2020 Beirut explosion

Quality:

2020 Beirut explosions - accidental ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Article “2020 Beirut explosion” in Simple English Wikipedia has 38.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 11 references and 1 sections.

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

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 8689^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

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The 7001^st most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 9298^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 7981^st most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “2020 Beirut explosion” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (7001^st place) and written by 23 authors in all languages (7981^st place).

Since the creation of article “2020 Beirut explosion”, its content was written by 14 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2294 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 10 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1473 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #6 in August 2020
• Global: #1 in August 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2527 in August 2020
• Global: #60 in August 2020

There are 46 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	Indonesian (id) Ledakan Beirut 2020		98.6667
2	Chinese (zh) 2020年貝魯特爆炸事故		98.535
3	English (en) 2020 Beirut explosion		97.0638
4	Basque (eu) 2020ko Beiruteko leherketak		93.3556
5	Vietnamese (vi) Vụ nổ Beirut 2020		90.7273
6	Turkish (tr) 2020 Beyrut patlaması		88.4039
7	Arabic (ar) انفجار مرفأ بيروت 2020		87.9364
8	French (fr) Explosions au port de Beyrouth de 2020		85.2919
9	Malay (ms) Letupan Beirut 2020		83.8462
10	Persian (fa) انفجار ۲۰۲۰ بیروت		82.4317

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2020 Beirut explosion		6 604 479
2	Russian (ru) Взрывы в порту Бейрута		1 104 552
3	Japanese (ja) ベイルート港爆発事故		1 078 751
4	German (de) Explosionskatastrophe in Beirut 2020		808 446
5	Chinese (zh) 2020年貝魯特爆炸事故		586 888
6	French (fr) Explosions au port de Beyrouth de 2020		578 232
7	Spanish (es) Explosiones en el puerto de Beirut de 2020		531 022
8	Polish (pl) Eksplozja w Bejrucie (2020)		370 274
9	Arabic (ar) انفجار مرفأ بيروت 2020		350 205
10	Italian (it) Esplosione di Beirut		328 020

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) 2020 Beirut explosion		63 375
2	Japanese (ja) ベイルート港爆発事故		7 076
3	Russian (ru) Взрывы в порту Бейрута		5 818
4	German (de) Explosionskatastrophe in Beirut 2020		4 829
5	Chinese (zh) 2020年貝魯特爆炸事故		4 250
6	Italian (it) Esplosione di Beirut		2 584
7	French (fr) Explosions au port de Beyrouth de 2020		2 287
8	Spanish (es) Explosiones en el puerto de Beirut de 2020		2 250
9	Persian (fa) انفجار ۲۰۲۰ بیروت		1 910
10	Polish (pl) Eksplozja w Bejrucie (2020)		1 851

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2020 Beirut explosion		748
2	German (de) Explosionskatastrophe in Beirut 2020		174
3	French (fr) Explosions au port de Beyrouth de 2020		166
4	Chinese (zh) 2020年貝魯特爆炸事故		110
5	Russian (ru) Взрывы в порту Бейрута		98
6	Hebrew (he) הפיצוץ בנמל ביירות		88
7	Spanish (es) Explosiones en el puerto de Beirut de 2020		73
8	Persian (fa) انفجار ۲۰۲۰ بیروت		69
9	Italian (it) Esplosione di Beirut		68
10	Polish (pl) Eksplozja w Bejrucie (2020)		63

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) 2020 Beirut explosion		4
2	German (de) Explosionskatastrophe in Beirut 2020		2
3	Korean (ko) 2020년 베이루트 폭발 사고		2
4	Urdu (ur) بیروت دھماکے 2020ء		2
5	Arabic (ar) انفجار مرفأ بيروت 2020		1
6	Belarusian (be) Выбухі ў порце Бейрута		1
7	Bulgarian (bg) Взривове в Бейрут (2020)		1
8	Catalan (ca) Explosió del port de Beirut		1
9	Greek (el) Έκρηξη στο λιμάνι της Βηρυτού (2020)		1
10	Basque (eu) 2020ko Beiruteko leherketak		1

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

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