To be, or not to be

To be, or not to be - soliloquy in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. This event is the 432^nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events. Article “To be, or not to be” in Indonesian Wikipedia has 30.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 13 references and 7 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “To be, or not to be”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Indonesian Wikipedia and edited by 920 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

To be, or not to be is on the 432^nd place in global ranking of events on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 3 times in Indonesian Wikipedia and cited 742 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Indonesian): #21798 in March 2026
• Global: #17381 in February 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Indonesian): #96456 in June 2026
• Global: #10204 in April 2016

There are 23 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) To be, or not to be		33.0705
2	Indonesian (id) To be, or not to be		30.0539
3	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser		19.4048
4	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть		19.1127
5	Dutch (nl) To be, or not to be		19.1072
6	Arabic (ar) أكون أو لا أكون		18.6063
7	Portuguese (pt) Ser ou não ser		18.3018
8	Chinese (zh) 生存还是毁灭		16.9498
9	Armenian (hy) Լինել, թե չլինել		16.6612
10	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage		13.0868

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

The most popular language versions of the article "To be, or not to be" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) To be, or not to be		9 785 585
2	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage		1 234 790
3	Italian (it) Essere o non essere		1 158 960
4	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser		1 044 463
5	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть		774 058
6	Portuguese (pt) Ser ou não ser		765 012
7	Chinese (zh) 生存还是毁灭		645 055
8	Polish (pl) Być albo nie być		351 229
9	Persian (fa) بودن، یا نبودن		257 420
10	French (fr) To be, or not to be		164 476

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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 "To be, or not to be" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) To be, or not to be		20 338
2	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage		2 788
3	Italian (it) Essere o non essere		2 576
4	Chinese (zh) 生存还是毁灭		2 098
5	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser		2 011
6	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть		1 868
7	French (fr) To be, or not to be		1 663
8	Persian (fa) بودن، یا نبودن		1 487
9	Portuguese (pt) Ser ou não ser		896
10	Bulgarian (bg) Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш		492

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

Language versions of the article "To be, or not to be" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) To be, or not to be		442
2	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage		75
3	Italian (it) Essere o non essere		58
4	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть		57
5	Polish (pl) Być albo nie być		34
6	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser		33
7	Dutch (nl) To be, or not to be		33
8	Hebrew (he) להיות, או לא להיות		29
9	Chinese (zh) 生存还是毁灭		29
10	Portuguese (pt) Ser ou não ser		22

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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 "To be, or not to be" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) أكون أو لا أكون		3
2	English (en) To be, or not to be		1
3	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser		1
4	Dutch (nl) To be, or not to be		1
5	Polish (pl) Być albo nie być		1
6	Bulgarian (bg) Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш		0
7	Catalan (ca) Ser o no ser (Hamlet)		0
8	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Ĉu esti, aŭ ne esti		0
10	Estonian (et) Olla või mitte olla		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 "To be, or not to be" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) To be, or not to be		302
2	Persian (fa) بودن، یا نبودن		93
3	Russian (ru) Быть или не быть		76
4	Polish (pl) Być albo nie być		30
5	German (de) Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage		27
6	Hebrew (he) להיות, או לא להיות		25
7	Arabic (ar) أكون أو لا أكون		24
8	French (fr) To be, or not to be		24
9	Italian (it) Essere o non essere		22
10	Spanish (es) Ser o no ser		20

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أكون أو لا أكون
bg	Bulgarian Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш
ca	Catalan Ser o no ser (Hamlet)
de	German Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
en	English To be, or not to be
eo	Esperanto Ĉu esti, aŭ ne esti
es	Spanish Ser o no ser
et	Estonian Olla või mitte olla
eu	Basque Izan ala ez izan (Hamlet)
fa	Persian بودن، یا نبودن
fi	Finnish Ollako vai eikö, siinä pulma
fr	French To be, or not to be
he	Hebrew להיות, או לא להיות
hy	Armenian Լինել, թե չլինել
id	Indonesian To be, or not to be
it	Italian Essere o non essere
nl	Dutch To be, or not to be
no	Norwegian Å være, eller ikke være
pl	Polish Być albo nie być
pt	Portuguese Ser ou não ser
ru	Russian Быть или не быть
uk	Ukrainian Бути чи не бути
zh	Chinese 生存还是毁灭

Best Rank

Indonesian: #96456 06.2026

Global: #10204 04.2016

Best Rank

Indonesian: #21798 03.2026

Global: #17381 02.2009

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