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Western literature

Quality:

Western literature - literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe. Article “Western literature” in English Wikipedia has 97 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 214 references and 30 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 “Western literature”, its content was written by 89 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 283 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 765 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1939 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #31100 in June 2022
  • Global: #34133 in June 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #109440 in September 2010
  • Global: #118211 in September 2010

There are 18 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)
Western literature
97.0398
2Russian (ru)
Западная литература
57.6062
3Arabic (ar)
أدب غربي
31.9616
4Galician (gl)
Literatura europea
24.9129
5Spanish (es)
Literatura europea
23.2317
6Chinese (zh)
西方文學理論
19.3617
7Portuguese (pt)
Literatura da Europa
15.5505
8Vietnamese (vi)
Văn học phương Tây
13.7968
9Catalan (ca)
Literatura europea
10.9191
10Basque (eu)
Europako literatura
10.7859
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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 "Western literature" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Western literature
854 592
2Spanish (es)
Literatura europea
552 132
3Chinese (zh)
西方文學理論
108 826
4Turkish (tr)
Batı edebiyatı
103 310
5Russian (ru)
Западная литература
61 032
6Arabic (ar)
أدب غربي
43 082
7Vietnamese (vi)
Văn học phương Tây
33 108
8French (fr)
Littérature européenne
25 607
9Basque (eu)
Europako literatura
13 088
10Portuguese (pt)
Literatura da Europa
10 959
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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 "Western literature" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Western literature
4 221
2Russian (ru)
Западная литература
620
3Turkish (tr)
Batı edebiyatı
569
4Chinese (zh)
西方文學理論
261
5Spanish (es)
Literatura europea
210
6Arabic (ar)
أدب غربي
108
7French (fr)
Littérature européenne
81
8Vietnamese (vi)
Văn học phương Tây
57
9Portuguese (pt)
Literatura da Europa
43
10Norwegian (no)
Europeisk litteratur
34
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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 "Western literature" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Western literature
89
2French (fr)
Littérature européenne
33
3Spanish (es)
Literatura europea
29
4Chinese (zh)
西方文學理論
21
5Norwegian (no)
Europeisk litteratur
17
6Arabic (ar)
أدب غربي
13
7Basque (eu)
Europako literatura
13
8Vietnamese (vi)
Văn học phương Tây
11
9Turkish (tr)
Batı edebiyatı
10
10Esperanto (eo)
Eŭropa literaturo
9
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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 "Western literature" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Chinese (zh)
西方文學理論
2
2Arabic (ar)
أدب غربي
0
3Azerbaijani (az)
Qərb ədəbiyyatı
0
4Catalan (ca)
Literatura europea
0
5English (en)
Western literature
0
6Esperanto (eo)
Eŭropa literaturo
0
7Spanish (es)
Literatura europea
0
8Basque (eu)
Europako literatura
0
9French (fr)
Littérature européenne
0
10Galician (gl)
Literatura europea
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 "Western literature" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Western literature
765
2Arabic (ar)
أدب غربي
233
3French (fr)
Littérature européenne
201
4Turkish (tr)
Batı edebiyatı
161
5Chinese (zh)
西方文學理論
121
6Catalan (ca)
Literatura europea
106
7Russian (ru)
Западная литература
93
8Spanish (es)
Literatura europea
48
9Portuguese (pt)
Literatura da Europa
39
10Basque (eu)
Europako literatura
36
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أدب غربي
azAzerbaijani
Qərb ədəbiyyatı
caCatalan
Literatura europea
enEnglish
Western literature
eoEsperanto
Eŭropa literaturo
esSpanish
Literatura europea
euBasque
Europako literatura
frFrench
Littérature européenne
glGalician
Literatura europea
hiHindi
पाश्चात्य साहित्य
hyArmenian
Արևմտյան գրականություն
noNorwegian
Europeisk litteratur
ptPortuguese
Literatura da Europa
ruRussian
Западная литература
skSlovak
Európska literatúra
trTurkish
Batı edebiyatı
viVietnamese
Văn học phương Tây
zhChinese
西方文學理論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#109440
09.2010
Global:
#118211
09.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#31100
06.2022
Global:
#34133
06.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Western literature from Wikipedia articles about Don Quixote, The Divine Comedy, Iliad, World literature and Dante Alighieri. Whereas reading the article about Western literature people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Western canon, Western culture, American literature, English literature and Classicism.

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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