Watchdog journalism

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Watchdog journalism

Quality:

Watchdog journalism - journalism that plays an oversight role towards government, industry and society. Article “Watchdog journalism” in English Wikipedia has 70.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 56 references and 13 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 2025 the article “Watchdog journalism” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Watchdog journalism”, its content was written by 117 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 134 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 557 times in English Wikipedia and cited 801 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #3995 in April 2020
  • Global: #30510 in April 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #66356 in May 2013
  • Global: #123431 in May 2013

There are 6 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)
Watchdog journalism
70.822
2Ukrainian (uk)
Наглядова журналістика
66.2322
3Russian (ru)
Контролирующая журналистика
31.6881
4Urdu (ur)
نگراں کار صحافت
22.8233
5Chinese (zh)
看門狗新聞學
14.2831
6Persian (fa)
روزنامه‌نگاری مراقبتی
4.0308
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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 "Watchdog journalism" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Watchdog journalism
1 098 945
2Russian (ru)
Контролирующая журналистика
21 463
3Chinese (zh)
看門狗新聞學
5 599
4Ukrainian (uk)
Наглядова журналістика
4 149
5Persian (fa)
روزنامه‌نگاری مراقبتی
1 669
6Urdu (ur)
نگراں کار صحافت
655
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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 "Watchdog journalism" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Watchdog journalism
2 800
2Russian (ru)
Контролирующая журналистика
77
3Chinese (zh)
看門狗新聞學
60
4Ukrainian (uk)
Наглядова журналістика
25
5Urdu (ur)
نگراں کار صحافت
14
6Persian (fa)
روزنامه‌نگاری مراقبتی
12
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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 "Watchdog journalism" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Watchdog journalism
117
2Ukrainian (uk)
Наглядова журналістика
7
3Russian (ru)
Контролирующая журналистика
4
4Persian (fa)
روزنامه‌نگاری مراقبتی
3
5Chinese (zh)
看門狗新聞學
2
6Urdu (ur)
نگراں کار صحافت
1
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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 "Watchdog journalism" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Watchdog journalism
3
2Urdu (ur)
نگراں کار صحافت
1
3Persian (fa)
روزنامه‌نگاری مراقبتی
0
4Russian (ru)
Контролирующая журналистика
0
5Ukrainian (uk)
Наглядова журналістика
0
6Chinese (zh)
看門狗新聞學
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 "Watchdog journalism" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Watchdog journalism
557
2Persian (fa)
روزنامه‌نگاری مراقبتی
83
3Russian (ru)
Контролирующая журналистика
76
4Ukrainian (uk)
Наглядова журналістика
69
5Chinese (zh)
看門狗新聞學
11
6Urdu (ur)
نگراں کار صحافت
5
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Watchdog journalism
faPersian
روزنامه‌نگاری مراقبتی
ruRussian
Контролирующая журналистика
ukUkrainian
Наглядова журналістика
urUrdu
نگراں کار صحافت
zhChinese
看門狗新聞學

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#66356
05.2013
Global:
#123431
05.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#3995
04.2020
Global:
#30510
04.2020

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Watchdog journalism from Wikipedia articles about Muckraker, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Stormfront, Newslaundry and Media Matters for America. Whereas reading the article about Watchdog journalism people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Investigative journalism, Fourth Estate, Muckraker, Propaganda and DFRAC.

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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