Defence against predators

Antipredator adaptation - mechanism developed through evolution that assist prey organisms in their constant struggle against predators. Article “Defence against predators” in Simple English Wikipedia has 55.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 13 references and 9 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 “Defence against predators”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 357 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 39 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1729 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #497 in April 2014
• Global: #29941 in November 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2424 in December 2013
• Global: #81036 in November 2020

There are 19 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) Anti-predator adaptation		94.1895
2	Korean (ko) 반포식자 적응		88.6376
3	Persian (fa) سازگاری ضدشکار		88.4785
4	Italian (it) Adattamento antipredatorio		84.9226
5	Galician (gl) Adaptacións antipredadores		82.8032
6	Russian (ru) Защитные приспособления у животных		76.0735
7	Vietnamese (vi) Cách thức phòng vệ của động vật		67.5714
8	Portuguese (pt) Adaptação antipredatória		62.7788
9	Simple English (simple) Defence against predators		55.3997
10	French (fr) Défense contre les prédateurs		51.2163

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Defence against predators" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Anti-predator adaptation		1 116 281
2	Spanish (es) Defensas contra la depredación		292 190
3	Russian (ru) Защитные приспособления у животных		142 012
4	French (fr) Défense contre les prédateurs		86 793
5	Vietnamese (vi) Cách thức phòng vệ của động vật		45 498
6	Simple English (simple) Defence against predators		37 208
7	Slovenian (sl) Protiplenilska prilagoditev		16 762
8	Portuguese (pt) Adaptação antipredatória		16 129
9	Chinese (zh) 反捕食者适应		11 485
10	Hebrew (he) התגוננות מפני טורפים		10 515

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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 "Defence against predators" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Anti-predator adaptation		3 304
2	Chinese (zh) 反捕食者适应		182
3	Russian (ru) Защитные приспособления у животных		178
4	French (fr) Défense contre les prédateurs		135
5	Persian (fa) سازگاری ضدشکار		117
6	Japanese (ja) 捕食回避		94
7	Vietnamese (vi) Cách thức phòng vệ của động vật		94
8	Spanish (es) Defensas contra la depredación		90
9	Estonian (et) Kaitsekohastumus		83
10	Simple English (simple) Defence against predators		81

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Anti-predator adaptation		152
2	French (fr) Défense contre les prédateurs		68
3	Vietnamese (vi) Cách thức phòng vệ của động vật		21
4	Hebrew (he) התגוננות מפני טורפים		18
5	Portuguese (pt) Adaptação antipredatória		15
6	Persian (fa) سازگاری ضدشکار		13
7	Russian (ru) Защитные приспособления у животных		13
8	Simple English (simple) Defence against predators		13
9	Chinese (zh) 反捕食者适应		12
10	Spanish (es) Defensas contra la depredación		10

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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 "Defence against predators" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Defensas contra la depredación		1
2	Hebrew (he) התגוננות מפני טורפים		1
3	Italian (it) Adattamento antipredatorio		1
4	Korean (ko) 반포식자 적응		1
5	Portuguese (pt) Adaptação antipredatória		1
6	Slovenian (sl) Protiplenilska prilagoditev		1
7	Arabic (ar) تكيف ضد المفترسات		0
8	English (en) Anti-predator adaptation		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Kontraŭpredanta adapto		0
10	Estonian (et) Kaitsekohastumus		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 "Defence against predators" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Anti-predator adaptation		665
2	Arabic (ar) تكيف ضد المفترسات		200
3	Persian (fa) سازگاری ضدشکار		180
4	Chinese (zh) 反捕食者适应		170
5	French (fr) Défense contre les prédateurs		131
6	Vietnamese (vi) Cách thức phòng vệ của động vật		109
7	Hebrew (he) התגוננות מפני טורפים		53
8	Simple English (simple) Defence against predators		39
9	Japanese (ja) 捕食回避		32
10	Spanish (es) Defensas contra la depredación		31

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تكيف ضد المفترسات
en	English Anti-predator adaptation
eo	Esperanto Kontraŭpredanta adapto
es	Spanish Defensas contra la depredación
et	Estonian Kaitsekohastumus
fa	Persian سازگاری ضدشکار
fr	French Défense contre les prédateurs
gl	Galician Adaptacións antipredadores
he	Hebrew התגוננות מפני טורפים
id	Indonesian Adaptasi antipredator
it	Italian Adattamento antipredatorio
ja	Japanese 捕食回避
ko	Korean 반포식자 적응
pt	Portuguese Adaptação antipredatória
ru	Russian Защитные приспособления у животных
simple	Simple English Defence against predators
sl	Slovenian Protiplenilska prilagoditev
vi	Vietnamese Cách thức phòng vệ của động vật
zh	Chinese 反捕食者适应

Best Rank

Simple English: #2424 12.2013

Global: #81036 11.2020

Best Rank

Simple English: #497 04.2014

Global: #29941 11.2021

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