Powder keg of Europe

Powder keg of Europe - Metaphor for the political situation of the Balkans in the early 20th century. Article “Powder keg of Europe” in English Wikipedia has 13.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.7 points.

This article has the best quality in Serbian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Powder keg of Europe”, its content was written by 92 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 186 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 377 times in English Wikipedia and cited 467 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #38294 in February 2010
• Global: #58967 in May 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #153861 in January 2008
• Global: #57511 in September 2009

There are 7 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Serbian (sr) Балканско буре барута		19.1455
2	Polish (pl) Kocioł bałkański		14.4849
3	English (en) Powder keg of Europe		13.253
4	Arabic (ar) برميل بارود أوروبا		11.1942
5	Chinese (zh) 歐洲火藥桶		10.9486
6	Finnish (fi) Balkanin ruutitynnyri		10.6685
7	French (fr) Poudrière des Balkans		10.5177

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Powder keg of Europe" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Powder keg of Europe		691 994
2	Polish (pl) Kocioł bałkański		612 581
3	French (fr) Poudrière des Balkans		51 802
4	Finnish (fi) Balkanin ruutitynnyri		26 633
5	Chinese (zh) 歐洲火藥桶		12 446
6	Arabic (ar) برميل بارود أوروبا		4 640
7	Serbian (sr) Балканско буре барута		1 091

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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 "Powder keg of Europe" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Powder keg of Europe		1 651
2	Polish (pl) Kocioł bałkański		498
3	Chinese (zh) 歐洲火藥桶		453
4	French (fr) Poudrière des Balkans		245
5	Finnish (fi) Balkanin ruutitynnyri		44
6	Arabic (ar) برميل بارود أوروبا		27
7	Serbian (sr) Балканско буре барута		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 "Powder keg of Europe" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Powder keg of Europe		92
2	Polish (pl) Kocioł bałkański		48
3	Finnish (fi) Balkanin ruutitynnyri		20
4	French (fr) Poudrière des Balkans		14
5	Arabic (ar) برميل بارود أوروبا		5
6	Chinese (zh) 歐洲火藥桶		4
7	Serbian (sr) Балканско буре барута		3

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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 "Powder keg of Europe" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) برميل بارود أوروبا		0
2	English (en) Powder keg of Europe		0
3	Finnish (fi) Balkanin ruutitynnyri		0
4	French (fr) Poudrière des Balkans		0
5	Polish (pl) Kocioł bałkański		0
6	Serbian (sr) Балканско буре барута		0
7	Chinese (zh) 歐洲火藥桶		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 "Powder keg of Europe" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Powder keg of Europe		377
2	Finnish (fi) Balkanin ruutitynnyri		46
3	French (fr) Poudrière des Balkans		22
4	Polish (pl) Kocioł bałkański		11
5	Chinese (zh) 歐洲火藥桶		7
6	Arabic (ar) برميل بارود أوروبا		3
7	Serbian (sr) Балканско буре барута		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic برميل بارود أوروبا
en	English Powder keg of Europe
fi	Finnish Balkanin ruutitynnyri
fr	French Poudrière des Balkans
pl	Polish Kocioł bałkański
sr	Serbian Балканско буре барута
zh	Chinese 歐洲火藥桶

Best Rank

English: #153861 01.2008

Global: #57511 09.2009

Best Rank

English: #38294 02.2010

Global: #58967 05.2006

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