The Map and the Territory

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The Map and the Territory

Quality:

The Map and the Territory - novel by Michel Houellebecq. This book is the 4065th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “The Map and the Territory” in English Wikipedia has 30.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 7 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 4065th most popular in books.

In June 2025 the article “The Map and the Territory” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “The Map and the Territory”, its content was written by 47 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 242 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Map and the Territory is on the 4065th place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 44 times in English Wikipedia and cited 215 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4354 in November 2010
  • Global: #5343 in November 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #17776 in November 2010
  • Global: #24247 in November 2010

There are 11 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Dutch (nl)
De kaart en het gebied
57.0933
2Hungarian (hu)
A térkép és a táj
50.6608
3Portuguese (pt)
La Carte et le Territoire
30.9851
4English (en)
The Map and the Territory
30.8993
5German (de)
Karte und Gebiet
29.5742
6Spanish (es)
El mapa y el territorio
28.0953
7French (fr)
La Carte et le Territoire
27.9004
8Swedish (sv)
Kartan och landskapet
24.3042
9Polish (pl)
Mapa i terytorium
21.3307
10Russian (ru)
Карта и территория
20.9429
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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 "The Map and the Territory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1French (fr)
La Carte et le Territoire
596 884
2English (en)
The Map and the Territory
355 328
3German (de)
Karte und Gebiet
148 881
4Spanish (es)
El mapa y el territorio
79 377
5Russian (ru)
Карта и территория
77 513
6Italian (it)
La carta e il territorio
29 391
7Polish (pl)
Mapa i terytorium
27 543
8Portuguese (pt)
La Carte et le Territoire
12 406
9Swedish (sv)
Kartan och landskapet
9 566
10Dutch (nl)
De kaart en het gebied
1 367
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "The Map and the Territory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Map and the Territory
1 895
2French (fr)
La Carte et le Territoire
1 641
3German (de)
Karte und Gebiet
476
4Spanish (es)
El mapa y el territorio
437
5Russian (ru)
Карта и территория
271
6Italian (it)
La carta e il territorio
218
7Polish (pl)
Mapa i terytorium
157
8Dutch (nl)
De kaart en het gebied
91
9Portuguese (pt)
La Carte et le Territoire
58
10Swedish (sv)
Kartan och landskapet
41
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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 "The Map and the Territory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
La Carte et le Territoire
94
2English (en)
The Map and the Territory
47
3German (de)
Karte und Gebiet
36
4Italian (it)
La carta e il territorio
16
5Polish (pl)
Mapa i terytorium
11
6Russian (ru)
Карта и территория
9
7Portuguese (pt)
La Carte et le Territoire
8
8Spanish (es)
El mapa y el territorio
7
9Swedish (sv)
Kartan och landskapet
6
10Dutch (nl)
De kaart en het gebied
5
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "The Map and the Territory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Map and the Territory
1
2Italian (it)
La carta e il territorio
1
3German (de)
Karte und Gebiet
0
4Spanish (es)
El mapa y el territorio
0
5French (fr)
La Carte et le Territoire
0
6Hungarian (hu)
A térkép és a táj
0
7Dutch (nl)
De kaart en het gebied
0
8Polish (pl)
Mapa i terytorium
0
9Portuguese (pt)
La Carte et le Territoire
0
10Russian (ru)
Карта и территория
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 "The Map and the Territory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
La Carte et le Territoire
72
2English (en)
The Map and the Territory
44
3Dutch (nl)
De kaart en het gebied
31
4German (de)
Karte und Gebiet
26
5Russian (ru)
Карта и территория
13
6Swedish (sv)
Kartan och landskapet
8
7Italian (it)
La carta e il territorio
7
8Portuguese (pt)
La Carte et le Territoire
6
9Spanish (es)
El mapa y el territorio
3
10Polish (pl)
Mapa i terytorium
3
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Karte und Gebiet
enEnglish
The Map and the Territory
esSpanish
El mapa y el territorio
frFrench
La Carte et le Territoire
huHungarian
A térkép és a táj
itItalian
La carta e il territorio
nlDutch
De kaart en het gebied
plPolish
Mapa i terytorium
ptPortuguese
La Carte et le Territoire
ruRussian
Карта и территория
svSwedish
Kartan och landskapet

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17776
11.2010
Global:
#24247
11.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4354
11.2010
Global:
#5343
11.2010

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Map and the Territory from Wikipedia articles about Michel Houellebecq, Prix Goncourt, Michel Houellebecq bibliography, Map–territory relation and Soumission. Whereas reading the article about The Map and the Territory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Michel Houellebecq, Map–territory relation, The Possibility of an Island, Pierre lamalattie and Michelin.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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