The Paranoid Style in American Politics

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The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Quality:

The Paranoid Style in American Politics - 1964 essay by Richard J. Hofstadter. Article “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” in English Wikipedia has 37.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 30 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.97 points.

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

In June 2025 the article “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “The Paranoid Style in American Politics”, its content was written by 101 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 201 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 28 times in English Wikipedia and cited 35 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #13939 in July 2015
  • Global: #18217 in July 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #17137 in October 2013
  • Global: #39347 in October 2013

There are 3 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
1German (de)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
39.8605
2English (en)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
37.4999
3Dutch (nl)
Paranoïde stijl
23.0089
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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 Paranoid Style in American Politics" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
484 564
2German (de)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
8 358
3Dutch (nl)
Paranoïde stijl
710
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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 Paranoid Style in American Politics" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
2 031
2German (de)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
62
3Dutch (nl)
Paranoïde stijl
8
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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 Paranoid Style in American Politics" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
101
2German (de)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
98
3Dutch (nl)
Paranoïde stijl
2
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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 Paranoid Style in American Politics" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
4
2German (de)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
1
3Dutch (nl)
Paranoïde stijl
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 Paranoid Style in American Politics" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
28
2German (de)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
5
3Dutch (nl)
Paranoïde stijl
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
enEnglish
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
nlDutch
Paranoïde stijl

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17137
10.2013
Global:
#39347
10.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#13939
07.2015
Global:
#18217
07.2015

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Paranoid Style in American Politics from Wikipedia articles about Richard Hofstadter, QAnon, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Populism in the United States and Radical right in the United States. Whereas reading the article about The Paranoid Style in American Politics people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Richard Hofstadter, Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From, Among the Truthers, Anti-intellectualism in American Life and John Birch Society.

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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