Leader of the Opposition

Leader of the Opposition - title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. Article “Leader of the Opposition” in Simple English Wikipedia has 1.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.08 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Leader of the Opposition”, its content was written by 19 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 479 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 86 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2781 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #898 in February 2026
• Global: #14382 in December 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #13259 in December 2012
• Global: #73278 in September 2017

There are 24 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	German (de) Oppositionsführer		42.1124
2	Tamil (ta) எதிர்க்கட்சித் தலைவர்		24.9526
3	Persian (fa) رهبر اپوزیسیون		19.8559
4	English (en) Leader of the Opposition		18.6267
5	Arabic (ar) زعيم المعارضة		17.3106
6	Czech (cs) Vůdce opozice		15.8927
7	Thai (th) ผู้นำฝ่ายค้านในสภาผู้แทนราษฎร		12.9158
8	Turkish (tr) Ana muhalefet partisi lideri		11.7786
9	Portuguese (pt) Líder da oposição		8.6204
10	Spanish (es) Jefe de la oposición		8.4429

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Leader of the Opposition		720 562
2	German (de) Oppositionsführer		341 452
3	Spanish (es) Jefe de la oposición		82 671
4	Turkish (tr) Ana muhalefet partisi lideri		57 497
5	Thai (th) ผู้นำฝ่ายค้านในสภาผู้แทนราษฎร		48 433
6	French (fr) Chef de l'opposition		23 670
7	Dutch (nl) Oppositieleider		22 000
8	Greek (el) Αρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης		19 329
9	Chinese (zh) 反對黨領袖		15 751
10	Portuguese (pt) Líder da oposição		10 636

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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 "Leader of the Opposition" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Leader of the Opposition		2 871
2	German (de) Oppositionsführer		530
3	Turkish (tr) Ana muhalefet partisi lideri		333
4	Spanish (es) Jefe de la oposición		287
5	Chinese (zh) 反對黨領袖		94
6	Russian (ru) Лидер оппозиции		91
7	French (fr) Chef de l'opposition		69
8	Persian (fa) رهبر اپوزیسیون		56
9	Simple English (simple) Leader of the Opposition		52
10	Tamil (ta) எதிர்க்கட்சித் தலைவர்		38

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Leader of the Opposition		168
2	German (de) Oppositionsführer		115
3	Turkish (tr) Ana muhalefet partisi lideri		29
4	French (fr) Chef de l'opposition		25
5	Dutch (nl) Oppositieleider		20
6	Simple English (simple) Leader of the Opposition		19
7	Spanish (es) Jefe de la oposición		17
8	Chinese (zh) 反對黨領袖		12
9	Greek (el) Αρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης		11
10	Hungarian (hu) Az ellenzék vezére		9

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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 "Leader of the Opposition" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Oppositionsführer		1
2	Arabic (ar) زعيم المعارضة		0
3	Czech (cs) Vůdce opozice		0
4	Greek (el) Αρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης		0
5	English (en) Leader of the Opposition		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Gvidanto de opozicio		0
7	Spanish (es) Jefe de la oposición		0
8	Estonian (et) Opositsiooniliider		0
9	Persian (fa) رهبر اپوزیسیون		0
10	French (fr) Chef de l'opposition		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 "Leader of the Opposition" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Leader of the Opposition		966
2	German (de) Oppositionsführer		566
3	French (fr) Chef de l'opposition		267
4	Spanish (es) Jefe de la oposición		213
5	Turkish (tr) Ana muhalefet partisi lideri		151
6	Chinese (zh) 反對黨領袖		105
7	Dutch (nl) Oppositieleider		86
8	Simple English (simple) Leader of the Opposition		86
9	Esperanto (eo) Gvidanto de opozicio		58
10	Thai (th) ผู้นำฝ่ายค้านในสภาผู้แทนราษฎร		48

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic زعيم المعارضة
cs	Czech Vůdce opozice
de	German Oppositionsführer
el	Greek Αρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης
en	English Leader of the Opposition
eo	Esperanto Gvidanto de opozicio
es	Spanish Jefe de la oposición
et	Estonian Opositsiooniliider
fa	Persian رهبر اپوزیسیون
fr	French Chef de l'opposition
gl	Galician Líder da oposición
hu	Hungarian Az ellenzék vezére
nl	Dutch Oppositieleider
pl	Polish Lider opozycji
pt	Portuguese Líder da oposição
ru	Russian Лидер оппозиции
simple	Simple English Leader of the Opposition
sl	Slovenian Vodja opozicije
ta	Tamil எதிர்க்கட்சித் தலைவர்
th	Thai ผู้นำฝ่ายค้านในสภาผู้แทนราษฎร
tr	Turkish Ana muhalefet partisi lideri
ur	Urdu قائد حزب اختلاف
vi	Vietnamese Lãnh đạo Đối lập
zh	Chinese 反對黨領袖

Best Rank

Simple English: #13259 12.2012

Global: #73278 09.2017

Best Rank

Simple English: #898 02.2026

Global: #14382 12.2012

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