Japanese occupation of Singapore

Japanese occupation of Singapore - Japanese military rule over Singapore (1942–1945). This event is the 3363^rd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 424^th most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Japanese occupation of Singapore” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.3 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 0.49 points.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

In June 2026 the article “Japanese occupation of Singapore” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (4384^th place) and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Japanese occupation of Singapore”, its content was written by 23 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 614 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Japanese occupation of Singapore is on the 424^th place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 3363^rd place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 10 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3419 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #79 in July 2016
• Global: #12734 in April 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #3991 in January 2022
• Global: #67746 in February 2017

There are 18 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	Chinese (zh) 新加坡日佔時期		77.3039
2	English (en) Japanese occupation of Singapore		64.3119
3	Korean (ko) 쇼난도		57.7269
4	Portuguese (pt) Ocupação Japonesa de Singapura		57.4722
5	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Shōnan-tō		49.1121
6	Vietnamese (vi) Singapore thuộc Nhật		48.3015
7	Tamil (ta) சிங்கப்பூரில் சப்பானிய ஆக்கிரமிப்பு		44.3249
8	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Singapura		39.1724
9	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de Singapour		38.7731
10	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のシンガポール		38.1412

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese occupation of Singapore" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Singapore		1 957 871
2	Chinese (zh) 新加坡日佔時期		280 045
3	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のシンガポール		260 603
4	Russian (ru) Японская оккупация Сингапура		36 634
5	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Singapura oleh Jepang		25 187
6	Simple English (simple) Japanese occupation of Singapore		14 919
7	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Singapura		12 494
8	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de Singapour		11 845
9	Norwegian (no) Den japanske okkupasjonen av Singapore		8 255
10	Arabic (ar) الغزو الياباني لسنغافورة		4 298

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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 "Japanese occupation of Singapore" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Singapore		5 057
2	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のシンガポール		1 410
3	Chinese (zh) 新加坡日佔時期		1 313
4	Russian (ru) Японская оккупация Сингапура		190
5	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de Singapour		143
6	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Singapura		84
7	Vietnamese (vi) Singapore thuộc Nhật		47
8	Simple English (simple) Japanese occupation of Singapore		43
9	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Singapura oleh Jepang		34
10	Portuguese (pt) Ocupação Japonesa de Singapura		34

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Singapore		375
2	Chinese (zh) 新加坡日佔時期		95
3	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のシンガポール		37
4	Simple English (simple) Japanese occupation of Singapore		23
5	Russian (ru) Японская оккупация Сингапура		18
6	Norwegian (no) Den japanske okkupasjonen av Singapore		12
7	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de Singapour		11
8	Ukrainian (uk) Японська окупація Сінгапуру		8
9	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Singapura oleh Jepang		7
10	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Singapura		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 "Japanese occupation of Singapore" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のシンガポール		2
2	Simple English (simple) Japanese occupation of Singapore		1
3	Vietnamese (vi) Singapore thuộc Nhật		1
4	Arabic (ar) الغزو الياباني لسنغافورة		0
5	English (en) Japanese occupation of Singapore		0
6	Persian (fa) تصرف سنگاپور توسط ژاپن		0
7	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de Singapour		0
8	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Singapura oleh Jepang		0
9	Korean (ko) 쇼난도		0
10	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Singapura		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 "Japanese occupation of Singapore" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Singapore		1 052
2	Chinese (zh) 新加坡日佔時期		587
3	Ukrainian (uk) Японська окупація Сінгапуру		412
4	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のシンガポール		394
5	Arabic (ar) الغزو الياباني لسنغافورة		152
6	Persian (fa) تصرف سنگاپور توسط ژاپن		148
7	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de Singapour		134
8	Korean (ko) 쇼난도		99
9	Vietnamese (vi) Singapore thuộc Nhật		94
10	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Singapura oleh Jepang		90

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الغزو الياباني لسنغافورة
en	English Japanese occupation of Singapore
fa	Persian تصرف سنگاپور توسط ژاپن
fr	French Occupation japonaise de Singapour
id	Indonesian Pendudukan Singapura oleh Jepang
ja	Japanese 日本占領時期のシンガポール
ko	Korean 쇼난도
ms	Malay Pendudukan Jepun di Singapura
no	Norwegian Den japanske okkupasjonen av Singapore
pt	Portuguese Ocupação Japonesa de Singapura
ru	Russian Японская оккупация Сингапура
sh	Serbo-Croatian Shōnan-tō
simple	Simple English Japanese occupation of Singapore
ta	Tamil சிங்கப்பூரில் சப்பானிய ஆக்கிரமிப்பு
uk	Ukrainian Японська окупація Сінгапуру
vi	Vietnamese Singapore thuộc Nhật
zh	Chinese 新加坡日佔時期
zhminnan	Min Nan Sin-ka-pho Ji̍t-pún sî-tāi

Best Rank

Simple English: #3991 01.2022

Global: #67746 02.2017

Best Rank

Simple English: #79 07.2016

Global: #12734 04.2016

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