Optimism bias

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Optimism bias

Quality:

Optimism bias - cognitive bias that causes someone to believe that they themselves are less likely to experience a negative event. Article “Optimism bias” in English Wikipedia has 71.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 101 references and 23 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 “Optimism bias” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Optimism bias”, its content was written by 155 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 233 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 244 times in English Wikipedia and cited 856 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #11833 in March 2004
  • Global: #35143 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #88663 in March 2015
  • Global: #162911 in October 2008

There are 13 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
1English (en)
Optimism bias
71.5723
2Thai (th)
ความเอนเอียงโดยการมองในแง่ดี
59.1081
3Arabic (ar)
انحياز للتفاؤل
40.7616
4Swedish (sv)
Optimism-bias
38.4058
5French (fr)
Biais d'optimisme
38.2072
6Spanish (es)
Sesgo de optimismo
32.2502
7Hebrew (he)
הטיית תגובה אופטימית
32.1412
8Ukrainian (uk)
Упередженість оптимізму
29.9233
9Persian (fa)
سوگیری خوش‌بینی
21.7501
10Chinese (zh)
乐观偏误
19.4783
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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 "Optimism bias" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Optimism bias
1 445 323
2French (fr)
Biais d'optimisme
33 391
3Chinese (zh)
乐观偏误
17 845
4Arabic (ar)
انحياز للتفاؤل
8 937
5Spanish (es)
Sesgo de optimismo
5 035
6Thai (th)
ความเอนเอียงโดยการมองในแง่ดี
4 205
7Persian (fa)
سوگیری خوش‌بینی
4 114
8Ukrainian (uk)
Упередженість оптимізму
3 727
9Bulgarian (bg)
Оптимистична склонност
3 161
10Portuguese (pt)
Viés do otimismo
2 878
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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 "Optimism bias" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Optimism bias
4 651
2Chinese (zh)
乐观偏误
299
3French (fr)
Biais d'optimisme
200
4Spanish (es)
Sesgo de optimismo
81
5Korean (ko)
낙관적 편향
76
6Portuguese (pt)
Viés do otimismo
60
7Hebrew (he)
הטיית תגובה אופטימית
58
8Persian (fa)
سوگیری خوش‌بینی
52
9Ukrainian (uk)
Упередженість оптимізму
45
10Arabic (ar)
انحياز للتفاؤل
28
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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 "Optimism bias" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Optimism bias
155
2French (fr)
Biais d'optimisme
21
3Ukrainian (uk)
Упередженість оптимізму
9
4Arabic (ar)
انحياز للتفاؤل
7
5Chinese (zh)
乐观偏误
7
6Bulgarian (bg)
Оптимистична склонност
6
7Persian (fa)
سوگیری خوش‌بینی
6
8Swedish (sv)
Optimism-bias
6
9Hebrew (he)
הטיית תגובה אופטימית
5
10Thai (th)
ความเอนเอียงโดยการมองในแง่ดี
5
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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 "Optimism bias" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
انحياز للتفاؤل
1
2English (en)
Optimism bias
1
3Bulgarian (bg)
Оптимистична склонност
0
4Spanish (es)
Sesgo de optimismo
0
5Persian (fa)
سوگیری خوش‌بینی
0
6French (fr)
Biais d'optimisme
0
7Hebrew (he)
הטיית תגובה אופטימית
0
8Korean (ko)
낙관적 편향
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Viés do otimismo
0
10Swedish (sv)
Optimism-bias
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 "Optimism bias" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Optimism bias
244
2Chinese (zh)
乐观偏误
241
3Arabic (ar)
انحياز للتفاؤل
91
4French (fr)
Biais d'optimisme
87
5Ukrainian (uk)
Упередженість оптимізму
71
6Persian (fa)
سوگیری خوش‌بینی
46
7Thai (th)
ความเอนเอียงโดยการมองในแง่ดี
31
8Hebrew (he)
הטיית תגובה אופטימית
13
9Korean (ko)
낙관적 편향
11
10Spanish (es)
Sesgo de optimismo
9
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
انحياز للتفاؤل
bgBulgarian
Оптимистична склонност
enEnglish
Optimism bias
esSpanish
Sesgo de optimismo
faPersian
سوگیری خوش‌بینی
frFrench
Biais d'optimisme
heHebrew
הטיית תגובה אופטימית
koKorean
낙관적 편향
ptPortuguese
Viés do otimismo
svSwedish
Optimism-bias
thThai
ความเอนเอียงโดยการมองในแง่ดี
ukUkrainian
Упередженість оптимізму
zhChinese
乐观偏误

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#88663
03.2015
Global:
#162911
10.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#11833
03.2004
Global:
#35143
03.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Optimism bias from Wikipedia articles about List of cognitive biases, Soulmate, Planning fallacy, Illusion of control and Hofstadters law. Whereas reading the article about Optimism bias people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Cognitive bias, Depressive realism, Autism, List of cognitive biases and Toxic positivity.

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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