October 7 attacks

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October 7 attacks - terrorist attack and massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023 carried out by the Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorist Group Hamas. This event is the 399^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 549^th most popular event in English Wikipedia. Article “October 7 attacks” in English Wikipedia has 96.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 683 references and 34 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

The 549^th most popular in events in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 399^th most popular in events.

Achievements in the last month:

English Wikipedia:

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The 3201^st most popular in English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 3068^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 1991^st most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “October 7 attacks” was edited by 7 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 46 authors in all languages (1991^st place).

Since the creation of article “October 7 attacks”, its content was written by 670 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 2359 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

October 7 attacks is on the 549^th place in local ranking of events in English Wikipedia and on the 399^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 3384 times in English Wikipedia (9067^th place) and cited 13236 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7 in October 2023
• Global: #3 in October 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #144 in October 2023
• Global: #31 in October 2023

There are 32 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Hebrew (he) טבח שבעה באוקטובר		100
2	German (de) Terrorangriff der Hamas auf Israel 2023		100
3	Ukrainian (uk) Напад на Ізраїль 7 жовтня 2023		100
4	Turkish (tr) 7 Ekim saldırıları		99.0839
5	Spanish (es) Ataques del 7 de octubre		97.9125
6	Russian (ru) Вторжение ХАМАС в Израиль		96.9231
7	English (en) October 7 attacks		96.7533
8	French (fr) Attaque du Hamas contre Israël d'octobre 2023		94.7368
9	Swedish (sv) Hamas attack mot Israel i oktober 2023		92.275
10	Portuguese (pt) Ataque do Hamas a Israel em 2023		91.5627

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) October 7 attacks		7 162 493
2	Arabic (ar) عملية طوفان الأقصى		2 770 828
3	Russian (ru) Вторжение ХАМАС в Израиль		1 899 650
4	Hebrew (he) טבח שבעה באוקטובר		1 497 230
5	German (de) Terrorangriff der Hamas auf Israel 2023		1 361 870
6	Persian (fa) حملات ۷ اکتبر		804 139
7	French (fr) Attaque du Hamas contre Israël d'octobre 2023		749 605
8	Italian (it) Attacco di Hamas a Israele del 2023		727 546
9	Spanish (es) Ataques del 7 de octubre		283 419
10	Chinese (zh) 2023年10月7日哈瑪斯襲擊以色列		171 475

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) October 7 attacks		124 360
2	Persian (fa) حملات ۷ اکتبر		20 086
3	Hebrew (he) טבח שבעה באוקטובר		14 327
4	Russian (ru) Вторжение ХАМАС в Израиль		9 342
5	French (fr) Attaque du Hamas contre Israël d'octobre 2023		8 999
6	German (de) Terrorangriff der Hamas auf Israel 2023		8 298
7	Italian (it) Attacco di Hamas a Israele del 2023		6 028
8	Spanish (es) Ataques del 7 de octubre		4 236
9	Chinese (zh) 2023年10月7日哈瑪斯襲擊以色列		2 068
10	Thai (th) การโจมตี 7 ตุลาคม		1 870

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) October 7 attacks		670
2	German (de) Terrorangriff der Hamas auf Israel 2023		373
3	Hebrew (he) טבח שבעה באוקטובר		345
4	French (fr) Attaque du Hamas contre Israël d'octobre 2023		168
5	Russian (ru) Вторжение ХАМАС в Израиль		129
6	Arabic (ar) عملية طوفان الأقصى		122
7	Italian (it) Attacco di Hamas a Israele del 2023		84
8	Spanish (es) Ataques del 7 de octubre		78
9	Persian (fa) حملات ۷ اکتبر		59
10	Portuguese (pt) Ataque do Hamas a Israel em 2023		44

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Hebrew (he) טבח שבעה באוקטובר		19
2	English (en) October 7 attacks		7
3	French (fr) Attaque du Hamas contre Israël d'octobre 2023		6
4	German (de) Terrorangriff der Hamas auf Israel 2023		5
5	Basque (eu) Israelen kontra Hamasek zuzendutako erasoa (2023ko urriaren 7a)		2
6	Persian (fa) حملات ۷ اکتبر		2
7	Catalan (ca) Atacs del 7 d'octubre a Israel		1
8	Spanish (es) Ataques del 7 de octubre		1
9	Korean (ko) 10월 7일 공격		1
10	Dutch (nl) Hamas-aanval in Israël 2023		1

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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