Bad (U2)

Bad - 1984 song by U2. Article “Bad (U2)” in Dutch Wikipedia has 24.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 5 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Bad (U2)”, its content was written by 11 registered users of Dutch Wikipedia and edited by 189 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12 times in Dutch Wikipedia and cited 1034 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Dutch): #1291 in December 2015
• Global: #63849 in March 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Dutch): #100913 in December 2024
• Global: #189366 in July 2011

There are 14 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) Bad (U2 song)		33.4363
2	Spanish (es) Bad (canción de U2)		33.0061
3	Ukrainian (uk) Bad (пісня U2)		31.8996
4	Russian (ru) Bad (песня U2)		29.724
5	French (fr) Bad (chanson de U2)		26.465
6	Dutch (nl) Bad (U2)		24.0693
7	German (de) Bad (U2-Lied)		21.9689
8	Georgian (ka) Bad (U2-ს სიმღერა)		21.7541
9	Japanese (ja) バッド (U2の曲)		15.0509
10	Italian (it) Bad (U2)		12.9434

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Bad (U2)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bad (U2 song)		715 560
2	Italian (it) Bad (U2)		50 454
3	Spanish (es) Bad (canción de U2)		29 692
4	Portuguese (pt) Bad (canção de U2)		18 463
5	German (de) Bad (U2-Lied)		17 018
6	French (fr) Bad (chanson de U2)		14 336
7	Polish (pl) Bad (utwór U2)		11 570
8	Dutch (nl) Bad (U2)		10 051
9	Russian (ru) Bad (песня U2)		6 070
10	Swedish (sv) Bad (EP)		4 379

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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 "Bad (U2)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bad (U2 song)		3 687
2	Italian (it) Bad (U2)		86
3	German (de) Bad (U2-Lied)		79
4	Spanish (es) Bad (canción de U2)		73
5	French (fr) Bad (chanson de U2)		55
6	Japanese (ja) バッド (U2の曲)		39
7	Russian (ru) Bad (песня U2)		32
8	Dutch (nl) Bad (U2)		30
9	Portuguese (pt) Bad (canção de U2)		20
10	Swedish (sv) Bad (EP)		16

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

Language versions of the article "Bad (U2)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bad (U2 song)		88
2	Italian (it) Bad (U2)		21
3	French (fr) Bad (chanson de U2)		14
4	Spanish (es) Bad (canción de U2)		11
5	Dutch (nl) Bad (U2)		11
6	German (de) Bad (U2-Lied)		10
7	Japanese (ja) バッド (U2の曲)		9
8	Russian (ru) Bad (песня U2)		7
9	Portuguese (pt) Bad (canção de U2)		5
10	Georgian (ka) Bad (U2-ს სიმღერა)		4

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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 "Bad (U2)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bad (U2 song)		2
2	Spanish (es) Bad (canción de U2)		1
3	German (de) Bad (U2-Lied)		0
4	French (fr) Bad (chanson de U2)		0
5	Italian (it) Bad (U2)		0
6	Japanese (ja) バッド (U2の曲)		0
7	Georgian (ka) Bad (U2-ს სიმღერა)		0
8	Dutch (nl) Bad (U2)		0
9	Polish (pl) Bad (utwór U2)		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Bad (canção de U2)		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 "Bad (U2)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Italian (it) Bad (U2)		184
2	English (en) Bad (U2 song)		177
3	Portuguese (pt) Bad (canção de U2)		151
4	Georgian (ka) Bad (U2-ს სიმღერა)		120
5	French (fr) Bad (chanson de U2)		83
6	Ukrainian (uk) Bad (пісня U2)		73
7	Russian (ru) Bad (песня U2)		65
8	German (de) Bad (U2-Lied)		63
9	Swedish (sv) Bad (EP)		46
10	Spanish (es) Bad (canción de U2)		27

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#	Language	Value
de	German Bad (U2-Lied)
en	English Bad (U2 song)
es	Spanish Bad (canción de U2)
fr	French Bad (chanson de U2)
it	Italian Bad (U2)
ja	Japanese バッド (U2の曲)
ka	Georgian Bad (U2-ს სიმღერა)
nl	Dutch Bad (U2)
pl	Polish Bad (utwór U2)
pt	Portuguese Bad (canção de U2)
ru	Russian Bad (песня U2)
simple	Simple English Bad (U2 song)
sv	Swedish Bad (EP)
uk	Ukrainian Bad (пісня U2)

Best Rank

Dutch: #100913 12.2024

Global: #189366 07.2011

Best Rank

Dutch: #1291 12.2015

Global: #63849 03.2023

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