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World literature

Quality:

World literature - circulation of literature beyond its country of origin. Article “World literature” in English Wikipedia has 22.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.16 points.

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

Since the creation of article “World literature”, its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 397 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 212 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1213 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #26157 in November 2019
  • Global: #42642 in November 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #46637 in June 2015
  • Global: #61312 in November 2010

There are 24 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
1Swedish (sv)
Världslitteratur
43.3448
2Croatian (hr)
Svjetska književnost
37.5602
3Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Svjetska književnost
30.6082
4Chinese (zh)
世界文學
26.369
5Dutch (nl)
Wereldliteratuur
22.2528
6English (en)
World literature
22.0594
7Spanish (es)
Literatura mundial
21.6636
8German (de)
Weltliteratur
21.645
9Basque (eu)
Literatura unibertsal
19.3607
10Arabic (ar)
الأدب العالمي
18.0698
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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 literature" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
World literature
1 620 012
2German (de)
Weltliteratur
754 059
3Croatian (hr)
Svjetska književnost
271 562
4Ukrainian (uk)
Світова література
166 264
5Arabic (ar)
الأدب العالمي
94 037
6Russian (ru)
Мировая литература
49 164
7Persian (fa)
ادبیات جهان
47 255
8Spanish (es)
Literatura mundial
41 218
9Italian (it)
Letteratura mondiale
40 977
10French (fr)
World literature
32 761
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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 literature" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
World literature
4 435
2German (de)
Weltliteratur
1 437
3Croatian (hr)
Svjetska književnost
792
4Spanish (es)
Literatura mundial
302
5Russian (ru)
Мировая литература
256
6Japanese (ja)
世界文学
255
7Chinese (zh)
世界文學
182
8Dutch (nl)
Wereldliteratuur
155
9Ukrainian (uk)
Світова література
153
10Italian (it)
Letteratura mondiale
146
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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 literature" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
World literature
127
2German (de)
Weltliteratur
92
3Croatian (hr)
Svjetska književnost
22
4French (fr)
World literature
20
5Ukrainian (uk)
Світова література
19
6Arabic (ar)
الأدب العالمي
14
7Italian (it)
Letteratura mondiale
13
8Azerbaijani (az)
Dünya ədəbiyyatı
12
9Basque (eu)
Literatura unibertsal
9
10Japanese (ja)
世界文学
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 "World literature" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Ukrainian (uk)
Світова література
2
2Japanese (ja)
世界文学
1
3Arabic (ar)
الأدب العالمي
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Dünya ədəbiyyatı
0
5German (de)
Weltliteratur
0
6English (en)
World literature
0
7Esperanto (eo)
Tutmonda literaturo
0
8Spanish (es)
Literatura mundial
0
9Estonian (et)
Maailmakirjandus
0
10Basque (eu)
Literatura unibertsal
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 literature" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Weltliteratur
297
2English (en)
World literature
212
3Dutch (nl)
Wereldliteratuur
187
4Estonian (et)
Maailmakirjandus
72
5Persian (fa)
ادبیات جهان
56
6Esperanto (eo)
Tutmonda literaturo
52
7Arabic (ar)
الأدب العالمي
40
8Ukrainian (uk)
Світова література
40
9Basque (eu)
Literatura unibertsal
39
10French (fr)
World literature
25
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الأدب العالمي
azAzerbaijani
Dünya ədəbiyyatı
deGerman
Weltliteratur
enEnglish
World literature
eoEsperanto
Tutmonda literaturo
esSpanish
Literatura mundial
etEstonian
Maailmakirjandus
euBasque
Literatura unibertsal
faPersian
ادبیات جهان
frFrench
World literature
hrCroatian
Svjetska književnost
hyArmenian
Համաշխարհային գրականություն
idIndonesian
Sastra dunia
itItalian
Letteratura mondiale
jaJapanese
世界文学
koKorean
세계문학
nlDutch
Wereldliteratuur
ruRussian
Мировая литература
shSerbo-Croatian
Svjetska književnost
skSlovak
Svetová literatúra
svSwedish
Världslitteratur
trTurkish
Dünya edebiyatı
ukUkrainian
Світова література
zhChinese
世界文學

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#46637
06.2015
Global:
#61312
11.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#26157
11.2019
Global:
#42642
11.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on World literature from Wikipedia articles about Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Brothers Karamazov and War and Peace. Whereas reading the article about World literature people most often go to Wikipedia articles on German-language literature, Classic, Masterpiece, Western literature and Literature by country.

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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