Colossal squid

Quality:

Colossal squid - species of mollusc. This taxon is the 416^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of taxon and the 562^nd most popular taxon in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Colossal squid” in Simple English Wikipedia has 35.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 8 references and 4 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

The 562^nd most popular in taxon in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 416^th most popular in taxon.

Since the creation of article “Colossal squid”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1487 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Colossal squid is on the 562^nd place in local ranking of taxon in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 416^th place in global ranking of taxon in all the time.

The article is cited 9 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 498 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1108 in December 2016
• Global: #495 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #477 in April 2025
• Global: #2058 in April 2025

There are 35 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	English (en) Colossal squid		92.1187
2	Greek (el) Κολοσσιαίο καλαμάρι		68.7529
3	Italian (it) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		52.2516
4	French (fr) Calmar colossal		52.0221
5	Chinese (zh) 大王酸浆鱿		43.6483
6	Russian (ru) Антарктический гигантский кальмар		40.32
7	Simple English (simple) Colossal squid		35.316
8	Turkish (tr) Devasa kalamar		34.9765
9	Polish (pl) Kałamarnica kolosalna		32.9596
10	Czech (cs) Kalmar Hamiltonův		32.4164

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Colossal squid		11 550 572
2	German (de) Koloss-Kalmar		1 179 029
3	Russian (ru) Антарктический гигантский кальмар		1 088 655
4	Japanese (ja) ダイオウホウズキイカ		1 071 338
5	French (fr) Calmar colossal		1 005 721
6	Spanish (es) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		896 367
7	Italian (it) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		844 109
8	Portuguese (pt) Lula-colossal		750 127
9	Polish (pl) Kałamarnica kolosalna		374 619
10	Dutch (nl) Kolossale inktvis		294 690

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Colossal squid		42 178
2	French (fr) Calmar colossal		4 344
3	German (de) Koloss-Kalmar		4 190
4	Japanese (ja) ダイオウホウズキイカ		3 621
5	Russian (ru) Антарктический гигантский кальмар		3 566
6	Italian (it) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		3 252
7	Chinese (zh) 大王酸浆鱿		2 719
8	Spanish (es) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		2 258
9	Portuguese (pt) Lula-colossal		2 007
10	Polish (pl) Kałamarnica kolosalna		1 246

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Colossal squid		560
2	French (fr) Calmar colossal		120
3	German (de) Koloss-Kalmar		97
4	Italian (it) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		84
5	Dutch (nl) Kolossale inktvis		71
6	Russian (ru) Антарктический гигантский кальмар		59
7	Chinese (zh) 大王酸浆鱿		56
8	Spanish (es) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		47
9	Portuguese (pt) Lula-colossal		45
10	Danish (da) Kolosblæksprutte		41

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Colossal squid		3
2	Arabic (ar) سبيدج ضخم		1
3	Norwegian (no) Kolossblekksprut		1
4	Vietnamese (vi) Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni		1
5	Bulgarian (bg) Колосален калмар		0
6	Catalan (ca) Calamar colossal		0
7	Czech (cs) Kalmar Hamiltonův		0
8	Danish (da) Kolosblæksprutte		0
9	German (de) Koloss-Kalmar		0
10	Greek (el) Κολοσσιαίο καλαμάρι		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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