Sad but True

Sad but True - 1993 single by Metallica. Article “Sad but True” in English Wikipedia has 44.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 30 references and 9 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 “Sad but True”, its content was written by 168 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 430 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 153 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1743 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6571 in November 2024
• Global: #10647 in November 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #66875 in September 2008
• Global: #98773 in September 2008

There are 23 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Sad but True		44.8108
2	Georgian (ka) Sad but True		42.7015
3	German (de) Sad but True		33.5768
4	Russian (ru) Sad but True		33.4985
5	Italian (it) Sad but True		30.9942
6	Thai (th) แซดบัตทรู		28.8713
7	Indonesian (id) Sad but True		28.8335
8	Greek (el) Sad but True		25.7183
9	Portuguese (pt) Sad but True		24.2872
10	Slovak (sk) Sad but True		19.775

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Sad but True" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sad but True		971 393
2	Spanish (es) Sad but True		176 354
3	Russian (ru) Sad but True		107 020
4	German (de) Sad but True		46 432
5	Portuguese (pt) Sad but True		41 947
6	French (fr) Sad but True		35 204
7	Italian (it) Sad but True		30 794
8	Finnish (fi) Sad But True		20 003
9	Polish (pl) Sad but True		18 290
10	Dutch (nl) Sad But True		7 160

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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 "Sad but True" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sad but True		3 239
2	German (de) Sad but True		206
3	Russian (ru) Sad but True		205
4	Spanish (es) Sad but True		181
5	Italian (it) Sad but True		167
6	Polish (pl) Sad but True		71
7	French (fr) Sad but True		57
8	Portuguese (pt) Sad but True		38
9	Czech (cs) Sad but True		25
10	Persian (fa) غم‌بار اما واقعی		25

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sad but True		168
2	Italian (it) Sad but True		43
3	Spanish (es) Sad but True		30
4	Finnish (fi) Sad But True		29
5	French (fr) Sad but True		26
6	German (de) Sad but True		23
7	Russian (ru) Sad but True		23
8	Portuguese (pt) Sad but True		13
9	Hebrew (he) Sad but True		10
10	Norwegian (no) Sad But True		10

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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 "Sad but True" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Sad but True		0
2	Czech (cs) Sad but True		0
3	German (de) Sad but True		0
4	Greek (el) Sad but True		0
5	English (en) Sad but True		0
6	Spanish (es) Sad but True		0
7	Persian (fa) غم‌بار اما واقعی		0
8	Finnish (fi) Sad But True		0
9	French (fr) Sad but True		0
10	Hebrew (he) Sad but True		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 "Sad but True" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Sad but True		153
2	Italian (it) Sad but True		150
3	Ukrainian (uk) Sad but True		141
4	Georgian (ka) Sad but True		138
5	French (fr) Sad but True		122
6	Russian (ru) Sad but True		114
7	Polish (pl) Sad but True		100
8	German (de) Sad but True		99
9	Turkish (tr) Sad but True		97
10	Catalan (ca) Sad but True		94

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Sad but True
cs	Czech Sad but True
de	German Sad but True
el	Greek Sad but True
en	English Sad but True
es	Spanish Sad but True
fa	Persian غم‌بار اما واقعی
fi	Finnish Sad But True
fr	French Sad but True
he	Hebrew Sad but True
hy	Armenian Sad But True
id	Indonesian Sad but True
it	Italian Sad but True
ka	Georgian Sad but True
nl	Dutch Sad But True
no	Norwegian Sad But True
pl	Polish Sad but True
pt	Portuguese Sad but True
ru	Russian Sad but True
sk	Slovak Sad but True
th	Thai แซดบัตทรู
tr	Turkish Sad but True
uk	Ukrainian Sad but True

Best Rank

English: #66875 09.2008

Global: #98773 09.2008

Best Rank

English: #6571 11.2024

Global: #10647 11.2017

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