Convict lease

Convict lease - penal labor system in the Southern United States. Article “Convict lease” in Simple English Wikipedia has 68.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 36 references and 8 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 “Convict lease”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 213 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 587 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #2155 in January 2023
• Global: #34397 in November 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #11795 in March 2017
• Global: #43439 in June 2020

There are 7 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) Convict leasing		76.9025
2	Simple English (simple) Convict lease		68.8406
3	German (de) Convict Leasing		39.0607
4	Russian (ru) Аренда заключённых		36.5275
5	Greek (el) Ενοικίαση καταδίκων		28.5696
6	French (fr) Convict leasing		25.4038
7	Japanese (ja) 囚人貸出制度		18.0413

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Convict leasing		994 966
2	German (de) Convict Leasing		50 655
3	Russian (ru) Аренда заключённых		15 051
4	Japanese (ja) 囚人貸出制度		12 015
5	Simple English (simple) Convict lease		4 483
6	French (fr) Convict leasing		3 464
7	Greek (el) Ενοικίαση καταδίκων		3 148

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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 "Convict lease" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Convict leasing		3 654
2	German (de) Convict Leasing		217
3	Russian (ru) Аренда заключённых		112
4	French (fr) Convict leasing		72
5	Simple English (simple) Convict lease		41
6	Japanese (ja) 囚人貸出制度		40
7	Greek (el) Ενοικίαση καταδίκων		2

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Convict leasing		151
2	German (de) Convict Leasing		22
3	Greek (el) Ενοικίαση καταδίκων		11
4	Japanese (ja) 囚人貸出制度		10
5	Russian (ru) Аренда заключённых		7
6	French (fr) Convict leasing		6
7	Simple English (simple) Convict lease		6

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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 "Convict lease" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Convict leasing		2
2	German (de) Convict Leasing		1
3	Greek (el) Ενοικίαση καταδίκων		0
4	French (fr) Convict leasing		0
5	Japanese (ja) 囚人貸出制度		0
6	Russian (ru) Аренда заключённых		0
7	Simple English (simple) Convict lease		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 "Convict lease" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Convict leasing		551
2	German (de) Convict Leasing		13
3	French (fr) Convict leasing		7
4	Russian (ru) Аренда заключённых		6
5	Japanese (ja) 囚人貸出制度		5
6	Simple English (simple) Convict lease		3
7	Greek (el) Ενοικίαση καταδίκων		2

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#	Language	Value
de	German Convict Leasing
el	Greek Ενοικίαση καταδίκων
en	English Convict leasing
fr	French Convict leasing
ja	Japanese 囚人貸出制度
ru	Russian Аренда заключённых
simple	Simple English Convict lease

Best Rank

Simple English: #11795 03.2017

Global: #43439 06.2020

Best Rank

Simple English: #2155 01.2023

Global: #34397 11.2025

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