European colonization of the Americas

Quality:

European colonization of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas between 1492 and c.1800. Article “European colonization of the Americas” in Simple English Wikipedia has 15.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 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:

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The 5312^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 8066^th most popular in AI.

Since the creation of article “European colonization of the Americas”, its content was written by 35 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (5312^th place) and edited by 2855 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (8066^th place).

The article is cited 40 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 6819 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #197 in December 2016
• Global: #463 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2505 in September 2008
• Global: #4553 in February 2014

There are 47 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) European colonization of the Americas		91.2015
2	Spanish (es) Colonización europea de América		79.4491
3	Greek (el) Αποικισμός της Αμερικής		72.577
4	Hungarian (hu) Amerika gyarmatosítása		71.6772
5	Romanian (ro) Colonizarea europeană a Americii		69.1804
6	Turkish (tr) Amerikan kolonileri		64.3285
7	Bulgarian (bg) Европейска колонизация на Америка		64.0774
8	Georgian (ka) ამერიკის კოლონიზაცია ევროპელთა მიერ		62.9853
9	Serbian (sr) Европска колонизација Америке		53.8558
10	Malay (ms) Penjajahan Eropah ke atas Amerika		52.2844

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Spanish (es) Colonización europea de América		9 814 602
2	English (en) European colonization of the Americas		9 786 014
3	Portuguese (pt) Colonização europeia da América		1 950 882
4	Russian (ru) Европейская колонизация Америки		1 406 686
5	Italian (it) Colonizzazione europea delle Americhe		1 147 305
6	French (fr) Colonisation européenne des Amériques		741 908
7	Polish (pl) Europejska kolonizacja Ameryki		374 169
8	German (de) Europäische Kolonisierung Amerikas		360 803
9	Japanese (ja) ヨーロッパ諸国によるアメリカ大陸の植民地化		333 969
10	Chinese (zh) 美洲殖民		250 820

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) European colonization of the Americas		25 186
2	Spanish (es) Colonización europea de América		2 829
3	Russian (ru) Европейская колонизация Америки		2 593
4	French (fr) Colonisation européenne des Amériques		2 336
5	Italian (it) Colonizzazione europea delle Americhe		1 444
6	German (de) Europäische Kolonisierung Amerikas		1 218
7	Turkish (tr) Amerikan kolonileri		986
8	Portuguese (pt) Colonização europeia da América		870
9	Polish (pl) Europejska kolonizacja Ameryki		734
10	Japanese (ja) ヨーロッパ諸国によるアメリカ大陸の植民地化		664

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) European colonization of the Americas		1 029
2	Spanish (es) Colonización europea de América		359
3	Italian (it) Colonizzazione europea delle Americhe		252
4	French (fr) Colonisation européenne des Amériques		129
5	Portuguese (pt) Colonização europeia da América		116
6	Russian (ru) Европейская колонизация Америки		106
7	German (de) Europäische Kolonisierung Amerikas		104
8	Norwegian (no) Europeisk kolonisering av Amerika		54
9	Polish (pl) Europejska kolonizacja Ameryki		50
10	Catalan (ca) Colonització europea d'Amèrica		49

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) European colonization of the Americas		6
2	Spanish (es) Colonización europea de América		1
3	French (fr) Colonisation européenne des Amériques		1
4	Italian (it) Colonizzazione europea delle Americhe		1
5	Serbian (sr) Европска колонизација Америке		1
6	Turkish (tr) Amerikan kolonileri		1
7	Vietnamese (vi) Thực dân châu Âu tại châu Mỹ		1
8	Arabic (ar) الاستعمار الأوروبي للأمريكتين		0
9	Azerbaijani (az) Şimali Amerikanın kolonizasiyası		0
10	Bulgarian (bg) Европейска колонизация на Америка		0

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

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