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Being and Nothingness

Quality:

Being and Nothingness - essay by Jean-Paul Sartre. This book is the 954th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 762nd most popular book in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Being and Nothingness” in Simple English Wikipedia has 22.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 954th most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “Being and Nothingness”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 747 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Being and Nothingness is on the 762nd place in local ranking of books in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 954th place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 962 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #322 in November 2014
  • Global: #15337 in March 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #27663 in May 2015
  • Global: #44906 in December 2011

There are 32 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
1German (de)
Das Sein und das Nichts
70.2456
2English (en)
Being and Nothingness
52.2709
3Romanian (ro)
Ființa și neantul
37.2855
4Persian (fa)
هستی و نیستی
26.1713
5Azerbaijani (az)
Varlıq və Yoxluq
25.9904
6Simple English (simple)
Being and Nothingness
22.7591
7Arabic (ar)
الوجود والعدم
20.1728
8Dutch (nl)
L'être et le néant
18.9813
9French (fr)
L'Être et le Néant
18.3748
10Russian (ru)
Бытие и ничто
17.6348
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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 "Being and Nothingness" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Being and Nothingness
2 684 989
2Spanish (es)
El ser y la nada
636 565
3French (fr)
L'Être et le Néant
584 808
4German (de)
Das Sein und das Nichts
483 194
5Russian (ru)
Бытие и ничто
226 954
6Portuguese (pt)
O Ser e o Nada
181 703
7Italian (it)
L'essere e il nulla
159 484
8Japanese (ja)
存在と無
146 726
9Persian (fa)
هستی و نیستی
85 619
10Dutch (nl)
L'être et le néant
51 074
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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 "Being and Nothingness" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Being and Nothingness
10 523
2French (fr)
L'Être et le Néant
2 043
3Spanish (es)
El ser y la nada
1 749
4German (de)
Das Sein und das Nichts
1 604
5Russian (ru)
Бытие и ничто
1 155
6Italian (it)
L'essere e il nulla
878
7Japanese (ja)
存在と無
750
8Chinese (zh)
存在与虚无
660
9Portuguese (pt)
O Ser e o Nada
552
10Korean (ko)
존재와 무
332
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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 "Being and Nothingness" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Being and Nothingness
201
2German (de)
Das Sein und das Nichts
131
3French (fr)
L'Être et le Néant
91
4Italian (it)
L'essere e il nulla
43
5Persian (fa)
هستی و نیستی
37
6Japanese (ja)
存在と無
28
7Spanish (es)
El ser y la nada
27
8Croatian (hr)
Bitak i ništo
24
9Dutch (nl)
L'être et le néant
20
10Vietnamese (vi)
Tồn tại và hư vô
14
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Being and Nothingness" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Being and Nothingness
2
2French (fr)
L'Être et le Néant
1
3Arabic (ar)
الوجود والعدم
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Varlıq və Yoxluq
0
5Belarusian (be)
Быццё і нішто
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Битие и нищо
0
7Catalan (ca)
L'ésser i el no-res
0
8German (de)
Das Sein und das Nichts
0
9Esperanto (eo)
L'Être et le Néant
0
10Spanish (es)
El ser y la nada
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 "Being and Nothingness" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Being and Nothingness
261
2Arabic (ar)
الوجود والعدم
124
3French (fr)
L'Être et le Néant
120
4Korean (ko)
존재와 무
71
5Vietnamese (vi)
Tồn tại và hư vô
60
6German (de)
Das Sein und das Nichts
41
7Persian (fa)
هستی و نیستی
38
8Spanish (es)
El ser y la nada
35
9Portuguese (pt)
O Ser e o Nada
28
10Russian (ru)
Бытие и ничто
24
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الوجود والعدم
azAzerbaijani
Varlıq və Yoxluq
beBelarusian
Быццё і нішто
bgBulgarian
Битие и нищо
caCatalan
L'ésser i el no-res
deGerman
Das Sein und das Nichts
enEnglish
Being and Nothingness
eoEsperanto
L'Être et le Néant
esSpanish
El ser y la nada
etEstonian
L'Être et le Néant
faPersian
هستی و نیستی
frFrench
L'Être et le Néant
hrCroatian
Bitak i ništo
hyArmenian
Գոյ և չգոյ
itItalian
L'essere e il nulla
jaJapanese
存在と無
koKorean
존재와 무
nlDutch
L'être et le néant
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
L'Être et le Néant
noNorwegian
Væren og intet
plPolish
Byt i nicość
ptPortuguese
O Ser e o Nada
roRomanian
Ființa și neantul
ruRussian
Бытие и ничто
shSerbo-Croatian
L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique
simpleSimple English
Being and Nothingness
srSerbian
Biće i ništavilo
svSwedish
Varat och intet
trTurkish
Varlık ve Hiçlik
ukUkrainian
Буття і ніщо
viVietnamese
Tồn tại và hư vô
zhChinese
存在与虚无

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#27663
05.2015
Global:
#44906
12.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#322
11.2014
Global:
#15337
03.2012

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Being and Nothingness from Wikipedia articles about Jean-Paul Sartre, Le Mondes 100 Books of the Century, No Exit, Existentialism and Gaze. Whereas reading the article about Being and Nothingness people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Jean-Paul Sartre, Ontology, Existentialism, Being and Time and Existence precedes essence.

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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