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Plain language

Quality:

Plain language - writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. Article "Plain language" in English Wikipedia has 60.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 64 references and 17 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Plain language", its content was written by 155 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 392 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 71 times in English Wikipedia and cited 211 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5650 in August 2003
  • Global: #11527 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #134684 in February 2022
  • Global: #180115 in February 2022

There are 18 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)
Plain language
60.388
2German (de)
Einfache Sprache
55.2423
3Arabic (ar)
لغة واضحة
44.5601
4Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Klarspråk
38.5949
5Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
33.9126
6Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
31.9652
7Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
28.4286
8Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
25.5679
9Tamil (ta)
எளிய மொழி
25.151
10Hindi (hi)
सरल भाषा
23.4291
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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 "Plain language" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Plain language
453 847
2Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
225 592
3German (de)
Einfache Sprache
171 263
4Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem simples
74 491
5Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
21 040
6Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
8 506
7Russian (ru)
Простой язык
7 783
8Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
6 356
9Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
4 770
10Thai (th)
ภาษาเรียบง่าย
4 660
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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 "Plain language" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Plain language
1 605
2German (de)
Einfache Sprache
1 113
3Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
307
4Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
106
5Russian (ru)
Простой язык
104
6Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem simples
97
7Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
58
8Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
49
9Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
42
10Tamil (ta)
எளிய மொழி
31
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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 "Plain language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Plain language
155
2German (de)
Einfache Sprache
73
3Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
33
4Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
23
5Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem simples
18
6Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
16
7Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
15
8Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
11
9Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
9
10Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
8
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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 "Plain language" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Einfache Sprache
1
2Arabic (ar)
لغة واضحة
0
3Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
0
4English (en)
Plain language
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
0
6Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
0
7Basque (eu)
Hizkera argia eta erraza
0
8Persian (fa)
زبان واضح
0
9Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
0
10Hindi (hi)
सरल भाषा
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 "Plain language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Plain language
71
2German (de)
Einfache Sprache
39
3Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
20
4Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
18
5Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
11
6Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
9
7Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
8
8Persian (fa)
زبان واضح
7
9Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
7
10Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem simples
7
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
لغة واضحة
caCatalan
Llenguatge planer
deGerman
Einfache Sprache
enEnglish
Plain language
eoEsperanto
Facila Lingvo
esSpanish
Lenguaje claro
euBasque
Hizkera argia eta erraza
faPersian
زبان واضح
heHebrew
פישוט לשוני
hiHindi
सरल भाषा
jaJapanese
プレインランゲージ
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Klarspråk
noNorwegian
Klarspråk
ptPortuguese
Linguagem simples
ruRussian
Простой язык
svSwedish
Klarspråk
taTamil
எளிய மொழி
thThai
ภาษาเรียบง่าย

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#134684
02.2022
Global:
#180115
02.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5650
08.2003
Global:
#11527
03.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Plain language from Wikipedia articles about Plain English, Leichte Sprache, Tagesschau, Shall and will and Inkhorn term. Whereas reading the article about Plain language people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Leichte Sprache, Plain English, Verbosity, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Laconic phrase.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 12 August 2025

On 12 August 2025 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Wednesday, Georgina Rodríguez, ChatGPT, Weapons, Jenna Ortega, deaths in 2025, Taylor Swift, Miguel Uribe Turbay, 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Weapons (2025 film), Danielle Spencer (American actress), Cristiano Ronaldo, Deaths in 2025, Taylor Swift, Wednesday (TV series), Superman (2025 film), Georgina Rodríguez, Coolie (2025 film), The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

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