How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)

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Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - 1966 American animated television special based on the book by Dr. Seuss. This film is the 6759^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of films. Article “How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 48 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 18 references and 13 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:

Global Wikipedia:

The 6759^th most popular in films.

Since the creation of article “How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 485 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is on the 6759^th place in global ranking of films on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 8 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 738 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #136 in December 2025
• Global: #4642 in December 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #3955 in November 2024
• Global: #6849 in December 2024

There are 16 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) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)		75.3032
2	Simple English (simple) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)		47.9633
3	German (de) Die gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke		46.8847
4	Armenian (hy) Ինչպես Գրինչը գողացավ Սուրբ ծնունդը (մուլտֆիլմ, 1966)		27.2271
5	Russian (ru) Как Гринч украл Рождество (мультфильм)		25.8983
6	Italian (it) Come il Grinch rubò il Natale		23.5286
7	Polish (pl) Jak Grinch ukradł święta		10.9138
8	Japanese (ja) グリンチのクリスマス		10.6505
9	Ukrainian (uk) Як Ґрінч украв Різдво! (мультфільм)		10.6104
10	Hebrew (he) הגרינץ' שגנב את חג המולד! (ספיישל טלוויזיוני)		10.2299

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)		3 109 817
2	Spanish (es) El Grinch: el cuento animado		192 934
3	Italian (it) Come il Grinch rubò il Natale		128 013
4	Russian (ru) Как Гринч украл Рождество (мультфильм)		105 655
5	French (fr) Comment le Grinch a volé Noël !		57 289
6	Polish (pl) Jak Grinch ukradł święta		42 888
7	German (de) Die gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke		35 405
8	Persian (fa) چگونه گرینچ کریسمس را دزدید		18 048
9	Croatian (hr) Kako je Grinch ukrao Božić! (1966.)		14 193
10	Dutch (nl) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (animatiefilm)		11 538

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) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)		5 050
2	Russian (ru) Как Гринч украл Рождество (мультфильм)		250
3	Italian (it) Come il Grinch rubò il Natale		208
4	German (de) Die gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke		132
5	Spanish (es) El Grinch: el cuento animado		120
6	French (fr) Comment le Grinch a volé Noël !		88
7	Persian (fa) چگونه گرینچ کریسمس را دزدید		63
8	Japanese (ja) グリンチのクリスマス		47
9	Polish (pl) Jak Grinch ukradł święta		38
10	Simple English (simple) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)		21

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)		291
2	French (fr) Comment le Grinch a volé Noël !		25
3	Polish (pl) Jak Grinch ukradł święta		25
4	Russian (ru) Как Гринч украл Рождество (мультфильм)		25
5	Italian (it) Come il Grinch rubò il Natale		24
6	German (de) Die gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke		16
7	Spanish (es) El Grinch: el cuento animado		16
8	Dutch (nl) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (animatiefilm)		11
9	Bulgarian (bg) Как Гринч открадна Коледа (анимационен филм)		10
10	Ukrainian (uk) Як Ґрінч украв Різдво! (мультфільм)		9

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	Bulgarian (bg) Как Гринч открадна Коледа (анимационен филм)		0
2	German (de) Die gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke		0
3	English (en) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)		0
4	Spanish (es) El Grinch: el cuento animado		0
5	Persian (fa) چگونه گرینچ کریسمس را دزدید		0
6	French (fr) Comment le Grinch a volé Noël !		0
7	Hebrew (he) הגרינץ' שגנב את חג המולד! (ספיישל טלוויזיוני)		0
8	Croatian (hr) Kako je Grinch ukrao Božić! (1966.)		0
9	Armenian (hy) Ինչպես Գրինչը գողացավ Սուրբ ծնունդը (մուլտֆիլմ, 1966)		0
10	Italian (it) Come il Grinch rubò il Natale		0

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

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