The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - 1985 single by The Smiths. Article “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” in Portuguese Wikipedia has 20.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 7 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Portuguese Wikipedia and edited by 134 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 56 times in Portuguese Wikipedia and cited 284 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Portuguese): #2548 in May 2024
• Global: #159815 in September 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Portuguese): #306205 in February 2025
• Global: #156714 in January 2008

There are 8 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) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		36.9273
2	Italian (it) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		29.3289
3	Dutch (nl) The boy with the thorn in his side		29.0196
4	Spanish (es) The Boy With the Thorn in His Side		23.9858
5	French (fr) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		23.8949
6	Japanese (ja) 心に茨を持つ少年		22.481
7	Portuguese (pt) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		20.6882
8	Korean (ko) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		11.0534

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

The most popular language versions of the article "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		587 189
2	Spanish (es) The Boy With the Thorn in His Side		39 510
3	Italian (it) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		13 658
4	Japanese (ja) 心に茨を持つ少年		5 025
5	Dutch (nl) The boy with the thorn in his side		1 819
6	French (fr) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		1 182
7	Portuguese (pt) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		581
8	Korean (ko) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		94

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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 "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		1 867
2	Japanese (ja) 心に茨を持つ少年		130
3	Spanish (es) The Boy With the Thorn in His Side		98
4	Italian (it) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		57
5	Portuguese (pt) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		33
6	French (fr) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		15
7	Dutch (nl) The boy with the thorn in his side		8
8	Korean (ko) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		2

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

Language versions of the article "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		91
2	Italian (it) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		22
3	Spanish (es) The Boy With the Thorn in His Side		9
4	French (fr) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		3
5	Portuguese (pt) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		3
6	Japanese (ja) 心に茨を持つ少年		2
7	Korean (ko) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		2
8	Dutch (nl) The boy with the thorn in his side		2

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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 "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		1
2	Spanish (es) The Boy With the Thorn in His Side		0
3	French (fr) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		0
4	Italian (it) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		0
5	Japanese (ja) 心に茨を持つ少年		0
6	Korean (ko) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		0
7	Dutch (nl) The boy with the thorn in his side		0
8	Portuguese (pt) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		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 "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		79
2	Italian (it) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		58
3	Portuguese (pt) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		56
4	Dutch (nl) The boy with the thorn in his side		36
5	French (fr) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		25
6	Japanese (ja) 心に茨を持つ少年		15
7	Spanish (es) The Boy With the Thorn in His Side		11
8	Korean (ko) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side		4

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#	Language	Value
en	English The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
es	Spanish The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
fr	French The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
it	Italian The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
ja	Japanese 心に茨を持つ少年
ko	Korean The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
nl	Dutch The boy with the thorn in his side
pt	Portuguese The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

Best Rank

Portuguese: #306205 02.2025

Global: #156714 01.2008

Best Rank

Portuguese: #2548 05.2024

Global: #159815 09.2011

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