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Cold reading

Quality:

Cold reading - set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums. Article “Cold reading” in Norwegian Wikipedia has 11.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 4 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Cold reading”, its content was written by 12 registered users of Norwegian Wikipedia and edited by 730 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 8 times in Norwegian Wikipedia and cited 966 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Norwegian): #448 in April 2011
  • Global: #986 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Norwegian): #3400 in January 2016
  • Global: #20720 in November 2016

There are 25 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Cold reading
37.4956
2Serbian (sr)
Хладно читање
26.2133
3Spanish (es)
Lectura en frío
25.5075
4Thai (th)
การอ่านใจแบบเย็น
25.1941
5Swedish (sv)
Cold reading
23.5479
6Czech (cs)
Chladné čtení
23.5451
7Italian (it)
Lettura a freddo
22.2755
8Finnish (fi)
Kylmiltään lukeminen
20.4331
9Hungarian (hu)
Cold reading
19.8004
10Slovak (sk)
Cold reading
19.0781
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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 "Cold reading" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cold reading
4 360 963
2Japanese (ja)
コールド・リーディング
1 127 499
3German (de)
Cold Reading
488 486
4French (fr)
Lecture à froid
377 684
5Russian (ru)
Холодное чтение
313 060
6Spanish (es)
Lectura en frío
301 051
7Polish (pl)
Zimny odczyt
217 110
8Dutch (nl)
Cold reading
208 876
9Portuguese (pt)
Leitura a frio
176 887
10Chinese (zh)
冷讀法
162 946
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Cold reading" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cold reading
8 999
2Russian (ru)
Холодное чтение
1 925
3Japanese (ja)
コールド・リーディング
1 328
4German (de)
Cold Reading
829
5French (fr)
Lecture à froid
743
6Chinese (zh)
冷讀法
506
7Spanish (es)
Lectura en frío
434
8Portuguese (pt)
Leitura a frio
375
9Italian (it)
Lettura a freddo
327
10Polish (pl)
Zimny odczyt
266
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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 "Cold reading" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cold reading
289
2French (fr)
Lecture à froid
72
3German (de)
Cold Reading
61
4Dutch (nl)
Cold reading
36
5Swedish (sv)
Cold reading
36
6Hebrew (he)
קריאה קרה
30
7Spanish (es)
Lectura en frío
28
8Japanese (ja)
コールド・リーディング
25
9Portuguese (pt)
Leitura a frio
21
10Polish (pl)
Zimny odczyt
19
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Cold reading" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cold reading
1
2Arabic (ar)
قراءة باردة
0
3Bulgarian (bg)
Студено четене
0
4Czech (cs)
Chladné čtení
0
5German (de)
Cold Reading
0
6Spanish (es)
Lectura en frío
0
7Finnish (fi)
Kylmiltään lukeminen
0
8French (fr)
Lecture à froid
0
9Hebrew (he)
קריאה קרה
0
10Hungarian (hu)
Cold reading
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 "Cold reading" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Cold reading
381
2French (fr)
Lecture à froid
149
3Portuguese (pt)
Leitura a frio
103
4Arabic (ar)
قراءة باردة
54
5Russian (ru)
Холодное чтение
32
6Serbian (sr)
Хладно читање
32
7Turkish (tr)
Soğuk okuma
29
8Japanese (ja)
コールド・リーディング
28
9Spanish (es)
Lectura en frío
27
10Swedish (sv)
Cold reading
20
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قراءة باردة
bgBulgarian
Студено четене
csCzech
Chladné čtení
deGerman
Cold Reading
enEnglish
Cold reading
esSpanish
Lectura en frío
fiFinnish
Kylmiltään lukeminen
frFrench
Lecture à froid
heHebrew
קריאה קרה
huHungarian
Cold reading
idIndonesian
Tebak dingin
itItalian
Lettura a freddo
jaJapanese
コールド・リーディング
koKorean
콜드 리딩
nlDutch
Cold reading
noNorwegian
Cold reading
plPolish
Zimny odczyt
ptPortuguese
Leitura a frio
ruRussian
Холодное чтение
skSlovak
Cold reading
srSerbian
Хладно читање
svSwedish
Cold reading
thThai
การอ่านใจแบบเย็น
trTurkish
Soğuk okuma
zhChinese
冷讀法

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Norwegian:
#3400
01.2016
Global:
#20720
11.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank Norwegian:
#448
04.2011
Global:
#986
01.2003

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Cold reading from Wikipedia articles about Nightmare Alley, Tyler Henry, Barnum effect, The Mentalist and Mentalism. Whereas reading the article about Cold reading people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Barnum effect, Hot reading, Mentalism, Confirmation bias and Mark Edward.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

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In Norwegian Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Forside, Antonio Nusa, VM i fotball 2026, Den demokratiske republikken Kongo, VM i fotball 1998, Erling Braut Haaland, Patrick Berg, Elfenbenskysten, Senegal, Oscar Bobb.

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