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Crime fiction

Quality:

Crime fiction - genre of fiction focusing on crime, encompassing literature, film and theatre. Article “Crime fiction” in Simple English Wikipedia has 1.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.09 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Crime fiction”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1114 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 101 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 17002 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #731 in October 2009
  • Global: #2277 in October 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10612 in May 2022
  • Global: #30517 in August 2008

There are 26 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Swedish (sv)
Deckare
62.8931
2English (en)
Crime fiction
55.1815
3Finnish (fi)
Rikoskirjallisuus
37.4303
4Greek (el)
Αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα
35.5382
5German (de)
Krimi
35.0488
6Spanish (es)
Ficción criminal
29.7558
7Italian (it)
Giallo (genere)
28.1224
8Armenian (hy)
Քրեական գեղարվեստական գրականություն
26.5165
9Tamil (ta)
குற்றப்புனைவு
24.0457
10Arabic (ar)
أدب الجريمة
23.2374
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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 "Crime fiction" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Crime fiction
4 183 157
2Italian (it)
Giallo (genere)
998 632
3Swedish (sv)
Deckare
499 735
4German (de)
Krimi
448 290
5Finnish (fi)
Rikoskirjallisuus
322 640
6Turkish (tr)
Polisiye
142 354
7Dutch (nl)
Krimi
96 092
8French (fr)
Genre policier
88 719
9Persian (fa)
داستان جنایی
78 211
10Arabic (ar)
أدب الجريمة
51 424
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Crime fiction" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Crime fiction
12 080
2Italian (it)
Giallo (genere)
1 364
3German (de)
Krimi
594
4Swedish (sv)
Deckare
553
5French (fr)
Genre policier
433
6Persian (fa)
داستان جنایی
311
7Turkish (tr)
Polisiye
284
8Finnish (fi)
Rikoskirjallisuus
197
9Spanish (es)
Ficción criminal
190
10Dutch (nl)
Krimi
117
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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 "Crime fiction" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Crime fiction
384
2Italian (it)
Giallo (genere)
197
3Swedish (sv)
Deckare
118
4German (de)
Krimi
105
5Finnish (fi)
Rikoskirjallisuus
70
6Dutch (nl)
Krimi
43
7Turkish (tr)
Polisiye
26
8French (fr)
Genre policier
25
9Croatian (hr)
Žanr kriminalistike
21
10Greek (el)
Αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα
18
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Crime fiction" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
أدب الجريمة
1
2Urdu (ur)
جرائم فکشن
1
3Azerbaijani (az)
Kriminal fantastika
0
4Catalan (ca)
Gènere policíac
0
5German (de)
Krimi
0
6Greek (el)
Αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα
0
7English (en)
Crime fiction
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Krimfikcio
0
9Spanish (es)
Ficción criminal
0
10Persian (fa)
داستان جنایی
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 "Crime fiction" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Crime fiction
6 488
2Italian (it)
Giallo (genere)
3 285
3Swedish (sv)
Deckare
1 454
4German (de)
Krimi
705
5Arabic (ar)
أدب الجريمة
608
6Persian (fa)
داستان جنایی
585
7Turkish (tr)
Polisiye
583
8French (fr)
Genre policier
396
9Finnish (fi)
Rikoskirjallisuus
340
10Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Kriminalistički žanr
298
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أدب الجريمة
azAzerbaijani
Kriminal fantastika
caCatalan
Gènere policíac
deGerman
Krimi
elGreek
Αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα
enEnglish
Crime fiction
eoEsperanto
Krimfikcio
esSpanish
Ficción criminal
faPersian
داستان جنایی
fiFinnish
Rikoskirjallisuus
frFrench
Genre policier
hrCroatian
Žanr kriminalistike
hyArmenian
Քրեական գեղարվեստական գրականություն
idIndonesian
Fiksi kejahatan
itItalian
Giallo (genere)
koKorean
범죄물
msMalay
Cereka jenayah
nlDutch
Krimi
ptPortuguese
Ficção policial
shSerbo-Croatian
Kriminalistički žanr
simpleSimple English
Crime fiction
srSerbian
Kriminalistička fantastika
svSwedish
Deckare
taTamil
குற்றப்புனைவு
trTurkish
Polisiye
urUrdu
جرائم فکشن

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#10612
05.2022
Global:
#30517
08.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#731
10.2009
Global:
#2277
10.2004

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Crime fiction from Wikipedia articles about Detective fiction, Crime film, Paatal Lok, Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle. Whereas reading the article about Crime fiction people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Detective fiction, Whodunit, The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, Hardboiled and Sherlock Holmes.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

de: Krimi
nl: Krimi

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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