Monk seal

Monachus - genus of mammals. This taxon is the 6559^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of taxon. Article “Monk seal” in English Wikipedia has 80.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 67 references and 14 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 “Monk seal” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Monk seal”, its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 459 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Monachus is on the 6559^th place in global ranking of taxon on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 564 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1731 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #17541 in February 2016
• Global: #8942 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #150445 in July 2022
• Global: #167764 in July 2022

There are 28 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) Monk seal		80.8703
2	Chinese (zh) 僧海豹		43.2261
3	French (fr) Phoque moine		33.8199
4	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Munkeselslekta		27.5827
5	Korean (ko) 몽크물범		27.0249
6	Greek (el) Φώκια μοναχός		26.5329
7	German (de) Mönchsrobben		26.0571
8	Spanish (es) Monachus		25.4158
9	Basque (eu) Monachus		25.3722
10	Ukrainian (uk) Monachini		24.8878

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Monk seal" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Monk seal		487 786
2	German (de) Mönchsrobben		189 286
3	French (fr) Phoque moine		128 743
4	Russian (ru) Тюлени-монахи		91 588
5	Spanish (es) Monachus		83 611
6	Greek (el) Φώκια μοναχός		54 891
7	Italian (it) Monachus		35 025
8	Chinese (zh) 僧海豹		34 444
9	Ukrainian (uk) Monachini		23 114
10	Dutch (nl) Monniksrobben		22 414

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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 "Monk seal" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Monk seal		4 641
2	German (de) Mönchsrobben		715
3	French (fr) Phoque moine		494
4	Russian (ru) Тюлени-монахи		396
5	Spanish (es) Monachus		300
6	Chinese (zh) 僧海豹		234
7	Greek (el) Φώκια μοναχός		197
8	Italian (it) Monachus		138
9	Serbian (sr) Морска медведица		112
10	Ukrainian (uk) Monachini		90

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

Language versions of the article "Monk seal" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Monk seal		102
2	German (de) Mönchsrobben		67
3	French (fr) Phoque moine		46
4	Spanish (es) Monachus		34
5	Italian (it) Monachus		24
6	Russian (ru) Тюлени-монахи		24
7	Dutch (nl) Monniksrobben		23
8	Hungarian (hu) Barátfóka		19
9	Portuguese (pt) Monachus		17
10	Swedish (sv) Munksälar		11

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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 "Monk seal" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Monk seal		2
2	Romanian (ro) Monachus		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) Monax suiti		0
4	Belarusian (be) Цюлені-манахі		0
5	Danish (da) Munkesæler		0
6	German (de) Mönchsrobben		0
7	Greek (el) Φώκια μοναχός		0
8	Spanish (es) Monachus		0
9	Basque (eu) Monachus		0
10	Persian (fa) فک‌های راهب		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 "Monk seal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Monk seal		564
2	Indonesian (id) Anjing laut rahib		256
3	Chinese (zh) 僧海豹		182
4	Portuguese (pt) Monachus		152
5	Ukrainian (uk) Monachini		93
6	Hebrew (he) כלבי ים נזיריים		59
7	Serbian (sr) Морска медведица		53
8	German (de) Mönchsrobben		49
9	French (fr) Phoque moine		49
10	Dutch (nl) Monniksrobben		44

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#	Language	Value
az	Azerbaijani Monax suiti
be	Belarusian Цюлені-манахі
da	Danish Munkesæler
de	German Mönchsrobben
el	Greek Φώκια μοναχός
en	English Monk seal
es	Spanish Monachus
eu	Basque Monachus
fa	Persian فک‌های راهب
fi	Finnish Munkkihylkeet
fr	French Phoque moine
he	Hebrew כלבי ים נזיריים
hu	Hungarian Barátfóka
id	Indonesian Anjing laut rahib
it	Italian Monachus
ko	Korean 몽크물범
la	Latin Monachus (genus)
lt	Lithuanian Ruoniai vienuoliai
nl	Dutch Monniksrobben
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Munkeselslekta
no	Norwegian Munkeseler
pt	Portuguese Monachus
ro	Romanian Monachus
ru	Russian Тюлени-монахи
sr	Serbian Морска медведица
sv	Swedish Munksälar
uk	Ukrainian Monachini
zh	Chinese 僧海豹

Best Rank

English: #150445 07.2022

Global: #167764 07.2022

Best Rank

English: #17541 02.2016

Global: #8942 02.2003

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