2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis

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2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis - 2026 geopolitical and economic crisis in Iran. This event is the 6453^rd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events. Article “2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis” in Simple English Wikipedia has 76.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 117 references and 10 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:

Global Wikipedia:

The 6453^rd most popular in events.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 9740^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

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The 510^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 4131^st most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 564^th most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis” was edited by 3 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (510^th place) and written by 83 authors in all languages (564^th place).

Since the creation of article “2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 401 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis is on the 6453^rd place in global ranking of events on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 8 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2126 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #74 in April 2026
• Global: #41 in April 2026

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #968 in April 2026
• Global: #704 in March 2026

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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis		100
2	Russian (ru) Кризис в Ормузском проливе 2026 года		95.3846
3	Spanish (es) Crisis del estrecho de Ormuz de 2026		88.2143
4	Persian (fa) بحران تنگه هرمز (۱۴۰۴–۱۴۰۵)		83.0354
5	Czech (cs) Krize v Hormuzském průlivu		76.4714
6	Simple English (simple) 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis		76.1905
7	French (fr) Crise du détroit d'Ormuz (2026)		72.7538
8	Portuguese (pt) Crise do Estreito de Ormuz em 2026		65.5396
9	Hebrew (he) משבר מצר הורמוז		52.2117
10	Thai (th) วิกฤตการณ์ช่องแคบฮอร์มุซ พ.ศ. 2569		51.9056

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis		1 136 082
2	French (fr) Crise du détroit d'Ormuz (2026)		45 929
3	Spanish (es) Crisis del estrecho de Ormuz de 2026		31 826
4	Russian (ru) Кризис в Ормузском проливе 2026 года		28 400
5	Japanese (ja) 2026年ホルムズ海峡危機		27 471
6	Persian (fa) بحران تنگه هرمز (۱۴۰۴–۱۴۰۵)		25 296
7	Italian (it) Crisi dello Stretto di Hormuz		21 717
8	Chinese (zh) 2026年霍爾木茲海峽危機		14 032
9	Arabic (ar) أزمة مضيق هرمز 2026		10 578
10	Portuguese (pt) Crise do Estreito de Ormuz em 2026		5 514

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) 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis		126 925
2	Persian (fa) بحران تنگه هرمز (۱۴۰۴–۱۴۰۵)		10 009
3	Spanish (es) Crisis del estrecho de Ormuz de 2026		9 096
4	French (fr) Crise du détroit d'Ormuz (2026)		8 074
5	Japanese (ja) 2026年ホルムズ海峡危機		6 278
6	Italian (it) Crisi dello Stretto di Hormuz		4 640
7	Chinese (zh) 2026年霍爾木茲海峽危機		4 485
8	Russian (ru) Кризис в Ормузском проливе 2026 года		3 514
9	Hebrew (he) משבר מצר הורמוז		679
10	Portuguese (pt) Crise do Estreito de Ormuz em 2026		672

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis		200
2	Spanish (es) Crisis del estrecho de Ormuz de 2026		23
3	French (fr) Crise du détroit d'Ormuz (2026)		22
4	Italian (it) Crisi dello Stretto di Hormuz		17
5	Japanese (ja) 2026年ホルムズ海峡危機		17
6	Persian (fa) بحران تنگه هرمز (۱۴۰۴–۱۴۰۵)		13
7	Hebrew (he) משבר מצר הורמוז		11
8	Dutch (nl) Energiecrisis van 2026		11
9	Russian (ru) Кризис в Ормузском проливе 2026 года		11
10	Arabic (ar) أزمة مضيق هرمز 2026		10

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) 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis		27
2	Spanish (es) Crisis del estrecho de Ormuz de 2026		11
3	French (fr) Crise du détroit d'Ormuz (2026)		8
4	Persian (fa) بحران تنگه هرمز (۱۴۰۴–۱۴۰۵)		7
5	Arabic (ar) أزمة مضيق هرمز 2026		5
6	Italian (it) Crisi dello Stretto di Hormuz		5
7	Chinese (zh) 2026年霍爾木茲海峽危機		4
8	Simple English (simple) 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis		3
9	Belarusian (be) Блакада Армузскага праліва (2026)		2
10	Dutch (nl) Energiecrisis van 2026		2

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

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