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Primary source

Quality:

Primary source - artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. Article “Primary source” in English Wikipedia has 53.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 37 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 (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Primary source” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Primary source”, its content was written by 486 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1071 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 968 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3011 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #3202 in August 2018
  • Global: #6805 in September 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #14412 in September 2014
  • Global: #10496 in September 2020

There are 38 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Primary source
53.867
2Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Primærkjelde
47.7699
3Catalan (ca)
Font primària
44.5636
4Chinese (zh)
一次文献
40.7421
5Portuguese (pt)
Fonte primária
36.7216
6Georgian (ka)
პირველადი წყაროები
34.2437
7Basque (eu)
Lehen mailako iturri
27.2072
8Ukrainian (uk)
Першоджерело
26.9796
9Japanese (ja)
一次資料
26.1083
10Tamil (ta)
அடிப்படைச் சான்றுகள்
24.0768
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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 "Primary source" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Primary source
5 025 050
2Spanish (es)
Fuente primaria
3 000 852
3Portuguese (pt)
Fonte primária
359 959
4Russian (ru)
Оригинал
282 860
5Indonesian (id)
Sumber primer
269 548
6Italian (it)
Fonte primaria
261 985
7Malay (ms)
Sumber primer
195 179
8Polish (pl)
Źródło pierwotne
157 618
9Chinese (zh)
一次文献
135 247
10Dutch (nl)
Primaire bron
126 526
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Primary source" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Primary source
4 420
2Japanese (ja)
一次資料
778
3Chinese (zh)
一次文献
548
4Spanish (es)
Fuente primaria
540
5Russian (ru)
Оригинал
397
6Italian (it)
Fonte primaria
210
7Persian (fa)
منبع دست اول
181
8Portuguese (pt)
Fonte primária
180
9Polish (pl)
Źródło pierwotne
112
10Armenian (hy)
Պատմական աղբյուրներ
93
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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 "Primary source" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Primary source
486
2Spanish (es)
Fuente primaria
102
3Italian (it)
Fonte primaria
49
4Chinese (zh)
一次文献
36
5Portuguese (pt)
Fonte primária
30
6Polish (pl)
Źródło pierwotne
28
7Croatian (hr)
Primarni izvori
25
8Hungarian (hu)
Elsődleges forrás
25
9Hebrew (he)
מקור ראשוני
24
10Catalan (ca)
Font primària
21
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Primary source" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Primary source
2
2Basque (eu)
Lehen mailako iturri
2
3Catalan (ca)
Font primària
1
4Persian (fa)
منبع دست اول
1
5Arabic (ar)
مصدر أولي
0
6Belarusian (be)
Гістарычная крыніца
0
7Bulgarian (bg)
Исторически източник
0
8Czech (cs)
Primární zdroj informace
0
9Danish (da)
Primærkilde
0
10Spanish (es)
Fuente primaria
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 "Primary source" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Primary source
968
2Polish (pl)
Źródło pierwotne
250
3Portuguese (pt)
Fonte primária
247
4Japanese (ja)
一次資料
132
5Italian (it)
Fonte primaria
119
6Spanish (es)
Fuente primaria
118
7Persian (fa)
منبع دست اول
118
8Indonesian (id)
Sumber primer
112
9Chinese (zh)
一次文献
95
10Hebrew (he)
מקור ראשוני
73
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مصدر أولي
beBelarusian
Гістарычная крыніца
bgBulgarian
Исторически източник
caCatalan
Font primària
csCzech
Primární zdroj informace
daDanish
Primærkilde
enEnglish
Primary source
esSpanish
Fuente primaria
etEstonian
Ajalooallikad
euBasque
Lehen mailako iturri
faPersian
منبع دست اول
fiFinnish
Primäärilähde
glGalician
Fonte primaria
heHebrew
מקור ראשוני
hrCroatian
Primarni izvori
huHungarian
Elsődleges forrás
hyArmenian
Պատմական աղբյուրներ
idIndonesian
Sumber primer
itItalian
Fonte primaria
jaJapanese
一次資料
kaGeorgian
პირველადი წყაროები
kkKazakh
Тарихи деректер
koKorean
1차 자료
msMalay
Sumber primer
nlDutch
Primaire bron
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Primærkjelde
plPolish
Źródło pierwotne
ptPortuguese
Fonte primária
ruRussian
Оригинал
shSerbo-Croatian
Primarna literatura
simpleSimple English
Primary source
slSlovenian
Zgodovinski viri
svSwedish
Primärkälla
taTamil
அடிப்படைச் சான்றுகள்
thThai
แหล่งข้อมูลปฐมภูมิ
trTurkish
Birincil kaynak
ukUkrainian
Першоджерело
zhChinese
一次文献

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#14412
09.2014
Global:
#10496
09.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#3202
08.2018
Global:
#6805
09.2020

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Primary source from Wikipedia articles about Observation, Secondary source, History, Historical source and Natural resource. Whereas reading the article about Primary source people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Secondary source, Source text, Wikipedia article, History and Archaeological artefact.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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