Stock character

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Stock character

Quality:

Stock character - literary or social stereotype used to create characters or determine their role in a story. Article “Stock character” in English Wikipedia has 40.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 27 references and 6 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 “Stock character” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Stock character”, its content was written by 434 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 900 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 844 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2457 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #247 in December 2002
  • Global: #926 in December 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #18770 in September 2015
  • Global: #30411 in January 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Stock character
40.4211
2Italian (it)
Personaggio tipo
34.8123
3Serbian (sr)
Типски лик
33.5469
4Spanish (es)
Personaje tipo
29.0612
5Portuguese (pt)
Personagem modelo
27.9026
6Finnish (fi)
Perushahmo
27.8894
7French (fr)
Personnage type
23.5726
8German (de)
Typus (Literatur)
22.6528
9Russian (ru)
Архетипический персонаж
22.5528
10Persian (fa)
شخصیت قراردادی
19.0196
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Stock character" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Stock character
3 425 969
2Spanish (es)
Personaje tipo
1 137 719
3Japanese (ja)
ストックキャラクター
353 433
4French (fr)
Personnage type
320 731
5Italian (it)
Personaggio tipo
191 343
6Turkish (tr)
Tip karakter
145 273
7German (de)
Typus (Literatur)
124 499
8Chinese (zh)
定型角色
86 379
9Portuguese (pt)
Personagem modelo
34 201
10Finnish (fi)
Perushahmo
28 680
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Stock character" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Stock character
11 342
2Japanese (ja)
ストックキャラクター
935
3Russian (ru)
Архетипический персонаж
507
4French (fr)
Personnage type
464
5Chinese (zh)
定型角色
399
6Spanish (es)
Personaje tipo
396
7German (de)
Typus (Literatur)
196
8Italian (it)
Personaggio tipo
180
9Portuguese (pt)
Personagem modelo
104
10Turkish (tr)
Tip karakter
87
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Stock character" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Stock character
434
2Italian (it)
Personaggio tipo
116
3Japanese (ja)
ストックキャラクター
72
4French (fr)
Personnage type
70
5Spanish (es)
Personaje tipo
59
6Chinese (zh)
定型角色
41
7German (de)
Typus (Literatur)
23
8Finnish (fi)
Perushahmo
15
9Turkish (tr)
Tip karakter
12
10Portuguese (pt)
Personagem modelo
10
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Stock character" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Italian (it)
Personaggio tipo
2
2English (en)
Stock character
1
3Russian (ru)
Архетипический персонаж
1
4Simple English (simple)
Stock character
1
5Serbian (sr)
Типски лик
1
6Arabic (ar)
شخصية وضعية
0
7Catalan (ca)
Personatge tipus
0
8German (de)
Typus (Literatur)
0
9Spanish (es)
Personaje tipo
0
10Persian (fa)
شخصیت قراردادی
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Stock character" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Stock character
844
2Japanese (ja)
ストックキャラクター
242
3Chinese (zh)
定型角色
148
4Persian (fa)
شخصیت قراردادی
145
5Portuguese (pt)
Personagem modelo
124
6French (fr)
Personnage type
120
7Spanish (es)
Personaje tipo
113
8Korean (ko)
전형적 인물
111
9German (de)
Typus (Literatur)
106
10Italian (it)
Personaggio tipo
85
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
شخصية وضعية
caCatalan
Personatge tipus
deGerman
Typus (Literatur)
enEnglish
Stock character
esSpanish
Personaje tipo
faPersian
شخصیت قراردادی
fiFinnish
Perushahmo
frFrench
Personnage type
huHungarian
Szereplőtípus
hyArmenian
Ամպլուա
idIndonesian
Tokoh kodian
itItalian
Personaggio tipo
jaJapanese
ストックキャラクター
koKorean
전형적 인물
ptPortuguese
Personagem modelo
ruRussian
Архетипический персонаж
shSerbo-Croatian
Tipski lik
simpleSimple English
Stock character
srSerbian
Типски лик
trTurkish
Tip karakter
urUrdu
نوعیتی کردار
viVietnamese
Nhân vật kiểu mẫu
zhChinese
定型角色

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#18770
09.2015
Global:
#30411
01.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#247
12.2002
Global:
#926
12.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Stock character from Wikipedia articles about Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Femme fatale, Commedia dellarte, Igor and Everyman. Whereas reading the article about Stock character people most often go to Wikipedia articles on List of stock characters, Archetype, Damsel in distress, Cliché and Knight-errant.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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