Deaths in January 2026

Quality:

Deaths in January 2026 - Wikimedia list article. Article “Deaths in January 2026” in Simple English Wikipedia has 73.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 70 references and 27 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.89 points.

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

Achievements in the last month:

Global Wikipedia:

The 5192^nd most popular in AI in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Deaths in January 2026”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 421 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1853 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1793 in February 2026
• Global: #21 in January 2026

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #21660 in March 2026
• Global: #505 in January 2026

There are 15 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	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in januari 2026		90.2988
2	English (en) Deaths in January 2026		80
3	Chinese (zh) 2026年1月逝世人物列表		80
4	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Ιανουάριο του 2026		80
5	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年1月		78.0363
6	Simple English (simple) Deaths in January 2026		73.873
7	Turkish (tr) Ocak 2026'da ölenler		72.0577
8	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em janeiro de 2026		65.8211
9	Polish (pl) Zmarli w styczniu 2026		63.5294
10	Russian (ru) Умершие в январе 2026 года		57.5492

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Deaths in January 2026		262 795
2	French (fr) Décès en janvier 2026		253 365
3	German (de) Nekrolog Januar 2026		246 334
4	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年1月		133 454
5	Polish (pl) Zmarli w styczniu 2026		131 611
6	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em janeiro de 2026		114 265
7	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in januari 2026		71 037
8	Chinese (zh) 2026年1月逝世人物列表		48 370
9	Russian (ru) Умершие в январе 2026 года		21 506
10	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Ιανουάριο του 2026		17 175

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) Deaths in January 2026		12 431
2	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年1月		11 162
3	French (fr) Décès en janvier 2026		5 677
4	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em janeiro de 2026		5 157
5	German (de) Nekrolog Januar 2026		4 818
6	Chinese (zh) 2026年1月逝世人物列表		2 846
7	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in januari 2026		2 205
8	Russian (ru) Умершие в январе 2026 года		2 174
9	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Ιανουάριο του 2026		974
10	Polish (pl) Zmarli w styczniu 2026		807

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Nekrolog Januar 2026		109
2	English (en) Deaths in January 2026		46
3	Chinese (zh) 2026年1月逝世人物列表		45
4	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in januari 2026		42
5	Polish (pl) Zmarli w styczniu 2026		33
6	Portuguese (pt) Mortes em janeiro de 2026		33
7	French (fr) Décès en janvier 2026		31
8	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年1月		21
9	Ukrainian (uk) Померли в січні 2026		15
10	Russian (ru) Умершие в январе 2026 года		14

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) Deaths in January 2026		8
2	Korean (ko) 2026년 1월 죽음		5
3	Dutch (nl) Lijst van personen overleden in januari 2026		3
4	German (de) Nekrolog Januar 2026		2
5	Polish (pl) Zmarli w styczniu 2026		2
6	Russian (ru) Умершие в январе 2026 года		2
7	Chinese (zh) 2026年1月逝世人物列表		2
8	Greek (el) Θάνατοι τον Ιανουάριο του 2026		1
9	French (fr) Décès en janvier 2026		1
10	Japanese (ja) 訃報 2026年1月		1

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

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.

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