Characterization

Characterization - representation of persons (or other beings or creatures) in narrative and dramatic works of art. Article “Characterization” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Characterization”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 465 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 972 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1717 in May 2015
• Global: #5315 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #19534 in October 2014
• Global: #31141 in September 2008

There are 18 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	Estonian (et) Iseloomustamine		42.0293
2	English (en) Characterization		35.4207
3	Arabic (ar) تشخيص (فن)		30.2096
4	Portuguese (pt) Caracterização		30.1017
5	Swedish (sv) Karaktärsutveckling		20.8875
6	Indonesian (id) Penokohan		18.4796
7	Spanish (es) Caracterización		15.0812
8	Persian (fa) شخصیت‌پردازی		12.5219
9	Chinese (zh) 人物塑造		10.7335
10	Hebrew (he) אפיון (ספרות)		10.2597

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Characterization		2 715 113
2	Spanish (es) Caracterización		1 066 414
3	Hebrew (he) אפיון (ספרות)		114 836
4	Czech (cs) Charakteristika (sloh)		103 175
5	Slovak (sk) Charakteristika (literatúra)		88 776
6	Hindi (hi) चरित्र चित्रण		64 432
7	Persian (fa) شخصیت‌پردازی		59 858
8	Polish (pl) Charakteryzacja (literatura)		30 234
9	Indonesian (id) Penokohan		14 238
10	Arabic (ar) تشخيص (فن)		8 545

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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 "Characterization" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Characterization		2 139
2	Chinese (zh) 人物塑造		223
3	Persian (fa) شخصیت‌پردازی		151
4	Spanish (es) Caracterización		136
5	Czech (cs) Charakteristika (sloh)		83
6	German (de) Charakterisierung (Literaturwissenschaft)		78
7	Hindi (hi) चरित्र चित्रण		51
8	Hebrew (he) אפיון (ספרות)		49
9	Portuguese (pt) Caracterização		40
10	Indonesian (id) Penokohan		28

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Characterization		241
2	German (de) Charakterisierung (Literaturwissenschaft)		74
3	Czech (cs) Charakteristika (sloh)		33
4	Spanish (es) Caracterización		30
5	Hebrew (he) אפיון (ספרות)		23
6	Persian (fa) شخصیت‌پردازی		14
7	Polish (pl) Charakteryzacja (literatura)		12
8	Hindi (hi) चरित्र चित्रण		9
9	Slovak (sk) Charakteristika (literatúra)		9
10	Arabic (ar) تشخيص (فن)		3

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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 "Characterization" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) تشخيص (فن)		0
2	Czech (cs) Charakteristika (sloh)		0
3	German (de) Charakterisierung (Literaturwissenschaft)		0
4	English (en) Characterization		0
5	Spanish (es) Caracterización		0
6	Estonian (et) Iseloomustamine		0
7	Persian (fa) شخصیت‌پردازی		0
8	Hebrew (he) אפיון (ספרות)		0
9	Hindi (hi) चरित्र चित्रण		0
10	Indonesian (id) Penokohan		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 "Characterization" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Characterization		445
2	Persian (fa) شخصیت‌پردازی		193
3	Korean (ko) 성격화		105
4	Portuguese (pt) Caracterização		58
5	Spanish (es) Caracterización		52
6	Arabic (ar) تشخيص (فن)		37
7	Indonesian (id) Penokohan		13
8	Polish (pl) Charakteryzacja (literatura)		13
9	Hebrew (he) אפיון (ספרות)		12
10	Ukrainian (uk) Характеризація (літературознавство)		12

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تشخيص (فن)
cs	Czech Charakteristika (sloh)
de	German Charakterisierung (Literaturwissenschaft)
en	English Characterization
es	Spanish Caracterización
et	Estonian Iseloomustamine
fa	Persian شخصیت‌پردازی
he	Hebrew אפיון (ספרות)
hi	Hindi चरित्र चित्रण
id	Indonesian Penokohan
ko	Korean 성격화
pl	Polish Charakteryzacja (literatura)
pt	Portuguese Caracterização
simple	Simple English Characterization
sk	Slovak Charakteristika (literatúra)
sv	Swedish Karaktärsutveckling
uk	Ukrainian Характеризація (літературознавство)
zh	Chinese 人物塑造

Best Rank

Simple English: #19534 10.2014

Global: #31141 09.2008

Best Rank

Simple English: #1717 05.2015

Global: #5315 12.2001

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