History of colonialism

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History of colonialism

Quality:

History of colonialism - aspect of history. Article “History of colonialism” in Simple English Wikipedia has 18.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 6 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:
The 9206th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “History of colonialism”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 451 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1281 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1487 in January 2015
  • Global: #38909 in March 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #724 in January 2009
  • Global: #54618 in November 2018

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, 2025 (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
1English (en)
History of colonialism
72.6246
2Arabic (ar)
تاريخ الاستعمار
62.386
3Malay (ms)
Sejarah kolonialisme
21.9675
4Simple English (simple)
History of colonialism
18.5153
5Dutch (nl)
Europese kolonisatie
15.6921
6Indonesian (id)
Sejarah kolonialisme
15.5618
7Persian (fa)
تاریخ استعمار
15.1201
8Turkish (tr)
Sömürgecilik tarihi
13.2982
9Hindi (hi)
उपनिवेशवाद का इतिहास
8.8986
10Norwegian (no)
Europeisk kolonisering
6.137
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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 "History of colonialism" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
History of colonialism
2 655 186
2Arabic (ar)
تاريخ الاستعمار
675 248
3Dutch (nl)
Europese kolonisatie
208 717
4Persian (fa)
تاریخ استعمار
202 325
5Hindi (hi)
उपनिवेशवाद का इतिहास
191 692
6Norwegian (no)
Europeisk kolonisering
64 155
7Malay (ms)
Sejarah kolonialisme
47 893
8Simple English (simple)
History of colonialism
46 657
9Turkish (tr)
Sömürgecilik tarihi
4 068
10Indonesian (id)
Sejarah kolonialisme
952
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "History of colonialism" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
History of colonialism
12 204
2Arabic (ar)
تاريخ الاستعمار
612
3Persian (fa)
تاریخ استعمار
440
4Dutch (nl)
Europese kolonisatie
268
5Simple English (simple)
History of colonialism
253
6Turkish (tr)
Sömürgecilik tarihi
153
7Malay (ms)
Sejarah kolonialisme
84
8Indonesian (id)
Sejarah kolonialisme
67
9Norwegian (no)
Europeisk kolonisering
66
10Hindi (hi)
उपनिवेशवाद का इतिहास
54
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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 "History of colonialism" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
History of colonialism
295
2Dutch (nl)
Europese kolonisatie
46
3Arabic (ar)
تاريخ الاستعمار
44
4Norwegian (no)
Europeisk kolonisering
19
5Persian (fa)
تاریخ استعمار
14
6Hindi (hi)
उपनिवेशवाद का इतिहास
10
7Simple English (simple)
History of colonialism
9
8Malay (ms)
Sejarah kolonialisme
7
9Turkish (tr)
Sömürgecilik tarihi
4
10Indonesian (id)
Sejarah kolonialisme
2
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "History of colonialism" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
History of colonialism
8
2Arabic (ar)
تاريخ الاستعمار
1
3Persian (fa)
تاریخ استعمار
0
4Hindi (hi)
उपनिवेशवाद का इतिहास
0
5Indonesian (id)
Sejarah kolonialisme
0
6Korean (ko)
식민주의의 역사
0
7Malay (ms)
Sejarah kolonialisme
0
8Dutch (nl)
Europese kolonisatie
0
9Norwegian (no)
Europeisk kolonisering
0
10Simple English (simple)
History of colonialism
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 "History of colonialism" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
History of colonialism
708
2Dutch (nl)
Europese kolonisatie
225
3Persian (fa)
تاریخ استعمار
155
4Arabic (ar)
تاريخ الاستعمار
133
5Indonesian (id)
Sejarah kolonialisme
21
6Hindi (hi)
उपनिवेशवाद का इतिहास
15
7Turkish (tr)
Sömürgecilik tarihi
7
8Korean (ko)
식민주의의 역사
6
9Norwegian (no)
Europeisk kolonisering
5
10Malay (ms)
Sejarah kolonialisme
3
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Scores

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Authors in June 2025:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تاريخ الاستعمار
enEnglish
History of colonialism
faPersian
تاریخ استعمار
hiHindi
उपनिवेशवाद का इतिहास
idIndonesian
Sejarah kolonialisme
koKorean
식민주의의 역사
msMalay
Sejarah kolonialisme
nlDutch
Europese kolonisatie
noNorwegian
Europeisk kolonisering
simpleSimple English
History of colonialism
trTurkish
Sömürgecilik tarihi

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#724
01.2009
Global:
#54618
11.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1487
01.2015
Global:
#38909
03.2018

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on History of colonialism from Wikipedia articles about White supremacy, Colonialism, European colonization of the Americas, British Empire and Scramble for Africa. Whereas reading the article about History of colonialism people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Colonization, Conquest of Ceuta, Age of Discovery, Greek colonization and Analysis of Western European colonialism and colonization.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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