PEST analysis

PEST analysis - framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Article “PEST analysis” in English Wikipedia has 49.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 28 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.59 points.

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 2026 the article “PEST analysis” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “PEST analysis”, its content was written by 211 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 693 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 80 times in English Wikipedia and cited 414 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #15339 in October 2012
• Global: #15854 in December 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #5208 in November 2013
• Global: #7196 in November 2013

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	English (en) PEST analysis		49.1233
2	Persian (fa) آنالیز پی‌ئی‌اس‌تی		22.7223
3	Spanish (es) Análisis PEST		21.0108
4	Chinese (zh) PEST分析		19.4153
5	Swedish (sv) PEST-analys		18.8845
6	Serbian (sr) PEST analiza		18.4039
7	Indonesian (id) Analisis PEST		18.3349
8	Arabic (ar) تحليل البيئة الخارجية والمحيطة		17.7985
9	French (fr) Analyse PESTEL		17.308
10	Ukrainian (uk) PEST-аналіз		14.5674

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

The most popular language versions of the article "PEST analysis" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) PEST analysis		7 585 891
2	Spanish (es) Análisis PEST		1 911 255
3	Russian (ru) PEST-анализ		1 492 118
4	French (fr) Analyse PESTEL		1 486 364
5	Chinese (zh) PEST分析		928 097
6	German (de) STEP-Analyse		607 303
7	Portuguese (pt) Análise PEST		317 098
8	Polish (pl) PEST		313 735
9	Czech (cs) PEST analýza		259 055
10	Dutch (nl) STEP-analyse		255 554

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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 "PEST analysis" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) PEST analysis		2 550
2	French (fr) Analyse PESTEL		979
3	Russian (ru) PEST-анализ		596
4	Chinese (zh) PEST分析		552
5	Spanish (es) Análisis PEST		430
6	German (de) STEP-Analyse		255
7	Italian (it) Analisi PEST		183
8	Czech (cs) PEST analýza		178
9	Japanese (ja) PEST分析		175
10	Korean (ko) PEST 분석		120

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

Language versions of the article "PEST analysis" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) PEST analysis		211
2	Spanish (es) Análisis PEST		58
3	French (fr) Analyse PESTEL		56
4	Russian (ru) PEST-анализ		47
5	German (de) STEP-Analyse		41
6	Italian (it) Analisi PEST		32
7	Dutch (nl) STEP-analyse		28
8	Polish (pl) PEST		20
9	Portuguese (pt) Análise PEST		19
10	Danish (da) PEST-analyse		17

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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 "PEST analysis" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) تحليل البيئة الخارجية والمحيطة		2
2	English (en) PEST analysis		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) PEST analizi		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) ПЕСТ анализ		0
5	Catalan (ca) Anàlisi PESTEL		0
6	Czech (cs) PEST analýza		0
7	Danish (da) PEST-analyse		0
8	German (de) STEP-Analyse		0
9	Greek (el) Ανάλυση PEST		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Analizo PEST		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 "PEST analysis" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) PEST分析		101
2	English (en) PEST analysis		80
3	Chinese (zh) PEST分析		51
4	Azerbaijani (az) PEST analizi		24
5	Russian (ru) PEST-анализ		16
6	Persian (fa) آنالیز پی‌ئی‌اس‌تی		14
7	Indonesian (id) Analisis PEST		14
8	French (fr) Analyse PESTEL		11
9	Arabic (ar) تحليل البيئة الخارجية والمحيطة		10
10	German (de) STEP-Analyse		10

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تحليل البيئة الخارجية والمحيطة
az	Azerbaijani PEST analizi
bg	Bulgarian ПЕСТ анализ
ca	Catalan Anàlisi PESTEL
cs	Czech PEST analýza
da	Danish PEST-analyse
de	German STEP-Analyse
el	Greek Ανάλυση PEST
en	English PEST analysis
eo	Esperanto Analizo PEST
es	Spanish Análisis PEST
et	Estonian PEST-analüüs
fa	Persian آنالیز پی‌ئی‌اس‌تی
fr	French Analyse PESTEL
he	Hebrew ניתוח PEST
hi	Hindi पेस्ट विश्लेषण
hy	Armenian PEST անալիզ
id	Indonesian Analisis PEST
it	Italian Analisi PEST
ja	Japanese PEST分析
ka	Georgian PEST-ანალიზი
ko	Korean PEST 분석
nl	Dutch STEP-analyse
pl	Polish PEST
pt	Portuguese Análise PEST
ru	Russian PEST-анализ
sl	Slovenian PEST analiza
sr	Serbian PEST analiza
sv	Swedish PEST-analys
uk	Ukrainian PEST-аналіз
vi	Vietnamese Phân tích PEST
zh	Chinese PEST分析

Best Rank

English: #5208 11.2013

Global: #7196 11.2013

Best Rank

English: #15339 10.2012

Global: #15854 12.2011

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