Paul is dead

Quality:
17

Paul is dead - urban legend suggesting that Paul McCartney died and was replaced by a look-alike. Article "Paul is dead" in English Wikipedia has 85.7 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 164 references and 12 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Achievements in all the time:
English Wikipedia:
The 4500th most editable in English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 8770th most popular in AI.

In July 2024 the article "Paul is dead" was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 11 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Paul is dead", its content was written by 1129 registered users of English Wikipedia (4500th place) and edited by 2623 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (8770th place).

The article is cited 926 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4859 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #507 in July 2004
  • Global: #1648 in January 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #2852 in September 2009
  • Global: #3570 in September 2009

There are 33 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 August 1, 2024 (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)
Paul is dead
85.7143
2Russian (ru)
Легенда о смерти Пола Маккартни
70.6374
3Hungarian (hu)
Paul halott
61.9542
4Italian (it)
Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney
57.9689
5Dutch (nl)
Paul is dead
54.3864
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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 "Paul is dead" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Paul is dead
9 767 743
2Spanish (es)
Paul está muerto
2 721 346
3Italian (it)
Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney
1 849 636
4German (de)
Paul is dead
868 788
5Portuguese (pt)
Lenda da morte de Paul McCartney
777 442
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Paul is dead" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Paul is dead
28 506
2Spanish (es)
Paul está muerto
4 634
3Italian (it)
Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney
2 625
4Russian (ru)
Легенда о смерти Пола Маккартни
1 510
5German (de)
Paul is dead
1 373
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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 "Paul is dead" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Paul is dead
1 129
2Italian (it)
Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney
211
3Spanish (es)
Paul está muerto
194
4German (de)
Paul is dead
184
5Dutch (nl)
Paul is dead
172
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Paul is dead" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Paul is dead
4
2Russian (ru)
Легенда о смерти Пола Маккартни
3
3Hungarian (hu)
Paul halott
2
4French (fr)
Légende sur la mort de Paul McCartney
1
5Portuguese (pt)
Lenda da morte de Paul McCartney
1
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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 "Paul is dead" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Italian (it)
Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney
948
2English (en)
Paul is dead
926
3Russian (ru)
Легенда о смерти Пола Маккартни
351
4Georgian (ka)
პოლი მკვდარია
330
5Norwegian (no)
Paul is dead
238
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أسطورة بول ميت
beBelarusian
Легенда пра смерць Пола Мак-Картні
bgBulgarian
Пол е мъртъв
csCzech
Konspirační teorie o smrti Paula McCartneyho
daDanish
Paul is Dead
deGerman
Paul is dead
enEnglish
Paul is dead
esSpanish
Paul está muerto
etEstonian
Paul McCartney surma varjamine
faPersian
پل مرده‌است
fiFinnish
Paul on kuollut
frFrench
Légende sur la mort de Paul McCartney
heHebrew
תאוריית הקשר על מותו של פול מקרטני
huHungarian
Paul halott
hyArmenian
Փոլ ՄաքՔարթնիի մահվան լեգենդ
idIndonesian
Paul telah mati
itItalian
Leggenda della morte di Paul McCartney
jaJapanese
ポール死亡説
kaGeorgian
პოლი მკვდარია
koKorean
폴 매카트니 사망설
ltLithuanian
Polas yra miręs
nlDutch
Paul is dead
noNorwegian
Paul is dead
plPolish
Paul nie żyje
ptPortuguese
Lenda da morte de Paul McCartney
ruRussian
Легенда о смерти Пола Маккартни
simpleSimple English
Paul is dead
srSerbian
Пол је мртав
svSwedish
Paul is dead
thThai
พอลตายแล้ว
ukUkrainian
Легенда про смерть Пола Маккартні
viVietnamese
Tin đồn về cái chết của Paul McCartney
zhChinese
保羅已死

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2852
09.2009
Global:
#3570
09.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#507
07.2004
Global:
#1648
01.2006

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Paul is dead from Wikipedia articles about Paul McCartney, Abbey Road, List of conspiracy theories, Avril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theory and Backmasking. Whereas reading the article about Paul is dead people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Paul McCartney, Paul Is Live, Abbey Road, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and Backmasking.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Paul is dead

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