Highwayman

Highwayman - mounted robber who steals from travellers, an archaic term. Article “Highwayman” in Simple English Wikipedia has 13.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 3 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.69 points.

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 “Highwayman”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 651 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 9 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 909 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #409 in August 2025
• Global: #1138 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #14213 in April 2018
• Global: #41691 in November 2010

There are 11 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) Highwayman		59.936
2	Spanish (es) Salteador de caminos		43.3407
3	Japanese (ja) ハイウェイマン		33.7959
4	Hindi (hi) राहज़नी		25.0155
5	Swedish (sv) Stråtrövare		20.6194
6	Finnish (fi) Maantierosvo		18.229
7	Persian (fa) راهزن جاده‌ای		13.2564
8	Simple English (simple) Highwayman		13.1085
9	French (fr) Bandit de grand chemin		10.6718
10	Chinese (zh) 拦路强盗		2.0414

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Highwayman		3 734 478
2	Japanese (ja) ハイウェイマン		78 715
3	French (fr) Bandit de grand chemin		69 933
4	Swedish (sv) Stråtrövare		46 340
5	Spanish (es) Salteador de caminos		16 185
6	Finnish (fi) Maantierosvo		14 580
7	Chinese (zh) 拦路强盗		13 578
8	Simple English (simple) Highwayman		10 705
9	Norwegian (no) Landeveisrøver		5 345
10	Hindi (hi) राहज़नी		4 210

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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 "Highwayman" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Highwayman		9 043
2	Japanese (ja) ハイウェイマン		438
3	French (fr) Bandit de grand chemin		247
4	Spanish (es) Salteador de caminos		129
5	Swedish (sv) Stråtrövare		113
6	Chinese (zh) 拦路强盗		52
7	Simple English (simple) Highwayman		43
8	Finnish (fi) Maantierosvo		36
9	Norwegian (no) Landeveisrøver		15
10	Persian (fa) راهزن جاده‌ای		9

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Highwayman		530
2	French (fr) Bandit de grand chemin		23
3	Swedish (sv) Stråtrövare		21
4	Spanish (es) Salteador de caminos		13
5	Norwegian (no) Landeveisrøver		13
6	Simple English (simple) Highwayman		13
7	Finnish (fi) Maantierosvo		12
8	Japanese (ja) ハイウェイマン		11
9	Chinese (zh) 拦路强盗		7
10	Hindi (hi) राहज़नी		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 "Highwayman" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Highwayman		5
2	Spanish (es) Salteador de caminos		1
3	Persian (fa) راهزن جاده‌ای		0
4	Finnish (fi) Maantierosvo		0
5	French (fr) Bandit de grand chemin		0
6	Hindi (hi) राहज़नी		0
7	Japanese (ja) ハイウェイマン		0
8	Norwegian (no) Landeveisrøver		0
9	Simple English (simple) Highwayman		0
10	Swedish (sv) Stråtrövare		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 "Highwayman" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Highwayman		662
2	French (fr) Bandit de grand chemin		94
3	Swedish (sv) Stråtrövare		35
4	Japanese (ja) ハイウェイマン		34
5	Spanish (es) Salteador de caminos		24
6	Finnish (fi) Maantierosvo		16
7	Chinese (zh) 拦路强盗		14
8	Norwegian (no) Landeveisrøver		11
9	Persian (fa) راهزن جاده‌ای		9
10	Simple English (simple) Highwayman		9

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#	Language	Value
en	English Highwayman
es	Spanish Salteador de caminos
fa	Persian راهزن جاده‌ای
fi	Finnish Maantierosvo
fr	French Bandit de grand chemin
hi	Hindi राहज़नी
ja	Japanese ハイウェイマン
no	Norwegian Landeveisrøver
simple	Simple English Highwayman
sv	Swedish Stråtrövare
zh	Chinese 拦路强盗

Best Rank

Simple English: #14213 04.2018

Global: #41691 11.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #409 08.2025

Global: #1138 01.2004

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