Useful idiot

Quality:

Useful idiot - derogatory term for a person perceived to propagandize for a cause without fully comprehending the cause's goals. Article "Useful idiot" in English Wikipedia has 39.1 points for quality (as of November 1, 2023). The article contains 29 references and 7 sections.

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

In October 2023 the article "Useful idiot" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Useful idiot", its content was written by 358 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 987 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 202 times in English Wikipedia and cited 389 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2084 in March 2021
  • Global: #10115 in March 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #16250 in April 2020
  • Global: #31368 in May 2019

There are 30 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 November 1, 2023 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

下表顯示了最高品質的文章的語言版本。

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Estonian (et)
Kasulik idioot
46.3447
2English (en)
Useful idiot
39.1082
3Turkish (tr)
Kullanışlı aptal
35.1395
4Polish (pl)
Pożyteczny idiota
34.8591
5Portuguese (pt)
Idiota útil
34.6614
6German (de)
Nützlicher Idiot
33.558
7Ukrainian (uk)
Корисний ідіот
31.2594
8Arabic (ar)
مغفل مفيد
30.9247
9Spanish (es)
Idiota útil
30.0638
10Romanian (ro)
Idiot util
29.3782
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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 "Useful idiot" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Useful idiot
2 223 186
2Swedish (sv)
Nyttig idiot
531 295
3Polish (pl)
Pożyteczny idiota
261 196
4Russian (ru)
Полезный идиот
197 139
5Spanish (es)
Idiota útil
190 012
6Portuguese (pt)
Idiota útil
187 612
7French (fr)
Idiot utile
155 470
8Italian (it)
Utile idiota
146 704
9German (de)
Nützlicher Idiot
88 031
10Japanese (ja)
役に立つ馬鹿
52 013
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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 October 2023

The most popular language versions of the article "Useful idiot" in October 2023
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Useful idiot
17 882
2Czech (cs)
Užitečný idiot
4 019
3Russian (ru)
Полезный идиот
2 134
4Spanish (es)
Idiota útil
1 381
5Italian (it)
Utile idiota
1 077
6French (fr)
Idiot utile
1 059
7Polish (pl)
Pożyteczny idiota
1 047
8German (de)
Nützlicher Idiot
1 032
9Portuguese (pt)
Idiota útil
668
10Chinese (zh)
有用的白痴
642
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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 "Useful idiot" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Useful idiot
358
2French (fr)
Idiot utile
62
3Polish (pl)
Pożyteczny idiota
61
4Hebrew (he)
אידיוטים שימושיים
51
5German (de)
Nützlicher Idiot
47
6Russian (ru)
Полезный идиот
45
7Swedish (sv)
Nyttig idiot
44
8Italian (it)
Utile idiota
37
9Spanish (es)
Idiota útil
33
10Portuguese (pt)
Idiota útil
31
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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 October 2023

Language versions of the article "Useful idiot" with the highest AI in October 2023
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Useful idiot
3
2Russian (ru)
Полезный идиот
2
3Persian (fa)
احمق مفید
1
4Arabic (ar)
مغفل مفيد
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Полезен идиот
0
6Czech (cs)
Užitečný idiot
0
7Danish (da)
Nyttige idioter
0
8German (de)
Nützlicher Idiot
0
9Esperanto (eo)
Utila idioto
0
10Spanish (es)
Idiota útil
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 "Useful idiot" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Useful idiot
202
2Swedish (sv)
Nyttig idiot
35
3French (fr)
Idiot utile
19
4German (de)
Nützlicher Idiot
17
5Arabic (ar)
مغفل مفيد
13
6Chinese (zh)
有用的白痴
13
7Portuguese (pt)
Idiota útil
12
8Russian (ru)
Полезный идиот
11
9Polish (pl)
Pożyteczny idiota
10
10Spanish (es)
Idiota útil
8
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مغفل مفيد
bgBulgarian
Полезен идиот
csCzech
Užitečný idiot
daDanish
Nyttige idioter
deGerman
Nützlicher Idiot
enEnglish
Useful idiot
eoEsperanto
Utila idioto
esSpanish
Idiota útil
etEstonian
Kasulik idioot
faPersian
احمق مفید
fiFinnish
Hyödyllinen idiootti
frFrench
Idiot utile
heHebrew
אידיוטים שימושיים
hrCroatian
Korisni idiot
huHungarian
Hasznos idióta
itItalian
Utile idiota
jaJapanese
役に立つ馬鹿
koKorean
유용한 바보
ltLithuanian
Naudingas idiotas
nlDutch
Nuttige idioot
noNorwegian
Nyttig idiot
plPolish
Pożyteczny idiota
ptPortuguese
Idiota útil
roRomanian
Idiot util
ruRussian
Полезный идиот
shSerbo-Croatian
Korisni idiot
svSwedish
Nyttig idiot
trTurkish
Kullanışlı aptal
ukUkrainian
Корисний ідіот
zhChinese
有用的白痴

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#16250
04.2020
Global:
#31368
05.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2084
03.2021
Global:
#10115
03.2018

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Useful idiot from Wikipedia articles about Agent of influence, Clandestine HUMINT asset recruiting, Fellow traveler, Jean-Paul Sartre and Idiot. Whereas reading the article about Useful idiot people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Fellow traveler, Vladimir Lenin, Agent of influence, Baizuo and Useful idiot.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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