Olduvai theory

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Olduvai theory

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Olduvai theory - hypothesis that industrial civilization (as defined by per capita energy production) will have a lifetime of less than or equal to 100 years (1930–2030). Article “Olduvai theory” in English Wikipedia has 90 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 222 references and 20 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 10 points.

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

In June 2025 the article “Olduvai theory” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Olduvai theory”, its content was written by 126 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 309 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 5 times in English Wikipedia and cited 120 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12203 in June 2022
  • Global: #36997 in November 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #39142 in October 2024
  • Global: #53099 in October 2024

There are 12 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
1Spanish (es)
Teoría de Olduvai
100
2English (en)
Olduvai theory
90
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية أولدوفاي
32.6573
4Ukrainian (uk)
Олдувайська теорія
31.4586
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria d'Olduvai
26.7365
6Finnish (fi)
Olduvai-teoria
26.0686
7Basque (eu)
Olduvaiko teoria
23.3436
8French (fr)
Théorie d'Olduvaï
21.8525
9Polish (pl)
Teoria Olduvai
20.3416
10Persian (fa)
نظریه الدوای
15.5284
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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 "Olduvai theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Spanish (es)
Teoría de Olduvai
558 166
2English (en)
Olduvai theory
122 254
3Italian (it)
Teoria di Olduvai
52 314
4Polish (pl)
Teoria Olduvai
52 255
5French (fr)
Théorie d'Olduvaï
48 633
6Persian (fa)
نظریه الدوای
11 980
7Finnish (fi)
Olduvai-teoria
6 384
8Romanian (ro)
Teoria Olduvai
3 870
9Catalan (ca)
Teoria d'Olduvai
3 556
10Basque (eu)
Olduvaiko teoria
681
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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 "Olduvai theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Olduvai theory
3 058
2Spanish (es)
Teoría de Olduvai
1 003
3Italian (it)
Teoria di Olduvai
236
4French (fr)
Théorie d'Olduvaï
228
5Polish (pl)
Teoria Olduvai
213
6Ukrainian (uk)
Олдувайська теорія
181
7Persian (fa)
نظریه الدوای
55
8Finnish (fi)
Olduvai-teoria
26
9Arabic (ar)
نظرية أولدوفاي
20
10Romanian (ro)
Teoria Olduvai
12
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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 "Olduvai theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Olduvai theory
126
2Spanish (es)
Teoría de Olduvai
79
3Italian (it)
Teoria di Olduvai
34
4French (fr)
Théorie d'Olduvaï
30
5Polish (pl)
Teoria Olduvai
12
6Finnish (fi)
Olduvai-teoria
8
7Persian (fa)
نظریه الدوای
7
8Catalan (ca)
Teoria d'Olduvai
4
9Romanian (ro)
Teoria Olduvai
3
10Arabic (ar)
نظرية أولدوفاي
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 "Olduvai theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Olduvai theory
1
2Ukrainian (uk)
Олдувайська теорія
1
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية أولدوفاي
0
4Catalan (ca)
Teoria d'Olduvai
0
5Spanish (es)
Teoría de Olduvai
0
6Basque (eu)
Olduvaiko teoria
0
7Persian (fa)
نظریه الدوای
0
8Finnish (fi)
Olduvai-teoria
0
9French (fr)
Théorie d'Olduvaï
0
10Italian (it)
Teoria di Olduvai
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 "Olduvai theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Spanish (es)
Teoría de Olduvai
43
2Finnish (fi)
Olduvai-teoria
26
3Italian (it)
Teoria di Olduvai
15
4French (fr)
Théorie d'Olduvaï
11
5Persian (fa)
نظریه الدوای
8
6English (en)
Olduvai theory
5
7Polish (pl)
Teoria Olduvai
4
8Catalan (ca)
Teoria d'Olduvai
2
9Basque (eu)
Olduvaiko teoria
2
10Romanian (ro)
Teoria Olduvai
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية أولدوفاي
caCatalan
Teoria d'Olduvai
enEnglish
Olduvai theory
esSpanish
Teoría de Olduvai
euBasque
Olduvaiko teoria
faPersian
نظریه الدوای
fiFinnish
Olduvai-teoria
frFrench
Théorie d'Olduvaï
itItalian
Teoria di Olduvai
plPolish
Teoria Olduvai
roRomanian
Teoria Olduvai
ukUkrainian
Олдувайська теорія

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#39142
10.2024
Global:
#53099
10.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12203
06.2022
Global:
#36997
11.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Olduvai theory from Wikipedia articles about Silurian hypothesis, Peak oil, Club of Rome, Human extinction and 2030s. Whereas reading the article about Olduvai theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Oldowan, Olduvai Gorge, Malthusianism, Richard C. Duncan and Hubbert peak theory.

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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