Whatever (novel)

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Whatever (novel)

Quality:

Whatever - 1994 novel by Michel Houellebecq. This book is the 4046th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “Whatever (novel)” in English Wikipedia has 29.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 6 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 4046th most popular in books.

In June 2025 the article “Whatever (novel)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Whatever (novel)”, its content was written by 58 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 219 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Whatever is on the 4046th place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 139 times in English Wikipedia and cited 309 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #115255 in May 2018
  • Global: #52988 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #186584 in January 2015
  • Global: #72218 in January 2015

There are 12 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
1Dutch (nl)
De wereld als markt en strijd
64.9306
2English (en)
Whatever (novel)
29.3789
3German (de)
Ausweitung der Kampfzone
22.3936
4Swedish (sv)
Konkurrens till döds
16.6296
5Romanian (ro)
Extinderea domeniului luptei
15.7507
6Spanish (es)
Ampliación del campo de batalla
14.8588
7Catalan (ca)
Ampliació del camp de batalla
11.3262
8Polish (pl)
Poszerzenie pola walki
10.2818
9Norwegian (no)
Utvidelse av kampsonen
10.1473
10French (fr)
Extension du domaine de la lutte
9.9408
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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 "Whatever (novel)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1French (fr)
Extension du domaine de la lutte
512 046
2English (en)
Whatever (novel)
382 198
3German (de)
Ausweitung der Kampfzone
206 869
4Russian (ru)
Расширение пространства борьбы
94 784
5Italian (it)
Estensione del dominio della lotta
60 480
6Spanish (es)
Ampliación del campo de batalla
47 850
7Polish (pl)
Poszerzenie pola walki
18 679
8Swedish (sv)
Konkurrens till döds
9 343
9Norwegian (no)
Utvidelse av kampsonen
8 419
10Catalan (ca)
Ampliació del camp de batalla
2 629
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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 "Whatever (novel)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Whatever (novel)
3 039
2French (fr)
Extension du domaine de la lutte
1 721
3German (de)
Ausweitung der Kampfzone
597
4Spanish (es)
Ampliación del campo de batalla
498
5Italian (it)
Estensione del dominio della lotta
461
6Russian (ru)
Расширение пространства борьбы
392
7Polish (pl)
Poszerzenie pola walki
113
8Dutch (nl)
De wereld als markt en strijd
90
9Swedish (sv)
Konkurrens till döds
81
10Norwegian (no)
Utvidelse av kampsonen
35
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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 "Whatever (novel)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
Extension du domaine de la lutte
61
2English (en)
Whatever (novel)
58
3German (de)
Ausweitung der Kampfzone
31
4Norwegian (no)
Utvidelse av kampsonen
16
5Italian (it)
Estensione del dominio della lotta
14
6Russian (ru)
Расширение пространства борьбы
14
7Catalan (ca)
Ampliació del camp de batalla
6
8Swedish (sv)
Konkurrens till döds
6
9Spanish (es)
Ampliación del campo de batalla
5
10Polish (pl)
Poszerzenie pola walki
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 "Whatever (novel)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Whatever (novel)
2
2Italian (it)
Estensione del dominio della lotta
1
3Catalan (ca)
Ampliació del camp de batalla
0
4German (de)
Ausweitung der Kampfzone
0
5Spanish (es)
Ampliación del campo de batalla
0
6French (fr)
Extension du domaine de la lutte
0
7Dutch (nl)
De wereld als markt en strijd
0
8Norwegian (no)
Utvidelse av kampsonen
0
9Polish (pl)
Poszerzenie pola walki
0
10Romanian (ro)
Extinderea domeniului luptei
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 "Whatever (novel)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Whatever (novel)
139
2French (fr)
Extension du domaine de la lutte
44
3Russian (ru)
Расширение пространства борьбы
44
4Dutch (nl)
De wereld als markt en strijd
29
5German (de)
Ausweitung der Kampfzone
23
6Swedish (sv)
Konkurrens till döds
10
7Italian (it)
Estensione del dominio della lotta
7
8Norwegian (no)
Utvidelse av kampsonen
4
9Catalan (ca)
Ampliació del camp de batalla
3
10Spanish (es)
Ampliación del campo de batalla
3
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Scores

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

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Ampliació del camp de batalla
deGerman
Ausweitung der Kampfzone
enEnglish
Whatever (novel)
esSpanish
Ampliación del campo de batalla
frFrench
Extension du domaine de la lutte
itItalian
Estensione del dominio della lotta
nlDutch
De wereld als markt en strijd
noNorwegian
Utvidelse av kampsonen
plPolish
Poszerzenie pola walki
roRomanian
Extinderea domeniului luptei
ruRussian
Расширение пространства борьбы
svSwedish
Konkurrens till döds

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#186584
01.2015
Global:
#72218
01.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#115255
05.2018
Global:
#52988
04.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Whatever from Wikipedia articles about Michel Houellebecq, Incel, Whatever, Michel Houellebecq bibliography and Atomised. Whereas reading the article about Whatever people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Michel Houellebecq, Whatever, Post-Fordism, Philippe Harel and Neurasthenia.

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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