Sistine Chapel ceiling

Sistine Chapel ceiling - cycle of frescoes by Michelangelo. This painting is the 12^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of paintings and the 4^th most popular painting in English Wikipedia. Article “Sistine Chapel ceiling” in English Wikipedia has 100 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 400 references and 23 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 2026 the article “Sistine Chapel ceiling” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Sistine Chapel ceiling”, its content was written by 397 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1130 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Sistine Chapel ceiling is on the 4^th place in local ranking of paintings in English Wikipedia and on the 12^th place in global ranking of paintings in all the time.

The article is cited 910 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3058 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6996 in October 2014
• Global: #11105 in February 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #3076 in November 2015
• Global: #6130 in May 2025

There are 30 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) Sistine Chapel ceiling		100
2	Portuguese (pt) Teto da Capela Sistina		100
3	Korean (ko) 시스티나 경당 천장화		100
4	Azerbaijani (az) Sikstin kapellasının tavanı		94.1763
5	Polish (pl) Freski na sklepieniu Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej		87.8027
6	Catalan (ca) Volta de la Capella Sixtina		86.7954
7	French (fr) Plafond de la chapelle Sixtine		85.9694
8	Russian (ru) Потолок Сикстинской капеллы		81.2341
9	Slovenian (sl) Strop Sikstinske kapele		76.8719
10	Turkish (tr) Sistina Şapeli tavanı		76.6703

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Sistine Chapel ceiling" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sistine Chapel ceiling		10 948 519
2	Spanish (es) Bóveda de la Capilla Sixtina		2 049 636
3	French (fr) Plafond de la chapelle Sixtine		1 695 814
4	Portuguese (pt) Teto da Capela Sistina		1 216 363
5	Russian (ru) Потолок Сикстинской капеллы		1 079 826
6	Italian (it) Volta della Cappella Sistina		968 540
7	Japanese (ja) システィーナ礼拝堂天井画		632 979
8	Chinese (zh) 创世纪 (壁画)		615 664
9	Hungarian (hu) A Sixtus-kápolna mennyezetfreskója		354 896
10	Turkish (tr) Sistina Şapeli tavanı		205 488

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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 "Sistine Chapel ceiling" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sistine Chapel ceiling		29 510
2	French (fr) Plafond de la chapelle Sixtine		4 637
3	Spanish (es) Bóveda de la Capilla Sixtina		4 050
4	Portuguese (pt) Teto da Capela Sistina		2 897
5	Chinese (zh) 创世纪 (壁画)		2 619
6	Russian (ru) Потолок Сикстинской капеллы		2 591
7	Japanese (ja) システィーナ礼拝堂天井画		2 290
8	Italian (it) Volta della Cappella Sistina		2 137
9	Persian (fa) سقف کلیسای سیستین		858
10	Polish (pl) Freski na sklepieniu Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej		832

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sistine Chapel ceiling		397
2	French (fr) Plafond de la chapelle Sixtine		97
3	Spanish (es) Bóveda de la Capilla Sixtina		84
4	Italian (it) Volta della Cappella Sistina		76
5	Hungarian (hu) A Sixtus-kápolna mennyezetfreskója		72
6	Hebrew (he) תקרת הקפלה הסיסטינית		50
7	Russian (ru) Потолок Сикстинской капеллы		43
8	Chinese (zh) 创世纪 (壁画)		40
9	Portuguese (pt) Teto da Capela Sistina		38
10	Catalan (ca) Volta de la Capella Sixtina		35

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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 "Sistine Chapel ceiling" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sistine Chapel ceiling		2
2	Catalan (ca) Volta de la Capella Sixtina		1
3	Persian (fa) سقف کلیسای سیستین		1
4	Armenian (hy) Սիքստինյան կապելլայի առաստաղ		1
5	Japanese (ja) システィーナ礼拝堂天井画		1
6	Portuguese (pt) Teto da Capela Sistina		1
7	Russian (ru) Потолок Сикстинской капеллы		1
8	Arabic (ar) سقف كنيسة سيستينا		0
9	Azerbaijani (az) Sikstin kapellasının tavanı		0
10	Czech (cs) Stropní fresky v Sixtinské kapli		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 "Sistine Chapel ceiling" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Sistine Chapel ceiling		910
2	Georgian (ka) სიქსტის კაპელას ჭერი		303
3	Italian (it) Volta della Cappella Sistina		280
4	Turkish (tr) Sistina Şapeli tavanı		191
5	French (fr) Plafond de la chapelle Sixtine		183
6	Ukrainian (uk) Стеля Сікстинської капели		161
7	Chinese (zh) 创世纪 (壁画)		125
8	Russian (ru) Потолок Сикстинской капеллы		111
9	Indonesian (id) Langit-langit Kapel Sistina		102
10	Portuguese (pt) Teto da Capela Sistina		86

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic سقف كنيسة سيستينا
az	Azerbaijani Sikstin kapellasının tavanı
ca	Catalan Volta de la Capella Sixtina
cs	Czech Stropní fresky v Sixtinské kapli
en	English Sistine Chapel ceiling
es	Spanish Bóveda de la Capilla Sixtina
fa	Persian سقف کلیسای سیستین
fr	French Plafond de la chapelle Sixtine
gl	Galician Bóveda da Capela Sistina
he	Hebrew תקרת הקפלה הסיסטינית
hu	Hungarian A Sixtus-kápolna mennyezetfreskója
hy	Armenian Սիքստինյան կապելլայի առաստաղ
id	Indonesian Langit-langit Kapel Sistina
it	Italian Volta della Cappella Sistina
ja	Japanese システィーナ礼拝堂天井画
ka	Georgian სიქსტის კაპელას ჭერი
ko	Korean 시스티나 경당 천장화
lt	Lithuanian Siksto koplyčios lubų freskos
no	Norwegian Taket i det sixtinske kapell
pl	Polish Freski na sklepieniu Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej
pt	Portuguese Teto da Capela Sistina
ru	Russian Потолок Сикстинской капеллы
sl	Slovenian Strop Sikstinske kapele
sv	Swedish Sixtinska kapellets takfresker
ta	Tamil சிசுடைன் சிற்றாலய உட்கூரை
th	Thai เพดานโบสถ์น้อยซิสทีน
tr	Turkish Sistina Şapeli tavanı
uk	Ukrainian Стеля Сікстинської капели
vi	Vietnamese Trần nhà nguyện Sistina
zh	Chinese 创世纪 (壁画)

Best Rank

English: #3076 11.2015

Global: #6130 05.2025

Best Rank

English: #6996 10.2014

Global: #11105 02.2009

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