Reality principle

Reality principle - in Freudian psychoanalysis, the ability of the mind to assess the reality of the external world, and to act upon it accordingly, as opposed to acting on the pleasure principle. Article “Reality principle” in English Wikipedia has 43.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 12 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Reality principle”, its content was written by 41 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 187 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 130 times in English Wikipedia and cited 974 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #58823 in December 2012
• Global: #103033 in June 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #119648 in March 2024
• Global: #171889 in March 2024

There are 19 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	Basque (eu) Errealitate printzipioa		45.8369
2	Catalan (ca) Principi de realitat		44.0385
3	English (en) Reality principle		43.2099
4	Swedish (sv) Realitetsprincipen		24.546
5	Ukrainian (uk) Принцип реальності		23.9887
6	Greek (el) Αρχή της πραγματικότητας		22.9788
7	Finnish (fi) Todellisuusperiaate		21.6938
8	Hebrew (he) עקרון המציאות		21.4882
9	Persian (fa) اصل واقعیت		19.0632
10	French (fr) Principe de réalité		18.1787

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Reality principle" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Reality principle		554 125
2	French (fr) Principe de réalité		237 450
3	German (de) Realitätsprinzip		129 196
4	Portuguese (pt) Princípio de realidade		104 836
5	Italian (it) Principio di realtà		94 672
6	Polish (pl) Zasada rzeczywistości		42 474
7	Japanese (ja) 現実原則		36 849
8	Hebrew (he) עקרון המציאות		23 145
9	Turkish (tr) Gerçeklik ilkesi		20 692
10	Chinese (zh) 現實原則		12 623

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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 "Reality principle" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Reality principle		2 315
2	French (fr) Principe de réalité		483
3	Italian (it) Principio di realtà		270
4	German (de) Realitätsprinzip		194
5	Portuguese (pt) Princípio de realidade		108
6	Polish (pl) Zasada rzeczywistości		90
7	Japanese (ja) 現実原則		88
8	Chinese (zh) 現實原則		73
9	Hebrew (he) עקרון המציאות		49
10	Turkish (tr) Gerçeklik ilkesi		33

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Reality principle		41
2	German (de) Realitätsprinzip		30
3	French (fr) Principe de réalité		24
4	Hebrew (he) עקרון המציאות		14
5	Italian (it) Principio di realtà		11
6	Portuguese (pt) Princípio de realidade		9
7	Polish (pl) Zasada rzeczywistości		8
8	Swedish (sv) Realitetsprincipen		8
9	Chinese (zh) 現實原則		8
10	Finnish (fi) Todellisuusperiaate		7

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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 "Reality principle" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مبدأ الحقيقة		0
2	Bulgarian (bg) Принцип на реалността		0
3	Catalan (ca) Principi de realitat		0
4	German (de) Realitätsprinzip		0
5	Greek (el) Αρχή της πραγματικότητας		0
6	English (en) Reality principle		0
7	Basque (eu) Errealitate printzipioa		0
8	Persian (fa) اصل واقعیت		0
9	Finnish (fi) Todellisuusperiaate		0
10	French (fr) Principe de réalité		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 "Reality principle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Principe de réalité		650
2	English (en) Reality principle		130
3	Ukrainian (uk) Принцип реальності		55
4	German (de) Realitätsprinzip		30
5	Chinese (zh) 現實原則		25
6	Portuguese (pt) Princípio de realidade		17
7	Italian (it) Principio di realtà		13
8	Hebrew (he) עקרון המציאות		10
9	Polish (pl) Zasada rzeczywistości		7
10	Arabic (ar) مبدأ الحقيقة		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مبدأ الحقيقة
bg	Bulgarian Принцип на реалността
ca	Catalan Principi de realitat
de	German Realitätsprinzip
el	Greek Αρχή της πραγματικότητας
en	English Reality principle
eu	Basque Errealitate printzipioa
fa	Persian اصل واقعیت
fi	Finnish Todellisuusperiaate
fr	French Principe de réalité
he	Hebrew עקרון המציאות
it	Italian Principio di realtà
ja	Japanese 現実原則
pl	Polish Zasada rzeczywistości
pt	Portuguese Princípio de realidade
sv	Swedish Realitetsprincipen
tr	Turkish Gerçeklik ilkesi
uk	Ukrainian Принцип реальності
zh	Chinese 現實原則

Best Rank

English: #119648 03.2024

Global: #171889 03.2024

Best Rank

English: #58823 12.2012

Global: #103033 06.2009

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