The Merry Widow (1925 film)

The Merry Widow - 1925 film by Erich von Stroheim. Article “The Merry Widow (1925 film)” in English Wikipedia has 39.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 10 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “The Merry Widow (1925 film)”, its content was written by 60 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 265 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 158 times in English Wikipedia and cited 516 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #67749 in September 2022
• Global: #87030 in September 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #338787 in May 2021
• Global: #391177 in November 2023

There are 14 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	German (de) Die lustige Witwe (1925)		39.2291
2	English (en) The Merry Widow (1925 film)		39.051
3	Finnish (fi) Iloinen leski (vuoden 1925 elokuva)		36.7014
4	Korean (ko) 메리 위도우 (1925년 영화)		34.9912
5	Portuguese (pt) A Viúva Alegre (1925)		34.0716
6	Catalan (ca) The Merry Widow		22.5581
7	Arabic (ar) الأرملة المرحة (فيلم 1925)		18.3452
8	Russian (ru) Весёлая вдова (фильм, 1925)		14.8119
9	Polish (pl) Wesoła wdówka (film 1925)		12.0735
10	Italian (it) La vedova allegra (film 1925)		10.7324

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

The most popular language versions of the article "The Merry Widow (1925 film)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Merry Widow (1925 film)		136 460
2	German (de) Die lustige Witwe (1925)		40 461
3	Italian (it) La vedova allegra (film 1925)		25 592
4	French (fr) La Veuve joyeuse (film, 1925)		24 317
5	Russian (ru) Весёлая вдова (фильм, 1925)		23 975
6	Persian (fa) بیوه سرمست (فیلم ۱۹۲۵)		2 767
7	Finnish (fi) Iloinen leski (vuoden 1925 elokuva)		2 465
8	Dutch (nl) The Merry Widow (1925)		2 104
9	Arabic (ar) الأرملة المرحة (فيلم 1925)		1 278
10	Polish (pl) Wesoła wdówka (film 1925)		1 055

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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 "The Merry Widow (1925 film)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Merry Widow (1925 film)		782
2	German (de) Die lustige Witwe (1925)		156
3	Russian (ru) Весёлая вдова (фильм, 1925)		122
4	Italian (it) La vedova allegra (film 1925)		60
5	French (fr) La Veuve joyeuse (film, 1925)		57
6	Portuguese (pt) A Viúva Alegre (1925)		20
7	Arabic (ar) الأرملة المرحة (فيلم 1925)		12
8	Persian (fa) بیوه سرمست (فیلم ۱۹۲۵)		9
9	Finnish (fi) Iloinen leski (vuoden 1925 elokuva)		8
10	Dutch (nl) The Merry Widow (1925)		6

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

Language versions of the article "The Merry Widow (1925 film)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) The Merry Widow (1925 film)		60
2	German (de) Die lustige Witwe (1925)		48
3	French (fr) La Veuve joyeuse (film, 1925)		45
4	Italian (it) La vedova allegra (film 1925)		40
5	Russian (ru) Весёлая вдова (фильм, 1925)		16
6	Dutch (nl) The Merry Widow (1925)		14
7	Persian (fa) بیوه سرمست (فیلم ۱۹۲۵)		9
8	Finnish (fi) Iloinen leski (vuoden 1925 elokuva)		9
9	Polish (pl) Wesoła wdówka (film 1925)		7
10	Ukrainian (uk) Весела вдова (фільм, 1925)		7

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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 "The Merry Widow (1925 film)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Italian (it) La vedova allegra (film 1925)		1
2	Dutch (nl) The Merry Widow (1925)		1
3	Arabic (ar) الأرملة المرحة (فيلم 1925)		0
4	Catalan (ca) The Merry Widow		0
5	German (de) Die lustige Witwe (1925)		0
6	English (en) The Merry Widow (1925 film)		0
7	Persian (fa) بیوه سرمست (فیلم ۱۹۲۵)		0
8	Finnish (fi) Iloinen leski (vuoden 1925 elokuva)		0
9	French (fr) La Veuve joyeuse (film, 1925)		0
10	Korean (ko) 메리 위도우 (1925년 영화)		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 "The Merry Widow (1925 film)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) The Merry Widow (1925 film)		158
2	Russian (ru) Весёлая вдова (фильм, 1925)		72
3	Persian (fa) بیوه سرمست (فیلم ۱۹۲۵)		62
4	French (fr) La Veuve joyeuse (film, 1925)		50
5	Italian (it) La vedova allegra (film 1925)		42
6	German (de) Die lustige Witwe (1925)		34
7	Catalan (ca) The Merry Widow		32
8	Dutch (nl) The Merry Widow (1925)		22
9	Korean (ko) 메리 위도우 (1925년 영화)		11
10	Polish (pl) Wesoła wdówka (film 1925)		11

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الأرملة المرحة (فيلم 1925)
ca	Catalan The Merry Widow
de	German Die lustige Witwe (1925)
en	English The Merry Widow (1925 film)
fa	Persian بیوه سرمست (فیلم ۱۹۲۵)
fi	Finnish Iloinen leski (vuoden 1925 elokuva)
fr	French La Veuve joyeuse (film, 1925)
it	Italian La vedova allegra (film 1925)
ko	Korean 메리 위도우 (1925년 영화)
nl	Dutch The Merry Widow (1925)
pl	Polish Wesoła wdówka (film 1925)
pt	Portuguese A Viúva Alegre (1925)
ru	Russian Весёлая вдова (фильм, 1925)
uk	Ukrainian Весела вдова (фільм, 1925)

Best Rank

English: #338787 05.2021

Global: #391177 11.2023

Best Rank

English: #67749 09.2022

Global: #87030 09.2020

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