Social proof

Social proof - a phenomenon in which people, assuming that the surrounding people possess more knowledge about the current situation, copy the actions of others when they are unable to determine the appropriate mode of behavior. Article “Social proof” in English Wikipedia has 40.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 20 references and 14 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 “Social proof” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Social proof”, its content was written by 130 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 269 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 257 times in English Wikipedia and cited 453 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #43218 in February 2020
• Global: #71826 in February 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #71039 in November 2014
• Global: #117321 in November 2014

There are 16 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) Social proof		40.096
2	Romanian (ro) Dovada socială		32.0011
3	Ukrainian (uk) Соціальний доказ		23.7351
4	Turkish (tr) Sosyal kanıt		22.7481
5	German (de) Social Proof		21.8122
6	Arabic (ar) عقل جمعي		17.201
7	Portuguese (pt) Prova social		16.8625
8	Polish (pl) Społeczny dowód słuszności		16.0801
9	Russian (ru) Социальное доказательство		11.4082
10	Uzbek (uz) Ijtimoiy dalil		9.8569

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Social proof		1 547 140
2	Polish (pl) Społeczny dowód słuszności		172 723
3	Arabic (ar) عقل جمعي		119 342
4	Russian (ru) Социальное доказательство		98 253
5	French (fr) Preuve sociale		64 341
6	Japanese (ja) 社会的証明		39 478
7	Spanish (es) Demostración social		21 321
8	German (de) Social Proof		4 928
9	Ukrainian (uk) Соціальний доказ		3 268
10	Korean (ko) 사회 증명		2 790

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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 "Social proof" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Social proof		3 863
2	Polish (pl) Społeczny dowód słuszności		380
3	German (de) Social Proof		261
4	French (fr) Preuve sociale		227
5	Russian (ru) Социальное доказательство		218
6	Japanese (ja) 社会的証明		53
7	Spanish (es) Demostración social		41
8	Turkish (tr) Sosyal kanıt		41
9	Persian (fa) تأیید اجتماعی		40
10	Romanian (ro) Dovada socială		31

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Social proof		130
2	Polish (pl) Społeczny dowód słuszności		29
3	Russian (ru) Социальное доказательство		28
4	French (fr) Preuve sociale		25
5	Arabic (ar) عقل جمعي		11
6	Japanese (ja) 社会的証明		10
7	Spanish (es) Demostración social		8
8	Romanian (ro) Dovada socială		7
9	German (de) Social Proof		5
10	Ukrainian (uk) Соціальний доказ		5

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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 "Social proof" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Social proof		2
2	Arabic (ar) عقل جمعي		0
3	German (de) Social Proof		0
4	Greek (el) Κοινωνική απόδειξη		0
5	Spanish (es) Demostración social		0
6	Persian (fa) تأیید اجتماعی		0
7	French (fr) Preuve sociale		0
8	Japanese (ja) 社会的証明		0
9	Korean (ko) 사회 증명		0
10	Polish (pl) Społeczny dowód słuszności		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 "Social proof" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Social proof		257
2	Arabic (ar) عقل جمعي		74
3	Korean (ko) 사회 증명		35
4	Ukrainian (uk) Соціальний доказ		21
5	Japanese (ja) 社会的証明		13
6	Polish (pl) Społeczny dowód słuszności		13
7	Russian (ru) Социальное доказательство		10
8	French (fr) Preuve sociale		8
9	Spanish (es) Demostración social		6
10	Turkish (tr) Sosyal kanıt		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عقل جمعي
de	German Social Proof
el	Greek Κοινωνική απόδειξη
en	English Social proof
es	Spanish Demostración social
fa	Persian تأیید اجتماعی
fr	French Preuve sociale
ja	Japanese 社会的証明
ko	Korean 사회 증명
pl	Polish Społeczny dowód słuszności
pt	Portuguese Prova social
ro	Romanian Dovada socială
ru	Russian Социальное доказательство
tr	Turkish Sosyal kanıt
uk	Ukrainian Соціальний доказ
uz	Uzbek Ijtimoiy dalil

Best Rank

English: #71039 11.2014

Global: #117321 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #43218 02.2020

Global: #71826 02.2020

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