Philosopher king

Philosopher king - king who rules through love and knowledge, as described by Plato. Article “Philosopher king” in English Wikipedia has 47.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 44 references and 9 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 2026 the article “Philosopher king” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Philosopher king”, its content was written by 160 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 289 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 245 times in English Wikipedia and cited 612 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #22101 in May 2025
• Global: #27782 in November 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #33630 in October 2023
• Global: #61856 in October 2023

There are 17 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) Philosopher king		47.7252
2	Hebrew (he) מלך-פילוסוף		46.908
3	Serbian (sr) Краљ-филозоф		35.2937
4	Greek (el) Φιλόσοφος βασιλιάς		34.392
5	Chinese (zh) 哲学王		30.1341
6	Finnish (fi) Filosofikuningas		29.1031
7	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Filozof na vlasti		28.941
8	Romanian (ro) Rege filozof		26.7531
9	French (fr) Philosophe roi		21.7983
10	Dutch (nl) Filosoof-koning		18.867

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Philosopher king" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Philosopher king		2 003 949
2	Spanish (es) Rey filósofo		137 796
3	Japanese (ja) 哲人王 (プラトン)		127 005
4	French (fr) Philosophe roi		123 617
5	Chinese (zh) 哲学王		58 657
6	Persian (fa) شهریاران فیلسوف		43 874
7	Hebrew (he) מלך-פילוסוף		19 994
8	Korean (ko) 철인왕		13 577
9	Finnish (fi) Filosofikuningas		12 723
10	Dutch (nl) Filosoof-koning		8 002

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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 "Philosopher king" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Philosopher king		5 021
2	Chinese (zh) 哲学王		564
3	Japanese (ja) 哲人王 (プラトン)		505
4	French (fr) Philosophe roi		351
5	Indonesian (id) Filsuf Raja		211
6	Persian (fa) شهریاران فیلسوف		108
7	Spanish (es) Rey filósofo		101
8	Hebrew (he) מלך-פילוסוף		85
9	Korean (ko) 철인왕		39
10	Dutch (nl) Filosoof-koning		27

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Philosopher king		160
2	French (fr) Philosophe roi		33
3	Hebrew (he) מלך-פילוסוף		25
4	Spanish (es) Rey filósofo		14
5	Japanese (ja) 哲人王 (プラトン)		11
6	Persian (fa) شهریاران فیلسوف		8
7	Bulgarian (bg) Софокрация		6
8	Serbian (sr) Краљ-филозоф		6
9	Finnish (fi) Filosofikuningas		5
10	Greek (el) Φιλόσοφος βασιλιάς		4

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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 "Philosopher king" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Philosopher king		2
2	Hebrew (he) מלך-פילוסוף		1
3	Romanian (ro) Rege filozof		1
4	Arabic (ar) الفيلسوف الملك		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Софокрация		0
6	Greek (el) Φιλόσοφος βασιλιάς		0
7	Spanish (es) Rey filósofo		0
8	Persian (fa) شهریاران فیلسوف		0
9	Finnish (fi) Filosofikuningas		0
10	French (fr) Philosophe roi		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 "Philosopher king" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Philosopher king		245
2	Chinese (zh) 哲学王		75
3	Korean (ko) 철인왕		70
4	French (fr) Philosophe roi		61
5	Persian (fa) شهریاران فیلسوف		44
6	Japanese (ja) 哲人王 (プラトン)		30
7	Indonesian (id) Filsuf Raja		20
8	Spanish (es) Rey filósofo		18
9	Finnish (fi) Filosofikuningas		16
10	Hebrew (he) מלך-פילוסוף		15

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الفيلسوف الملك
bg	Bulgarian Софокрация
el	Greek Φιλόσοφος βασιλιάς
en	English Philosopher king
es	Spanish Rey filósofo
fa	Persian شهریاران فیلسوف
fi	Finnish Filosofikuningas
fr	French Philosophe roi
he	Hebrew מלך-פילוסוף
id	Indonesian Filsuf Raja
ja	Japanese 哲人王 (プラトン)
ko	Korean 철인왕
nl	Dutch Filosoof-koning
ro	Romanian Rege filozof
sh	Serbo-Croatian Filozof na vlasti
sr	Serbian Краљ-филозоф
zh	Chinese 哲学王

Best Rank

English: #33630 10.2023

Global: #61856 10.2023

Best Rank

English: #22101 05.2025

Global: #27782 11.2022

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