Vampire squid

Vampire squid - species of mollusc. This taxon is the 1954^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of taxon. Article “Vampire squid” in English Wikipedia has 78.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 60 references and 14 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.

In June 2026 the article “Vampire squid” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Vampire squid”, its content was written by 386 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1004 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Vampire squid is on the 1954^th place in global ranking of taxon on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 82 times in English Wikipedia and cited 377 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4193 in April 2015
• Global: #9584 in June 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #26172 in August 2011
• Global: #35576 in February 2009

There are 33 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, 2026 (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	English (en) Vampire squid		78.3732
2	Italian (it) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		37.9577
3	German (de) Vampirtintenfisch		34.8952
4	Polish (pl) Wampirzyca piekielna		33.8248
5	Hungarian (hu) Vámpírtintahal		32.6631
6	Dutch (nl) Vampierinktvis		30.8349
7	Finnish (fi) Vampyyritursas		28.2966
8	Malay (ms) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		28.1961
9	Swedish (sv) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		27.0292
10	Simple English (simple) Vampire squid		26.6744

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Vampire squid" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Vampire squid		3 345 105
2	Russian (ru) Адский вампир		484 701
3	German (de) Vampirtintenfisch		377 388
4	Japanese (ja) コウモリダコ		258 950
5	Spanish (es) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		251 979
6	French (fr) Vampire des abysses		226 037
7	Italian (it) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		126 038
8	Polish (pl) Wampirzyca piekielna		103 247
9	Portuguese (pt) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		97 735
10	Chinese (zh) 吸血烏賊		83 362

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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 "Vampire squid" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Vampire squid		11 916
2	Russian (ru) Адский вампир		1 672
3	German (de) Vampirtintenfisch		1 166
4	Spanish (es) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		1 147
5	Japanese (ja) コウモリダコ		1 104
6	French (fr) Vampire des abysses		1 077
7	Italian (it) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		614
8	Chinese (zh) 吸血烏賊		545
9	Portuguese (pt) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		519
10	Polish (pl) Wampirzyca piekielna		499

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

Language versions of the article "Vampire squid" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Vampire squid		386
2	German (de) Vampirtintenfisch		92
3	Russian (ru) Адский вампир		75
4	French (fr) Vampire des abysses		58
5	Italian (it) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		51
6	Dutch (nl) Vampierinktvis		44
7	Spanish (es) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		34
8	Simple English (simple) Vampire squid		27
9	Portuguese (pt) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		26
10	Japanese (ja) コウモリダコ		20

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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 "Vampire squid" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Calamar vampir		1
2	English (en) Vampire squid		1
3	Hungarian (hu) Vámpírtintahal		1
4	Italian (it) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		1
5	Simple English (simple) Vampire squid		1
6	Slovenian (sl) Vampirski ligenj		1
7	Arabic (ar) حبار مصاص الدماء		0
8	Azerbaijani (az) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		0
9	Bulgarian (bg) Дълбоководен вампиров калмар		0
10	Czech (cs) Vampýrovka hlubinná		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 "Vampire squid" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Vampire squid		82
2	Persian (fa) ماهی مرکب جهنمی		30
3	French (fr) Vampire des abysses		28
4	Italian (it) Vampyroteuthis infernalis		24
5	Russian (ru) Адский вампир		23
6	German (de) Vampirtintenfisch		21
7	Chinese (zh) 吸血烏賊		21
8	Japanese (ja) コウモリダコ		20
9	Dutch (nl) Vampierinktvis		14
10	Catalan (ca) Calamar vampir		13

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حبار مصاص الدماء
az	Azerbaijani Vampyroteuthis infernalis
bg	Bulgarian Дълбоководен вампиров калмар
ca	Catalan Calamar vampir
cs	Czech Vampýrovka hlubinná
de	German Vampirtintenfisch
en	English Vampire squid
es	Spanish Vampyroteuthis infernalis
eu	Basque Vampyroteuthis infernalis
fa	Persian ماهی مرکب جهنمی
fi	Finnish Vampyyritursas
fr	French Vampire des abysses
he	Hebrew דיונון ערפדי
hu	Hungarian Vámpírtintahal
id	Indonesian Cumi-cumi vampir
it	Italian Vampyroteuthis infernalis
ja	Japanese コウモリダコ
ko	Korean 흡혈오징어
la	Latin Vampyroteuthis infernalis
lt	Lithuanian Vampyriniai kalmarai
ms	Malay Vampyroteuthis infernalis
nl	Dutch Vampierinktvis
pl	Polish Wampirzyca piekielna
pt	Portuguese Vampyroteuthis infernalis
ru	Russian Адский вампир
simple	Simple English Vampire squid
sl	Slovenian Vampirski ligenj
sv	Swedish Vampyroteuthis infernalis
th	Thai หมึกแวมไพร์
tr	Turkish Vampyroteuthis infernalis
uk	Ukrainian Пекельний вампір
vi	Vietnamese Mực quỷ
zh	Chinese 吸血烏賊

Best Rank

English: #26172 08.2011

Global: #35576 02.2009

Best Rank

English: #4193 04.2015

Global: #9584 06.2013

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