de)
Matthäus-Effekt
22
7Dutch (nl)
Mattheuseffect
16
8Catalan (ca)
Efecte Mateu
14
9Korean (ko)
마태 효과
14
10Persian (fa)
اثر متیو
11
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تأثير متى
caCatalan
Efecte Mateu
csCzech
Matoušův efekt
daDanish
Matthæuseffekten
deGerman
Matthäus-Effekt
enEnglish
Matthew effect
esSpanish
Efecto Mateo
euBasque
Mateo efektu
faPersian
اثر متیو
fiFinnish
Matteus-vaikutus
frFrench
Effet Matthieu
heHebrew
אפקט מתי
hrCroatian
Matejev učinak
idIndonesian
Efek Matius
itItalian
Effetto San Matteo
jaJapanese
マタイ効果
koKorean
마태 효과
nlDutch
Mattheuseffect
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Matteusprinsippet
noNorwegian
Matteuseffekten
plPolish
Efekt św. Mateusza
ptPortuguese
Efeito Mateus
ruRussian
Эффект Матфея
simpleSimple English
Matthew effect
slSlovenian
Matejev učinek
srSerbian
Матејев ефекат
svSwedish
Matteuseffekten
trTurkish
Matta etkisi
ukUkrainian
Ефект Матвія
uzUzbek
Matthew effekti
zhChinese
马太效应

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#639
09.2014
Global:
#3199
09.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5776
07.2003
Global:
#12710
07.2003

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Matthew effect from Wikipedia articles about Matilda effect, Impostor syndrome, Eat the rich, Stiglers law of eponymy and Trickle-down economics. Whereas reading the article about Matthew effect people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Parable of the talents or minas, The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, Matilda effect, Robert K. Merton and Poverty trap.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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