What Is It Like to Be a Bat

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What Is It Like to Be a Bat? - paper by Thomas Nagel. This book is the 3622nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” in English Wikipedia has 34.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 17 references and 5 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 3622nd most popular in books.

In June 2025 the article “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”, its content was written by 114 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 248 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

What Is It Like to Be a Bat? is on the 3622nd place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 112 times in English Wikipedia and cited 426 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #9014 in January 2015
  • Global: #39406 in January 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #117542 in February 2023
  • Global: #83498 in December 2012

There are 15 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
1Hebrew (he)
איך זה להיות עטלף?
62.6593
2Chinese (zh)
變成蝙蝠會怎樣?
41.2355
3Estonian (et)
Mis tunne on olla nahkhiir?
40
4English (en)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
34.5406
5Polish (pl)
Jak to jest być nietoperzem?
32.5476
6Persian (fa)
خفاش بودن چگونه است؟
26.9586
7Spanish (es)
¿Qué se siente ser un murciélago?
25.7984
8Basque (eu)
Nolakoa da saguzar bat izatea?
25.0229
9Turkish (tr)
Yarasa Olmak Nasıl Bir Şeydir?
21.5202
10Indonesian (id)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
20.584
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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 "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
976 959
2Japanese (ja)
コウモリであるとはどのようなことか
250 556
3Russian (ru)
Что значит быть летучей мышью?
112 372
4French (fr)
Quel effet cela fait-il d'être une chauve-souris ?
81 453
5Chinese (zh)
變成蝙蝠會怎樣?
32 032
6Polish (pl)
Jak to jest być nietoperzem?
28 227
7Portuguese (pt)
What Is it Like to Be a Bat?
8 276
8Estonian (et)
Mis tunne on olla nahkhiir?
8 006
9Hebrew (he)
איך זה להיות עטלף?
4 327
10Spanish (es)
¿Qué se siente ser un murciélago?
4 100
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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 "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
8 590
2Japanese (ja)
コウモリであるとはどのようなことか
1 100
3Russian (ru)
Что значит быть летучей мышью?
795
4Spanish (es)
¿Qué se siente ser un murciélago?
360
5French (fr)
Quel effet cela fait-il d'être une chauve-souris ?
360
6Chinese (zh)
變成蝙蝠會怎樣?
243
7Polish (pl)
Jak to jest być nietoperzem?
135
8Hebrew (he)
איך זה להיות עטלף?
62
9Persian (fa)
خفاش بودن چگونه است؟
59
10Turkish (tr)
Yarasa Olmak Nasıl Bir Şeydir?
48
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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 "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
114
2French (fr)
Quel effet cela fait-il d'être une chauve-souris ?
43
3Japanese (ja)
コウモリであるとはどのようなことか
14
4Polish (pl)
Jak to jest być nietoperzem?
13
5Estonian (et)
Mis tunne on olla nahkhiir?
12
6Chinese (zh)
變成蝙蝠會怎樣?
11
7Hebrew (he)
איך זה להיות עטלף?
10
8Russian (ru)
Что значит быть летучей мышью?
10
9Indonesian (id)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
6
10Portuguese (pt)
What Is it Like to Be a Bat?
5
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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 "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
1
2Hebrew (he)
איך זה להיות עטלף?
1
3Azerbaijani (az)
Yarasa olmaq nə deməkdir?
0
4Spanish (es)
¿Qué se siente ser un murciélago?
0
5Estonian (et)
Mis tunne on olla nahkhiir?
0
6Basque (eu)
Nolakoa da saguzar bat izatea?
0
7Persian (fa)
خفاش بودن چگونه است؟
0
8French (fr)
Quel effet cela fait-il d'être une chauve-souris ?
0
9Indonesian (id)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
0
10Japanese (ja)
コウモリであるとはどのようなことか
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 "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
112
2Japanese (ja)
コウモリであるとはどのようなことか
82
3Chinese (zh)
變成蝙蝠會怎樣?
79
4French (fr)
Quel effet cela fait-il d'être une chauve-souris ?
59
5Russian (ru)
Что значит быть летучей мышью?
40
6Estonian (et)
Mis tunne on olla nahkhiir?
16
7Indonesian (id)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
7
8Azerbaijani (az)
Yarasa olmaq nə deməkdir?
5
9Spanish (es)
¿Qué se siente ser un murciélago?
5
10Hebrew (he)
איך זה להיות עטלף?
5
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
azAzerbaijani
Yarasa olmaq nə deməkdir?
enEnglish
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
esSpanish
¿Qué se siente ser un murciélago?
etEstonian
Mis tunne on olla nahkhiir?
euBasque
Nolakoa da saguzar bat izatea?
faPersian
خفاش بودن چگونه است؟
frFrench
Quel effet cela fait-il d'être une chauve-souris ?
heHebrew
איך זה להיות עטלף?
idIndonesian
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
jaJapanese
コウモリであるとはどのようなことか
plPolish
Jak to jest być nietoperzem?
ptPortuguese
What Is it Like to Be a Bat?
ruRussian
Что значит быть летучей мышью?
trTurkish
Yarasa Olmak Nasıl Bir Şeydir?
zhChinese
變成蝙蝠會怎樣?

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#117542
02.2023
Global:
#83498
12.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#9014
01.2015
Global:
#39406
01.2015

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on What Is It Like to Be a Bat? from Wikipedia articles about Thomas Nagel, Hard problem of consciousness, Philosophical zombie, Qualia and List of problems in philosophy. Whereas reading the article about What Is It Like to Be a Bat? people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Thomas Nagel, Mind–body problem, Qualia, Daniel Dennett and Human echolocation.

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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