Orrori del Congo

Quality:

Atrocities in the Congo Free State - atrocities perpetrated in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) which, at the time, was a colony under the personal rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. Article “Orrori del Congo” in Italian Wikipedia has 34.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 16 references and 17 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Orrori del Congo”, its content was written by 15 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 608 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 846 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Italian): #2615 in October 2023
• Global: #3625 in June 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Italian): #13202 in June 2024
• Global: #4172 in June 2020

There are 15 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Atrocities in the Congo Free State		100
2	Dutch (nl) Wandaden in Congo-Vrijstaat		88.1086
3	Ukrainian (uk) Звірства у Вільній Державі Конго		81.9975
4	French (fr) Exactions commises dans l'État indépendant du Congo		74.5829
5	Hebrew (he) זוועות קונגו		74.0243
6	Spanish (es) Genocidio congoleño (1885-1908)		70.8909
7	German (de) Kongogräuel		45.3038
8	Russian (ru) Зверства в Свободном государстве Конго		41.1619
9	Italian (it) Orrori del Congo		34.1595
10	Turkish (tr) Belçika sömürgeciliği altında Kongo katliamları		29.4606

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Atrocities in the Congo Free State		3 020 069
2	German (de) Kongogräuel		1 333 852
3	Spanish (es) Genocidio congoleño (1885-1908)		310 759
4	French (fr) Exactions commises dans l'État indépendant du Congo		224 133
5	Dutch (nl) Wandaden in Congo-Vrijstaat		174 175
6	Russian (ru) Зверства в Свободном государстве Конго		89 117
7	Persian (fa) جنایت‌ها در دولت آزاد کنگو		64 532
8	Turkish (tr) Belçika sömürgeciliği altında Kongo katliamları		57 947
9	Italian (it) Orrori del Congo		53 023
10	Hebrew (he) זוועות קונגו		34 017

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Atrocities in the Congo Free State		45 692
2	German (de) Kongogräuel		13 925
3	French (fr) Exactions commises dans l'État indépendant du Congo		4 942
4	Spanish (es) Genocidio congoleño (1885-1908)		4 290
5	Italian (it) Orrori del Congo		3 203
6	Dutch (nl) Wandaden in Congo-Vrijstaat		2 752
7	Russian (ru) Зверства в Свободном государстве Конго		2 375
8	Turkish (tr) Belçika sömürgeciliği altında Kongo katliamları		1 601
9	Portuguese (pt) Atrocidades no Estado Livre do Congo		542
10	Persian (fa) جنایت‌ها در دولت آزاد کنگو		407

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Atrocities in the Congo Free State		224
2	German (de) Kongogräuel		137
3	French (fr) Exactions commises dans l'État indépendant du Congo		53
4	Dutch (nl) Wandaden in Congo-Vrijstaat		50
5	Hebrew (he) זוועות קונגו		32
6	Spanish (es) Genocidio congoleño (1885-1908)		30
7	Persian (fa) جنایت‌ها در دولت آزاد کنگو		18
8	Italian (it) Orrori del Congo		15
9	Russian (ru) Зверства в Свободном государстве Конго		14
10	Ukrainian (uk) Звірства у Вільній Державі Конго		9

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Atrocities in the Congo Free State		8
2	German (de) Kongogräuel		1
3	Spanish (es) Genocidio congoleño (1885-1908)		1
4	Russian (ru) Зверства в Свободном государстве Конго		1
5	Arabic (ar) الفظائع في دولة الكونغو الحرة		0
6	Persian (fa) جنایت‌ها در دولت آزاد کنگو		0
7	French (fr) Exactions commises dans l'État indépendant du Congo		0
8	Hebrew (he) זוועות קונגו		0
9	Italian (it) Orrori del Congo		0
10	Korean (ko) 고무 테러		0

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

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