2012 Benghazi attack

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2012 Benghazi attack

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2012 Benghazi attack - attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya.. This event is the 208th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 312th most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “2012 Benghazi attack” in Simple English Wikipedia has 57.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 9678th most popular in all topics.
The 208th most popular in events.

Since the creation of article “2012 Benghazi attack”, its content was written by 8 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 792 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

2012 Benghazi attack is on the 312th place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 208th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 24 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1711 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1533 in August 2015
  • Global: #1160 in September 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #2024 in October 2016
  • Global: #130 in June 2016

There are 21 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Chinese (zh)
班加西事件
100
2English (en)
2012 Benghazi attack
93.8403
3Portuguese (pt)
Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012
61.2643
4Simple English (simple)
2012 Benghazi attack
57.6339
5Hebrew (he)
מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי
51.0551
6Catalan (ca)
Atac contra el consolat dels Estats Units a Bengasi
48.7599
7Spanish (es)
Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi
42.9062
8Vietnamese (vi)
Vụ tấn công Benghazi năm 2012
33.4653
9German (de)
Bengasi-Anschlag
31.8396
10French (fr)
Attaque de Benghazi de 2012
30.3847
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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 "2012 Benghazi attack" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
2012 Benghazi attack
24 256 266
2Spanish (es)
Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi
883 899
3German (de)
Bengasi-Anschlag
637 777
4Chinese (zh)
班加西事件
612 114
5French (fr)
Attaque de Benghazi de 2012
451 239
6Portuguese (pt)
Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012
229 954
7Dutch (nl)
Aanval op het Amerikaanse consulaat in Benghazi in september 2012
151 480
8Polish (pl)
Atak na konsulat USA w Bengazi
80 439
9Hebrew (he)
מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי
63 188
10Persian (fa)
حمله ۲۰۱۲ بنغازی
52 661
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "2012 Benghazi attack" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
2012 Benghazi attack
48 523
2Spanish (es)
Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi
2 112
3Chinese (zh)
班加西事件
1 888
4German (de)
Bengasi-Anschlag
1 052
5French (fr)
Attaque de Benghazi de 2012
949
6Russian (ru)
Нападение на представительство США в Бенгази
614
7Dutch (nl)
Aanval op het Amerikaanse consulaat in Benghazi in september 2012
415
8Portuguese (pt)
Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012
383
9Polish (pl)
Atak na konsulat USA w Bengazi
322
10Simple English (simple)
2012 Benghazi attack
276
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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 "2012 Benghazi attack" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
2012 Benghazi attack
548
2Spanish (es)
Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi
41
3German (de)
Bengasi-Anschlag
34
4Hebrew (he)
מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי
28
5French (fr)
Attaque de Benghazi de 2012
26
6Chinese (zh)
班加西事件
25
7Arabic (ar)
هجوم بنغازي 2012
13
8Catalan (ca)
Atac contra el consolat dels Estats Units a Bengasi
10
9Portuguese (pt)
Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012
10
10Dutch (nl)
Aanval op het Amerikaanse consulaat in Benghazi in september 2012
9
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The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "2012 Benghazi attack" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
2012 Benghazi attack
4
2Hebrew (he)
מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי
1
3Korean (ko)
2012년 벵가지 테러
1
4Polish (pl)
Atak na konsulat USA w Bengazi
1
5Chinese (zh)
班加西事件
1
6Arabic (ar)
هجوم بنغازي 2012
0
7Azerbaijani (az)
ABŞ-nin Benqazidəki nümayəndəliyinə hücum
0
8Catalan (ca)
Atac contra el consolat dels Estats Units a Bengasi
0
9German (de)
Bengasi-Anschlag
0
10Spanish (es)
Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi
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 "2012 Benghazi attack" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
2012 Benghazi attack
907
2Arabic (ar)
هجوم بنغازي 2012
203
3French (fr)
Attaque de Benghazi de 2012
95
4Persian (fa)
حمله ۲۰۱۲ بنغازی
91
5Portuguese (pt)
Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012
86
6Turkish (tr)
2012 Bingazi saldırısı
79
7Chinese (zh)
班加西事件
39
8Spanish (es)
Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi
35
9German (de)
Bengasi-Anschlag
29
10Hebrew (he)
מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי
24
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Global:
Popularity in all years:
Simple English:
Global:
Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
Simple English:
Global:
Citations:
Simple English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
هجوم بنغازي 2012
azAzerbaijani
ABŞ-nin Benqazidəki nümayəndəliyinə hücum
caCatalan
Atac contra el consolat dels Estats Units a Bengasi
deGerman
Bengasi-Anschlag
enEnglish
2012 Benghazi attack
esSpanish
Asalto al consulado estadounidense en Bengasi
faPersian
حمله ۲۰۱۲ بنغازی
fiFinnish
Bengasin isku 2012
frFrench
Attaque de Benghazi de 2012
heHebrew
מתקפת הטרור בקונסוליה האמריקנית בבנגאזי
idIndonesian
Serangan Benghazi 2012
koKorean
2012년 벵가지 테러
nlDutch
Aanval op het Amerikaanse consulaat in Benghazi in september 2012
plPolish
Atak na konsulat USA w Bengazi
ptPortuguese
Ataque terrorista em Bengasi em 2012
roRomanian
Atacul de la Benghazi din 2012
ruRussian
Нападение на представительство США в Бенгази
simpleSimple English
2012 Benghazi attack
trTurkish
2012 Bingazi saldırısı
viVietnamese
Vụ tấn công Benghazi năm 2012
zhChinese
班加西事件

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2024
10.2016
Global:
#130
06.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1533
08.2015
Global:
#1160
09.2012

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on 2012 Benghazi attack from Wikipedia articles about 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Christopher Stevens, Benghazi, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D) and Lara Logan. Whereas reading the article about 2012 Benghazi attack people most often go to Wikipedia articles on American fatalities and injuries of the 2012 Benghazi attack, Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Ansar al-Sharia and Ahmed Abu Khattala.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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