Useless (song)

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Useless (song)

Quality:

Useless - 1997 single by Depeche Mode. Article “Useless (song)” in English Wikipedia has 40 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 22 references and 8 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.

Since the creation of article “Useless (song)”, its content was written by 97 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 217 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 138 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1239 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7799 in April 2017
  • Global: #26168 in April 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #397819 in April 2009
  • Global: #501055 in October 2014

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Useless (song)
40.0233
2Italian (it)
Useless
30.1334
3Ukrainian (uk)
Useless
29.936
4Dutch (nl)
Useless
22.7259
5Russian (ru)
Useless
22.3592
6Swedish (sv)
Useless
18.9313
7Spanish (es)
Useless
17.6478
8Simple English (simple)
Useless (song)
17.5719
9Catalan (ca)
Useless
16.579
10French (fr)
Useless
13.108
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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 "Useless (song)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Useless (song)
199 119
2Russian (ru)
Useless
34 528
3Spanish (es)
Useless
33 396
4Italian (it)
Useless
21 313
5Polish (pl)
Useless
20 460
6French (fr)
Useless
10 088
7Ukrainian (uk)
Useless
1 536
8Swedish (sv)
Useless
949
9Turkish (tr)
Useless
528
10Romanian (ro)
Useless (cântec)
480
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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 "Useless (song)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Useless (song)
704
2Russian (ru)
Useless
129
3Spanish (es)
Useless
94
4Italian (it)
Useless
92
5Polish (pl)
Useless
14
6French (fr)
Useless
11
7Simple English (simple)
Useless (song)
10
8Dutch (nl)
Useless
6
9Georgian (ka)
Useless (სიმღერა)
4
10Turkish (tr)
Useless
4
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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 "Useless (song)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Useless (song)
97
2Italian (it)
Useless
26
3Polish (pl)
Useless
21
4Spanish (es)
Useless
17
5French (fr)
Useless
16
6Russian (ru)
Useless
14
7Catalan (ca)
Useless
6
8Swedish (sv)
Useless
5
9Ukrainian (uk)
Useless
5
10Romanian (ro)
Useless (cântec)
4
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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 "Useless (song)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Useless
0
2English (en)
Useless (song)
0
3Spanish (es)
Useless
0
4French (fr)
Useless
0
5Italian (it)
Useless
0
6Georgian (ka)
Useless (სიმღერა)
0
7Dutch (nl)
Useless
0
8Polish (pl)
Useless
0
9Romanian (ro)
Useless (cântec)
0
10Russian (ru)
Useless
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 "Useless (song)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Romanian (ro)
Useless (cântec)
194
2English (en)
Useless (song)
138
3Polish (pl)
Useless
136
4Italian (it)
Useless
133
5Catalan (ca)
Useless
113
6Ukrainian (uk)
Useless
105
7French (fr)
Useless
101
8Georgian (ka)
Useless (სიმღერა)
81
9Russian (ru)
Useless
65
10Turkish (tr)
Useless
62
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Useless
enEnglish
Useless (song)
esSpanish
Useless
frFrench
Useless
itItalian
Useless
kaGeorgian
Useless (სიმღერა)
nlDutch
Useless
plPolish
Useless
roRomanian
Useless (cântec)
ruRussian
Useless
simpleSimple English
Useless (song)
svSwedish
Useless
trTurkish
Useless
ukUkrainian
Useless

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#397819
04.2009
Global:
#501055
10.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7799
04.2017
Global:
#26168
04.2014

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Useless from Wikipedia articles about Ultra, Home, Depeche Mode discography, Only When I Lose Myself and The K&D Sessions. Whereas reading the article about Useless people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Only When I Lose Myself, Ultra, Home, Depeche Mode and Doug Wimbish.

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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