British colonization of the Americas

British colonization of the Americas - colonization of the Americas by the British Empire. Article “British colonization of the Americas” in Simple English Wikipedia has 95.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 154 references and 35 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “British colonization of the Americas”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1059 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 10 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1937 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #187 in July 2024
• Global: #2880 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #14094 in May 2025
• Global: #24153 in September 2022

There are 31 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Simple English (simple) British colonization of the Americas		95.1477
2	English (en) British colonization of the Americas		93.5704
3	Catalan (ca) Colonització britànica d'Amèrica		87.6923
4	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Britisk kolonisering av Amerika		69.3906
5	Spanish (es) Colonización británica de América		63.5406
6	Greek (el) Βρετανικός αποικισμός της Αμερικής		55.1016
7	Chinese (zh) 英國美洲殖民地		50.4384
8	Russian (ru) Английская колонизация Америки		30.2237
9	Arabic (ar) الاستعمار البريطاني للأمريكيتين		27.3402
10	Armenian (hy) Ամերիկայի անգլիական գաղութացում		24.602

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

The most popular language versions of the article "British colonization of the Americas" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) British colonization of the Americas		5 287 473
2	Spanish (es) Colonización británica de América		983 607
3	Russian (ru) Английская колонизация Америки		650 929
4	German (de) Britische Kolonisierung Amerikas		389 873
5	Japanese (ja) イギリスによるアメリカ大陸の植民地化		292 826
6	Polish (pl) Brytyjska kolonizacja Ameryki Północnej		224 046
7	Portuguese (pt) Colonização britânica da América		214 541
8	French (fr) Colonisation britannique de l'Amérique		104 808
9	Arabic (ar) الاستعمار البريطاني للأمريكيتين		100 121
10	Dutch (nl) Britse kolonisatie van Noord-Amerika		66 470

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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 "British colonization of the Americas" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) British colonization of the Americas		21 652
2	Spanish (es) Colonización británica de América		2 801
3	Russian (ru) Английская колонизация Америки		1 099
4	Japanese (ja) イギリスによるアメリカ大陸の植民地化		790
5	Chinese (zh) 英國美洲殖民地		569
6	French (fr) Colonisation britannique de l'Amérique		567
7	German (de) Britische Kolonisierung Amerikas		539
8	Polish (pl) Brytyjska kolonizacja Ameryki Północnej		453
9	Portuguese (pt) Colonização britânica da América		427
10	Arabic (ar) الاستعمار البريطاني للأمريكيتين		360

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) British colonization of the Americas		521
2	German (de) Britische Kolonisierung Amerikas		73
3	Spanish (es) Colonización británica de América		54
4	Russian (ru) Английская колонизация Америки		43
5	Dutch (nl) Britse kolonisatie van Noord-Amerika		41
6	Norwegian (no) Britisk kolonisering av Amerika		40
7	French (fr) Colonisation britannique de l'Amérique		35
8	Polish (pl) Brytyjska kolonizacja Ameryki Północnej		32
9	Portuguese (pt) Colonização britânica da América		30
10	Ukrainian (uk) Британська колонізація Америки		28

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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 "British colonization of the Americas" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) British colonization of the Americas		3
2	Arabic (ar) الاستعمار البريطاني للأمريكيتين		0
3	Belarusian (be) Англійская каланізацыя Амерыкі		0
4	Catalan (ca) Colonització britànica d'Amèrica		0
5	Danish (da) Britiske kolonier i Nordamerika i 1700-tallet		0
6	German (de) Britische Kolonisierung Amerikas		0
7	Greek (el) Βρετανικός αποικισμός της Αμερικής		0
8	Spanish (es) Colonización británica de América		0
9	Basque (eu) Amerikako britainiar kolonizazioa		0
10	French (fr) Colonisation britannique de l'Amérique		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 "British colonization of the Americas" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) British colonization of the Americas		688
2	Spanish (es) Colonización británica de América		135
3	Portuguese (pt) Colonização britânica da América		125
4	French (fr) Colonisation britannique de l'Amérique		111
5	Russian (ru) Английская колонизация Америки		101
6	Serbian (sr) Britanska kolonizacija Amerike		101
7	German (de) Britische Kolonisierung Amerikas		80
8	Arabic (ar) الاستعمار البريطاني للأمريكيتين		75
9	Lithuanian (lt) Anglijos kolonijos Amerikoje		67
10	Japanese (ja) イギリスによるアメリカ大陸の植民地化		60

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الاستعمار البريطاني للأمريكيتين
be	Belarusian Англійская каланізацыя Амерыкі
ca	Catalan Colonització britànica d'Amèrica
da	Danish Britiske kolonier i Nordamerika i 1700-tallet
de	German Britische Kolonisierung Amerikas
el	Greek Βρετανικός αποικισμός της Αμερικής
en	English British colonization of the Americas
es	Spanish Colonización británica de América
eu	Basque Amerikako britainiar kolonizazioa
fr	French Colonisation britannique de l'Amérique
gl	Galician Colonización británica de América
hi	Hindi अमेरिका पर ब्रिटिश उपनिवेशीकरण
hy	Armenian Ամերիկայի անգլիական գաղութացում
id	Indonesian Kolonisasi Amerika oleh Britania Raya
ja	Japanese イギリスによるアメリカ大陸の植民地化
la	Latin Colonizatio Americae Britannica
lt	Lithuanian Anglijos kolonijos Amerikoje
ms	Malay Penjajahan British di Amerika
nl	Dutch Britse kolonisatie van Noord-Amerika
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Britisk kolonisering av Amerika
no	Norwegian Britisk kolonisering av Amerika
pl	Polish Brytyjska kolonizacja Ameryki Północnej
pt	Portuguese Colonização britânica da América
ru	Russian Английская колонизация Америки
simple	Simple English British colonization of the Americas
sr	Serbian Britanska kolonizacija Amerike
sv	Swedish Brittiska koloniseringen av Amerika
tr	Turkish Amerika'nın Britanya tarafından sömürgeleştirilmesi
uk	Ukrainian Британська колонізація Америки
vi	Vietnamese Thực dân Anh tại châu Mỹ
zh	Chinese 英國美洲殖民地

Best Rank

Simple English: #14094 05.2025

Global: #24153 09.2022

Best Rank

Simple English: #187 07.2024

Global: #2880 05.2002

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