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Profit motive

Quality:

Profit motive - Motivation for businesses to maximize profits. Article “Profit motive” in English Wikipedia has 30.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 5 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.

Since the creation of article “Profit motive”, its content was written by 63 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 166 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 131 times in English Wikipedia and cited 493 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #43456 in September 2014
  • Global: #66109 in September 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #224681 in October 2013
  • Global: #135548 in February 2015

There are 8 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)
Profit motive
30.5517
2Hungarian (hu)
Profitmotívum
26.3304
3Italian (it)
Scopo sociale
20.3496
4Vietnamese (vi)
Động cơ lợi nhuận
16.5438
5Persian (fa)
انگیزه سود
13.7191
6French (fr)
Lucrativité
7.7026
7Spanish (es)
Ánimo de lucro
5.3227
8Catalan (ca)
Ànim de lucre
3.9649
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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 "Profit motive" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Spanish (es)
Ánimo de lucro
659 819
2English (en)
Profit motive
445 738
3Italian (it)
Scopo sociale
217 344
4French (fr)
Lucrativité
122 164
5Catalan (ca)
Ànim de lucre
10 849
6Vietnamese (vi)
Động cơ lợi nhuận
1 239
7Persian (fa)
انگیزه سود
1 064
8Hungarian (hu)
Profitmotívum
191
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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 "Profit motive" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Profit motive
2 197
2Spanish (es)
Ánimo de lucro
265
3Italian (it)
Scopo sociale
213
4French (fr)
Lucrativité
126
5Catalan (ca)
Ànim de lucre
24
6Persian (fa)
انگیزه سود
14
7Hungarian (hu)
Profitmotívum
13
8Vietnamese (vi)
Động cơ lợi nhuận
10
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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 "Profit motive" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Profit motive
63
2Spanish (es)
Ánimo de lucro
36
3Italian (it)
Scopo sociale
29
4French (fr)
Lucrativité
26
5Catalan (ca)
Ànim de lucre
5
6Persian (fa)
انگیزه سود
3
7Hungarian (hu)
Profitmotívum
2
8Vietnamese (vi)
Động cơ lợi nhuận
2
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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 "Profit motive" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Ànim de lucre
0
2English (en)
Profit motive
0
3Spanish (es)
Ánimo de lucro
0
4Persian (fa)
انگیزه سود
0
5French (fr)
Lucrativité
0
6Hungarian (hu)
Profitmotívum
0
7Italian (it)
Scopo sociale
0
8Vietnamese (vi)
Động cơ lợi nhuận
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 "Profit motive" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Spanish (es)
Ánimo de lucro
134
2English (en)
Profit motive
131
3French (fr)
Lucrativité
117
4Italian (it)
Scopo sociale
48
5Catalan (ca)
Ànim de lucre
35
6Hungarian (hu)
Profitmotívum
19
7Persian (fa)
انگیزه سود
7
8Vietnamese (vi)
Động cơ lợi nhuận
2
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Scores

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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Ànim de lucre
enEnglish
Profit motive
esSpanish
Ánimo de lucro
faPersian
انگیزه سود
frFrench
Lucrativité
huHungarian
Profitmotívum
itItalian
Scopo sociale
viVietnamese
Động cơ lợi nhuận

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#224681
10.2013
Global:
#135548
02.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#43456
09.2014
Global:
#66109
09.2014

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Profit motive from Wikipedia articles about Socialism, Capitalism, OpenAI, Capital accumulation and Amateur. Whereas reading the article about Profit motive people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Law, Profit maximization, Rational choice theory, Incentive and Net worth.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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