Whitewashing

Whitewashing in film - casting practice in the film industry in which white actors are cast in non-white roles. Article “Whitewashing” in French Wikipedia has 28.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 16 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Whitewashing” was edited by 2 authors in French Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Whitewashing”, its content was written by 23 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 616 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 29 times in French Wikipedia and cited 536 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #12315 in July 2020
• Global: #6624 in October 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #47641 in February 2021
• Global: #25562 in April 2017

There are 17 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, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Whitewashing in film		75.7143
2	Spanish (es) Blanqueamiento cinematográfico		64.1743
3	Japanese (ja) ホワイトウォッシング (配役)		54.6617
4	Italian (it) Whitewashing		44.0056
5	German (de) Whitewashing (Unterhaltungsindustrie)		39.954
6	Korean (ko) 화이트워싱		31.9577
7	French (fr) Whitewashing		28.7376
8	Russian (ru) Вайтвошинг в кино		27.8597
9	Persian (fa) سفیدنمایی در فیلم		26.1602
10	Catalan (ca) Blanquejament en pel·lícules		24.3335

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Whitewashing" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Whitewashing in film		2 191 776
2	Japanese (ja) ホワイトウォッシング (配役)		228 197
3	Italian (it) Whitewashing		135 807
4	Spanish (es) Blanqueamiento cinematográfico		108 125
5	Russian (ru) Вайтвошинг в кино		88 001
6	German (de) Whitewashing (Unterhaltungsindustrie)		57 173
7	French (fr) Whitewashing		35 977
8	Portuguese (pt) Embranquecimento no cinema		33 398
9	Korean (ko) 화이트워싱		23 041
10	Swedish (sv) Whitewashing		17 155

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Whitewashing" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Whitewashing in film		5 827
2	Japanese (ja) ホワイトウォッシング (配役)		585
3	Russian (ru) Вайтвошинг в кино		531
4	Italian (it) Whitewashing		409
5	German (de) Whitewashing (Unterhaltungsindustrie)		233
6	French (fr) Whitewashing		230
7	Spanish (es) Blanqueamiento cinematográfico		181
8	Chinese (zh) 電影的洗白		79
9	Korean (ko) 화이트워싱		59
10	Swedish (sv) Whitewashing		59

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Whitewashing" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Whitewashing in film		381
2	German (de) Whitewashing (Unterhaltungsindustrie)		48
3	Italian (it) Whitewashing		34
4	Japanese (ja) ホワイトウォッシング (配役)		30
5	French (fr) Whitewashing		23
6	Portuguese (pt) Embranquecimento no cinema		22
7	Spanish (es) Blanqueamiento cinematográfico		21
8	Russian (ru) Вайтвошинг в кино		20
9	Simple English (simple) Whitewashing in movies		10
10	Swedish (sv) Whitewashing		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Whitewashing" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Whitewashing in film		2
2	French (fr) Whitewashing		2
3	Arabic (ar) التبييض (الأفلام)		1
4	Catalan (ca) Blanquejament en pel·lícules		1
5	Vietnamese (vi) Tẩy trắng trong phim ảnh		1
6	German (de) Whitewashing (Unterhaltungsindustrie)		0
7	Spanish (es) Blanqueamiento cinematográfico		0
8	Persian (fa) سفیدنمایی در فیلم		0
9	Indonesian (id) Whitewashing dalam film		0
10	Italian (it) Whitewashing		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Whitewashing" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Whitewashing in film		255
2	Arabic (ar) التبييض (الأفلام)		42
3	Spanish (es) Blanqueamiento cinematográfico		31
4	French (fr) Whitewashing		29
5	Japanese (ja) ホワイトウォッシング (配役)		29
6	Italian (it) Whitewashing		28
7	Korean (ko) 화이트워싱		23
8	Russian (ru) Вайтвошинг в кино		22
9	German (de) Whitewashing (Unterhaltungsindustrie)		21
10	Portuguese (pt) Embranquecimento no cinema		16

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic التبييض (الأفلام)
ca	Catalan Blanquejament en pel·lícules
de	German Whitewashing (Unterhaltungsindustrie)
en	English Whitewashing in film
es	Spanish Blanqueamiento cinematográfico
fa	Persian سفیدنمایی در فیلم
fr	French Whitewashing
id	Indonesian Whitewashing dalam film
it	Italian Whitewashing
ja	Japanese ホワイトウォッシング (配役)
ko	Korean 화이트워싱
pt	Portuguese Embranquecimento no cinema
ru	Russian Вайтвошинг в кино
simple	Simple English Whitewashing in movies
sv	Swedish Whitewashing
vi	Vietnamese Tẩy trắng trong phim ảnh
zh	Chinese 電影的洗白

Best Rank

French: #47641 02.2021

Global: #25562 04.2017

Best Rank

French: #12315 07.2020

Global: #6624 10.2015

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