Once upon a time

Once upon a time - fairytales opening lines. Article “Once upon a time” in English Wikipedia has 32 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 12 references and 5 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Once upon a time” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Once upon a time”, its content was written by 304 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 510 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 28 times in English Wikipedia and cited 157 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8227 in November 2011
• Global: #26553 in April 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #1898 in October 2011
• Global: #6560 in October 2011

There are 16 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	Catalan (ca) Això era una vegada (expressió)		32.1843
2	English (en) Once upon a time		31.9582
3	Norwegian (no) Det var en gang		24.2097
4	Galician (gl) Era unha vez		23.206
5	Italian (it) C'era una volta (espressione)		16.9385
6	Persian (fa) یکی بود، یکی نبود		16.698
7	German (de) Es war einmal … (Phrase)		15.8256
8	Indonesian (id) Pada suatu waktu		15.5314
9	Korean (ko) 옛날 옛적에		14.4866
10	Swedish (sv) Det var en gång		14.4835

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Once upon a time" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Once upon a time		3 194 375
2	French (fr) Il était une fois (expression)		214 368
3	German (de) Es war einmal … (Phrase)		173 144
4	Spanish (es) Érase una vez (expresión)		151 297
5	Italian (it) C'era una volta (espressione)		72 599
6	Portuguese (pt) Era uma vez (expressão)		61 450
7	Persian (fa) یکی بود، یکی نبود		34 894
8	Swedish (sv) Det var en gång		26 990
9	Arabic (ar) كان يا ما كان (عبارة)		20 531
10	Vietnamese (vi) Ngày xửa ngày xưa		17 566

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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 "Once upon a time" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Once upon a time		3 031
2	German (de) Es war einmal … (Phrase)		377
3	French (fr) Il était une fois (expression)		337
4	Persian (fa) یکی بود، یکی نبود		208
5	Italian (it) C'era una volta (espressione)		180
6	Spanish (es) Érase una vez (expresión)		135
7	Vietnamese (vi) Ngày xửa ngày xưa		86
8	Portuguese (pt) Era uma vez (expressão)		50
9	Korean (ko) 옛날 옛적에		34
10	Romanian (ro) A fost odată ca niciodată (expresie)		23

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

Language versions of the article "Once upon a time" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Once upon a time		304
2	German (de) Es war einmal … (Phrase)		62
3	French (fr) Il était une fois (expression)		40
4	Italian (it) C'era una volta (espressione)		25
5	Spanish (es) Érase una vez (expresión)		18
6	Norwegian (no) Det var en gang		15
7	Arabic (ar) كان يا ما كان (عبارة)		10
8	Vietnamese (vi) Ngày xửa ngày xưa		10
9	Korean (ko) 옛날 옛적에		7
10	Portuguese (pt) Era uma vez (expressão)		5

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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 "Once upon a time" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Once upon a time		2
2	Arabic (ar) كان يا ما كان (عبارة)		1
3	Indonesian (id) Pada suatu waktu		1
4	Catalan (ca) Això era una vegada (expressió)		0
5	German (de) Es war einmal … (Phrase)		0
6	Spanish (es) Érase una vez (expresión)		0
7	Persian (fa) یکی بود، یکی نبود		0
8	French (fr) Il était une fois (expression)		0
9	Galician (gl) Era unha vez		0
10	Italian (it) C'era una volta (espressione)		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 "Once upon a time" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Il était une fois (expression)		40
2	English (en) Once upon a time		28
3	German (de) Es war einmal … (Phrase)		16
4	Persian (fa) یکی بود، یکی نبود		16
5	Korean (ko) 옛날 옛적에		16
6	Italian (it) C'era una volta (espressione)		9
7	Vietnamese (vi) Ngày xửa ngày xưa		8
8	Spanish (es) Érase una vez (expresión)		6
9	Swedish (sv) Det var en gång		6
10	Norwegian (no) Det var en gang		5

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic كان يا ما كان (عبارة)
ca	Catalan Això era una vegada (expressió)
de	German Es war einmal … (Phrase)
en	English Once upon a time
es	Spanish Érase una vez (expresión)
fa	Persian یکی بود، یکی نبود
fr	French Il était une fois (expression)
gl	Galician Era unha vez
id	Indonesian Pada suatu waktu
it	Italian C'era una volta (espressione)
ko	Korean 옛날 옛적에
no	Norwegian Det var en gang
pt	Portuguese Era uma vez (expressão)
ro	Romanian A fost odată ca niciodată (expresie)
sv	Swedish Det var en gång
vi	Vietnamese Ngày xửa ngày xưa

Best Rank

English: #1898 10.2011

Global: #6560 10.2011

Best Rank

English: #8227 11.2011

Global: #26553 04.2007

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