Anting

Anting - a self-anointing behavior during which birds rub insects, usually ants, on their feathers and skin. Article “Anting” in Simple English Wikipedia has 26.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 1 sections.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Anting”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 182 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 22 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 205 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #4107 in February 2022
• Global: #16458 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #8923 in February 2018
• Global: #59823 in May 2025

There are 15 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	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Maurbad		57.2647
2	English (en) Anting (behavior)		52.1575
3	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		29.87
4	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		28.2356
5	Russian (ru) Муравление		26.5485
6	Simple English (simple) Anting		26.1195
7	German (de) Einemsen		24.8302
8	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		23.944
9	Arabic (ar) التنميل (سلوك عند الطيور)		20.1459
10	Esperanto (eo) Formikumo		18.8081

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Anting" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Anting (behavior)		628 547
2	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		145 996
3	German (de) Einemsen		120 626
4	Russian (ru) Муравление		65 580
5	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		31 129
6	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		24 201
7	Chinese (zh) 蚁浴		16 141
8	Polish (pl) Kąpiel mrówkowa		14 018
9	Ukrainian (uk) Мурашіння		6 630
10	Simple English (simple) Anting		5 808

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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 "Anting" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Anting (behavior)		4 420
2	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		794
3	German (de) Einemsen		589
4	Russian (ru) Муравление		427
5	Polish (pl) Kąpiel mrówkowa		234
6	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		200
7	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		178
8	Chinese (zh) 蚁浴		136
9	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		40
10	Simple English (simple) Anting		14

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

Language versions of the article "Anting" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Anting (behavior)		72
2	German (de) Einemsen		22
3	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		13
4	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		11
5	Ukrainian (uk) Мурашіння		11
6	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		10
7	Russian (ru) Муравление		10
8	Polish (pl) Kąpiel mrówkowa		9
9	Simple English (simple) Anting		7
10	Esperanto (eo) Formikumo		5

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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 "Anting" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) التنميل (سلوك عند الطيور)		2
2	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		0
3	German (de) Einemsen		0
4	English (en) Anting (behavior)		0
5	Esperanto (eo) Formikumo		0
6	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		0
7	Persian (fa) مورچه‌گیری		0
8	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		0
9	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		0
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Maurbad		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 "Anting" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Maurbad		59
2	English (en) Anting (behavior)		31
3	French (fr) Bain de fourmis		25
4	Simple English (simple) Anting		22
5	Japanese (ja) 蟻浴		13
6	German (de) Einemsen		11
7	Chinese (zh) 蚁浴		9
8	Spanish (es) Baño de hormigas		8
9	Czech (cs) Mravenčení (ptáci)		7
10	Russian (ru) Муравление		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic التنميل (سلوك عند الطيور)
cs	Czech Mravenčení (ptáci)
de	German Einemsen
en	English Anting (behavior)
eo	Esperanto Formikumo
es	Spanish Baño de hormigas
fa	Persian مورچه‌گیری
fr	French Bain de fourmis
ja	Japanese 蟻浴
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Maurbad
pl	Polish Kąpiel mrówkowa
ru	Russian Муравление
simple	Simple English Anting
uk	Ukrainian Мурашіння
zh	Chinese 蚁浴

Best Rank

Simple English: #8923 02.2018

Global: #59823 05.2025

Best Rank

Simple English: #4107 02.2022

Global: #16458 12.2003

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