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World's funniest joke

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World's funniest joke - term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research. Article “World's funniest joke” in English Wikipedia has 27.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 5 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 “World's funniest joke”, its content was written by 269 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 326 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 10 times in English Wikipedia and cited 16 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5638 in April 2012
  • Global: #43355 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #489 in September 2011
  • Global: #2060 in June 2011

There are 5 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)
World's funniest joke
27.3446
2Spanish (es)
El chiste más gracioso del mundo (Richard Wiseman)
27.0898
3German (de)
Witzigster Witz der Welt
23.9441
4Arabic (ar)
أطرف نكتة في العالم
22.8161
5Japanese (ja)
世界で一番笑えるジョーク
14.0892
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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 "World's funniest joke" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
World's funniest joke
7 169 027
2Japanese (ja)
世界で一番笑えるジョーク
414 001
3German (de)
Witzigster Witz der Welt
54 107
4Spanish (es)
El chiste más gracioso del mundo (Richard Wiseman)
2 275
5Arabic (ar)
أطرف نكتة في العالم
982
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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 "World's funniest joke" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
World's funniest joke
8 714
2Japanese (ja)
世界で一番笑えるジョーク
897
3German (de)
Witzigster Witz der Welt
854
4Spanish (es)
El chiste más gracioso del mundo (Richard Wiseman)
98
5Arabic (ar)
أطرف نكتة في العالم
18
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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 "World's funniest joke" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
World's funniest joke
269
2Japanese (ja)
世界で一番笑えるジョーク
29
3German (de)
Witzigster Witz der Welt
17
4Spanish (es)
El chiste más gracioso del mundo (Richard Wiseman)
6
5Arabic (ar)
أطرف نكتة في العالم
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 "World's funniest joke" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
أطرف نكتة في العالم
0
2German (de)
Witzigster Witz der Welt
0
3English (en)
World's funniest joke
0
4Spanish (es)
El chiste más gracioso del mundo (Richard Wiseman)
0
5Japanese (ja)
世界で一番笑えるジョーク
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 "World's funniest joke" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
World's funniest joke
10
2Japanese (ja)
世界で一番笑えるジョーク
4
3German (de)
Witzigster Witz der Welt
1
4Spanish (es)
El chiste más gracioso del mundo (Richard Wiseman)
1
5Arabic (ar)
أطرف نكتة في العالم
0
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أطرف نكتة في العالم
deGerman
Witzigster Witz der Welt
enEnglish
World's funniest joke
esSpanish
El chiste más gracioso del mundo (Richard Wiseman)
jaJapanese
世界で一番笑えるジョーク

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#489
09.2011
Global:
#2060
06.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5638
04.2012
Global:
#43355
07.2004

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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