Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)

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Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)

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Boys Don't Cry - 1979 single by The Cure. Article “Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 15 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 339 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 20 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 830 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2667 in February 2023
  • Global: #46653 in March 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #46091 in September 2024
  • Global: #133348 in November 2024

There are 12 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
1English (en)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
42.2243
2Spanish (es)
Boys Don't Cry (canción)
35.8955
3French (fr)
Boys Don't Cry (chanson de The Cure)
35.5074
4Russian (ru)
Boys Don’t Cry (песня)
22.2518
5Portuguese (pt)
Boys Don't Cry (canção)
22.1508
6Italian (it)
Boys Don't Cry (singolo The Cure)
21.6535
7Polish (pl)
Boys Don’t Cry (singel)
20.1396
8Dutch (nl)
Boys Don't Cry (single)
17.5564
9Simple English (simple)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
15.0021
10Ukrainian (uk)
Boys Don't Cry (пісня)
4.7404
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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 "Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
834 202
2Spanish (es)
Boys Don't Cry (canción)
237 918
3French (fr)
Boys Don't Cry (chanson de The Cure)
97 053
4Portuguese (pt)
Boys Don't Cry (canção)
53 816
5Italian (it)
Boys Don't Cry (singolo The Cure)
41 499
6Russian (ru)
Boys Don’t Cry (песня)
30 302
7Dutch (nl)
Boys Don't Cry (single)
19 260
8Polish (pl)
Boys Don’t Cry (singel)
14 577
9Ukrainian (uk)
Boys Don't Cry (пісня)
4 218
10Galician (gl)
Boys Don't Cry (sinxelo)
1 412
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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 "Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
6 374
2Spanish (es)
Boys Don't Cry (canción)
790
3French (fr)
Boys Don't Cry (chanson de The Cure)
503
4Italian (it)
Boys Don't Cry (singolo The Cure)
405
5Russian (ru)
Boys Don’t Cry (песня)
236
6Portuguese (pt)
Boys Don't Cry (canção)
113
7Simple English (simple)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
64
8Polish (pl)
Boys Don’t Cry (singel)
40
9Dutch (nl)
Boys Don't Cry (single)
21
10Ukrainian (uk)
Boys Don't Cry (пісня)
18
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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 "Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
141
2French (fr)
Boys Don't Cry (chanson de The Cure)
44
3Spanish (es)
Boys Don't Cry (canción)
37
4Dutch (nl)
Boys Don't Cry (single)
34
5Italian (it)
Boys Don't Cry (singolo The Cure)
24
6Portuguese (pt)
Boys Don't Cry (canção)
19
7Polish (pl)
Boys Don’t Cry (singel)
12
8Russian (ru)
Boys Don’t Cry (песня)
11
9Galician (gl)
Boys Don't Cry (sinxelo)
6
10Ukrainian (uk)
Boys Don't Cry (пісня)
6
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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 "Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
Boys Don't Cry (chanson de The Cure)
1
2Italian (it)
Boys Don't Cry (singolo The Cure)
1
3English (en)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
0
4Spanish (es)
Boys Don't Cry (canción)
0
5Basque (eu)
Boys Don't Cry (abestia)
0
6Galician (gl)
Boys Don't Cry (sinxelo)
0
7Dutch (nl)
Boys Don't Cry (single)
0
8Polish (pl)
Boys Don’t Cry (singel)
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Boys Don't Cry (canção)
0
10Russian (ru)
Boys Don’t Cry (песня)
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 "Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
159
2French (fr)
Boys Don't Cry (chanson de The Cure)
130
3Italian (it)
Boys Don't Cry (singolo The Cure)
106
4Galician (gl)
Boys Don't Cry (sinxelo)
82
5Portuguese (pt)
Boys Don't Cry (canção)
75
6Ukrainian (uk)
Boys Don't Cry (пісня)
63
7Russian (ru)
Boys Don’t Cry (песня)
58
8Polish (pl)
Boys Don’t Cry (singel)
55
9Dutch (nl)
Boys Don't Cry (single)
46
10Spanish (es)
Boys Don't Cry (canción)
34
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
esSpanish
Boys Don't Cry (canción)
euBasque
Boys Don't Cry (abestia)
frFrench
Boys Don't Cry (chanson de The Cure)
glGalician
Boys Don't Cry (sinxelo)
itItalian
Boys Don't Cry (singolo The Cure)
nlDutch
Boys Don't Cry (single)
plPolish
Boys Don’t Cry (singel)
ptPortuguese
Boys Don't Cry (canção)
ruRussian
Boys Don’t Cry (песня)
simpleSimple English
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)
ukUkrainian
Boys Don't Cry (пісня)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#46091
09.2024
Global:
#133348
11.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2667
02.2023
Global:
#46653
03.2016

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Boys Don't Cry from Wikipedia articles about Boys Dont Cry, The Cure discography, Three Imaginary Boys, Close to Me and Killing an Arab. Whereas reading the article about Boys Don't Cry people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Boys Dont Cry, Three Imaginary Boys, The Cure, Jumping Someone Elses Train and Killing an Arab.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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