Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting - ability to physically transform through an inherent ability, divine intervention or magic. Article “Shapeshifting” in English Wikipedia has 68.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 72 references and 39 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 12.06 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Shapeshifting” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Shapeshifting”, its content was written by 734 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1001 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1861 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4916 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3531 in June 2004
• Global: #10783 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #9420 in July 2023
• Global: #17807 in July 2023

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	Spanish (es) Metamorfosis (mitología)		69.6301
2	English (en) Shapeshifting		68.3182
3	Galician (gl) Metamorfose (mitoloxía)		47.7505
4	Italian (it) Metamorfosi (mitologia)		36.3003
5	Malay (ms) Penjelmaan		33.9676
6	Latin (la) Versipellis		27.778
7	Hebrew (he) שינוי צורה		27.3811
8	Catalan (ca) Metamorfosi (mitologia)		25.5534
9	Simple English (simple) Shapeshifting		21.7
10	Basque (eu) Forma-aldaketa		20.4044

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shapeshifting		8 287 918
2	Japanese (ja) 変身		543 826
3	German (de) Metamorphose (Mythologie)		214 281
4	Dutch (nl) Gedaanteverwisseling		111 693
5	Chinese (zh) 變身		103 613
6	Persian (fa) دگرپیکری		83 863
7	Spanish (es) Metamorfosis (mitología)		53 700
8	Hebrew (he) שינוי צורה		46 445
9	Italian (it) Metamorfosi (mitologia)		40 320
10	Korean (ko) 변신		26 194

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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 "Shapeshifting" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shapeshifting		23 170
2	Japanese (ja) 変身		1 115
3	Spanish (es) Metamorfosis (mitología)		460
4	Persian (fa) دگرپیکری		453
5	German (de) Metamorphose (Mythologie)		400
6	Italian (it) Metamorfosi (mitologia)		261
7	Chinese (zh) 變身		239
8	Dutch (nl) Gedaanteverwisseling		133
9	Hebrew (he) שינוי צורה		111
10	Korean (ko) 변신		75

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shapeshifting		734
2	Dutch (nl) Gedaanteverwisseling		47
3	Japanese (ja) 変身		46
4	German (de) Metamorphose (Mythologie)		40
5	Hebrew (he) שינוי צורה		28
6	Galician (gl) Metamorfose (mitoloxía)		16
7	Chinese (zh) 變身		16
8	Urdu (ur) تحویل صورت		11
9	Persian (fa) دگرپیکری		10
10	Spanish (es) Metamorfosis (mitología)		6

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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 "Shapeshifting" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shapeshifting		3
2	Arabic (ar) تحول الشكل		1
3	Basque (eu) Forma-aldaketa		1
4	Simple English (simple) Shapeshifting		1
5	Chinese (zh) 變身		1
6	Catalan (ca) Metamorfosi (mitologia)		0
7	German (de) Metamorphose (Mythologie)		0
8	Greek (el) Μεταμόρφωση (μυθοπλασία)		0
9	Spanish (es) Metamorfosis (mitología)		0
10	Persian (fa) دگرپیکری		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 "Shapeshifting" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Shapeshifting		1 861
2	Japanese (ja) 変身		1 161
3	Vietnamese (vi) Biến hình		245
4	Arabic (ar) تحول الشكل		218
5	Hebrew (he) שינוי צורה		210
6	Persian (fa) دگرپیکری		177
7	Dutch (nl) Gedaanteverwisseling		169
8	German (de) Metamorphose (Mythologie)		124
9	Korean (ko) 변신		117
10	Chinese (zh) 變身		115

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تحول الشكل
ca	Catalan Metamorfosi (mitologia)
de	German Metamorphose (Mythologie)
el	Greek Μεταμόρφωση (μυθοπλασία)
en	English Shapeshifting
es	Spanish Metamorfosis (mitología)
eu	Basque Forma-aldaketa
fa	Persian دگرپیکری
gl	Galician Metamorfose (mitoloxía)
he	Hebrew שינוי צורה
id	Indonesian Pengubah wujud
it	Italian Metamorfosi (mitologia)
ja	Japanese 変身
ko	Korean 변신
la	Latin Versipellis
ms	Malay Penjelmaan
nl	Dutch Gedaanteverwisseling
ro	Romanian Schimbarea formei
simple	Simple English Shapeshifting
tr	Turkish Biçim değiştirme
ur	Urdu تحویل صورت
vi	Vietnamese Biến hình
zh	Chinese 變身

Best Rank

English: #9420 07.2023

Global: #17807 07.2023

Best Rank

English: #3531 06.2004

Global: #10783 06.2003

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