Ship of fools

Ship of fools - an allegory, originating from Book VI of Plato's Republic, about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. Article “Ship of fools” in English Wikipedia has 21.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 2 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 2025 the article “Ship of fools” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Ship of fools”, its content was written by 154 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 230 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 23 times in English Wikipedia and cited 82 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #16176 in January 2003
• Global: #21648 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #100508 in August 2022
• Global: #170197 in August 2022

There are 9 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	English (en) Ship of fools		21.3978
2	Slovenian (sl) Ladja norcev		19.3892
3	Portuguese (pt) Nau dos insensatos		17.5346
4	Hebrew (he) ספינת השוטים (משל)		14.3404
5	Italian (it) Nave dei folli (allegoria)		11.7606
6	Dutch (nl) Schip der dwazen		10.6547
7	Czech (cs) Loď bláznů		7.9784
8	Polish (pl) Statek głupców		6.2986
9	Croatian (hr) Brod luđaka		2.8977

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ship of fools		978 623
2	Portuguese (pt) Nau dos insensatos		83 182
3	Polish (pl) Statek głupców		55 633
4	Czech (cs) Loď bláznů		29 809
5	Croatian (hr) Brod luđaka		14 814
6	Dutch (nl) Schip der dwazen		5 352
7	Slovenian (sl) Ladja norcev		4 044
8	Hebrew (he) ספינת השוטים (משל)		2 579
9	Italian (it) Nave dei folli (allegoria)		451

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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 "Ship of fools" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ship of fools		4 179
2	Portuguese (pt) Nau dos insensatos		323
3	Dutch (nl) Schip der dwazen		168
4	Polish (pl) Statek głupców		126
5	Czech (cs) Loď bláznů		123
6	Italian (it) Nave dei folli (allegoria)		77
7	Croatian (hr) Brod luđaka		74
8	Hebrew (he) ספינת השוטים (משל)		49
9	Slovenian (sl) Ladja norcev		39

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ship of fools		154
2	Croatian (hr) Brod luđaka		19
3	Polish (pl) Statek głupców		18
4	Portuguese (pt) Nau dos insensatos		14
5	Czech (cs) Loď bláznů		8
6	Italian (it) Nave dei folli (allegoria)		8
7	Dutch (nl) Schip der dwazen		4
8	Hebrew (he) ספינת השוטים (משל)		3
9	Slovenian (sl) Ladja norcev		2

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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 "Ship of fools" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ship of fools		1
2	Czech (cs) Loď bláznů		0
3	Hebrew (he) ספינת השוטים (משל)		0
4	Croatian (hr) Brod luđaka		0
5	Italian (it) Nave dei folli (allegoria)		0
6	Dutch (nl) Schip der dwazen		0
7	Polish (pl) Statek głupców		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Nau dos insensatos		0
9	Slovenian (sl) Ladja norcev		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 "Ship of fools" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Ship of fools		23
2	Portuguese (pt) Nau dos insensatos		17
3	Czech (cs) Loď bláznů		14
4	Polish (pl) Statek głupców		7
5	Dutch (nl) Schip der dwazen		6
6	Hebrew (he) ספינת השוטים (משל)		4
7	Croatian (hr) Brod luđaka		4
8	Italian (it) Nave dei folli (allegoria)		4
9	Slovenian (sl) Ladja norcev		3

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Loď bláznů
en	English Ship of fools
he	Hebrew ספינת השוטים (משל)
hr	Croatian Brod luđaka
it	Italian Nave dei folli (allegoria)
nl	Dutch Schip der dwazen
pl	Polish Statek głupców
pt	Portuguese Nau dos insensatos
sl	Slovenian Ladja norcev

Best Rank

English: #100508 08.2022

Global: #170197 08.2022

Best Rank

English: #16176 01.2003

Global: #21648 01.2003

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