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Need theory - theory of human achievement and motivation by David McClelland (1961). Article “Need theory” in English Wikipedia has 25.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 9 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “Need theory” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Need theory”, its content was written by 41 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 107 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 21 times in English Wikipedia and cited 56 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #76785 in July 2015
  • Global: #80909 in October 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #99123 in May 2014
  • Global: #155824 in November 2014

There are 9 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
1Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצרכים של מקללנד
35.8155
2Portuguese (pt)
Teoria das necessidades adquiridas
33.0268
3German (de)
McClellands Theorie der gelernten Bedürfnisse
29.0574
4English (en)
Need theory
25.3818
5Persian (fa)
نظریه نیاز
24.5429
6Arabic (ar)
نظرية الحاجة
23.0561
7Finnish (fi)
Tarveteoria
19.6065
8Estonian (et)
Õpitud vajaduste teooria
2.8065
9Russian (ru)
Теория Макклелланда
1.2955
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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 "Need theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Need theory
999 346
2Russian (ru)
Теория Макклелланда
139 746
3Finnish (fi)
Tarveteoria
78 954
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria das necessidades adquiridas
54 759
5Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצרכים של מקללנד
20 504
6Arabic (ar)
نظرية الحاجة
16 141
7Estonian (et)
Õpitud vajaduste teooria
8 612
8German (de)
McClellands Theorie der gelernten Bedürfnisse
6 137
9Persian (fa)
نظریه نیاز
1 009
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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 "Need theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Need theory
1 311
2Russian (ru)
Теория Макклелланда
517
3German (de)
McClellands Theorie der gelernten Bedürfnisse
181
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria das necessidades adquiridas
169
5Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצרכים של מקללנד
85
6Finnish (fi)
Tarveteoria
75
7Arabic (ar)
نظرية الحاجة
48
8Persian (fa)
نظریه نیاز
25
9Estonian (et)
Õpitud vajaduste teooria
7
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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 "Need theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Need theory
41
2Finnish (fi)
Tarveteoria
14
3Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצרכים של מקללנד
13
4Russian (ru)
Теория Макклелланда
10
5German (de)
McClellands Theorie der gelernten Bedürfnisse
9
6Portuguese (pt)
Teoria das necessidades adquiridas
9
7Estonian (et)
Õpitud vajaduste teooria
6
8Persian (fa)
نظریه نیاز
3
9Arabic (ar)
نظرية الحاجة
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 "Need theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Need theory
2
2Arabic (ar)
نظرية الحاجة
0
3German (de)
McClellands Theorie der gelernten Bedürfnisse
0
4Estonian (et)
Õpitud vajaduste teooria
0
5Persian (fa)
نظریه نیاز
0
6Finnish (fi)
Tarveteoria
0
7Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצרכים של מקללנד
0
8Portuguese (pt)
Teoria das necessidades adquiridas
0
9Russian (ru)
Теория Макклелланда
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 "Need theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Need theory
21
2Finnish (fi)
Tarveteoria
8
3Russian (ru)
Теория Макклелланда
6
4Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצרכים של מקללנד
5
5Portuguese (pt)
Teoria das necessidades adquiridas
5
6Arabic (ar)
نظرية الحاجة
4
7Estonian (et)
Õpitud vajaduste teooria
4
8German (de)
McClellands Theorie der gelernten Bedürfnisse
2
9Persian (fa)
نظریه نیاز
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية الحاجة
deGerman
McClellands Theorie der gelernten Bedürfnisse
enEnglish
Need theory
etEstonian
Õpitud vajaduste teooria
faPersian
نظریه نیاز
fiFinnish
Tarveteoria
heHebrew
תאוריית הצרכים של מקללנד
ptPortuguese
Teoria das necessidades adquiridas
ruRussian
Теория Макклелланда

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#99123
05.2014
Global:
#155824
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#76785
07.2015
Global:
#80909
10.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Need theory from Wikipedia articles about Maslows hierarchy of needs, David McClelland, ERG theory, Need and Need for cognition. Whereas reading the article about Need theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on David McClelland, Need for achievement, Maslows hierarchy of needs, Need for power and Need for affiliation.

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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