1966 FIFA World Cup

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1966 FIFA World Cup - 8th FIFA World Cup, held in England. This event is the 251^st most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 299^th most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “1966 FIFA World Cup” in Simple English Wikipedia has 33.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 13 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 6221^st most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 299^th most popular in events in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 8476^th most popular in AI.

The 251^st most popular in events.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 1430^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 413^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 2562^nd most popular in AI in the last month.

Since the creation of article “1966 FIFA World Cup”, its content was written by 32 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (6221^st place) and edited by 2789 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (8476^th place).

1966 FIFA World Cup is on the 299^th place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 251^st place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 307 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 24244 times in all languages (6982^nd place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #521 in February 2021
• Global: #336 in June 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #1430 in June 2026
• Global: #160 in July 2018

There are 53 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) 1966 FIFA World Cup		92.6165
2	Malay (ms) Piala Dunia FIFA 1966		68.7799
3	Finnish (fi) Jalkapallon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 1966		68.6338
4	Greek (el) Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Ποδοσφαίρου 1966		67.6854
5	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 1966		62.1346
6	Hungarian (hu) 1966-os labdarúgó-világbajnokság		59.1839
7	Turkish (tr) 1966 FIFA Dünya Kupası		55.2584
8	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 1966		51.0898
9	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1966		50.8743
10	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 1966		49.9988

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1966 FIFA World Cup		10 971 170
2	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1966		2 841 500
3	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1966		1 703 992
4	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1966		1 630 642
5	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 1966		1 460 886
6	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 1966		1 340 557
7	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 1966		1 299 471
8	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 1966		515 854
9	Japanese (ja) 1966 FIFAワールドカップ		401 186
10	Arabic (ar) كأس العالم 1966		400 629

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) 1966 FIFA World Cup		375 533
2	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1966		71 149
3	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1966		47 856
4	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1966		42 765
5	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 1966		29 544
6	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 1966		26 860
7	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 1966		21 639
8	Persian (fa) جام جهانی فوتبال ۱۹۶۶		12 600
9	Japanese (ja) 1966 FIFAワールドカップ		12 003
10	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 1966		11 856

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1966 FIFA World Cup		655
2	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1966		227
3	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1966		187
4	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 1966		178
5	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 1966		173
6	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1966		109
7	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 1966		99
8	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 1966		84
9	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 1966		73
10	Korean (ko) 1966년 FIFA 월드컵		69

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) 1966 FIFA World Cup		11
2	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1966		7
3	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 1966		5
4	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1966		2
5	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1966		2
6	Vietnamese (vi) Giải vô địch bóng đá thế giới 1966		2
7	Arabic (ar) كأس العالم 1966		1
8	Catalan (ca) Copa del Món de Futbol de 1966		1
9	Czech (cs) Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 1966		1
10	Persian (fa) جام جهانی فوتبال ۱۹۶۶		1

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

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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