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Lie

Quality:

Lie - false statement made with the intent to deceive. Article “Lie” in Simple English Wikipedia has 30.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 5 references and 12 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 4157th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 4169th most popular in AI.

Since the creation of article “Lie”, its content was written by 40 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (4157th place) and edited by 3903 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (4169th place).

The article is cited 74 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 4737 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #80 in August 2020
  • Global: #705 in April 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #727 in December 2016
  • Global: #4789 in April 2013

There are 47 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Lie
92.5434
2Catalan (ca)
Mentida
92.3077
3Korean (ko)
거짓말
81.0086
4Hindi (hi)
झूठ
64.0738
5German (de)
Lüge
63.0907
6Hebrew (he)
שקר
52.5307
7Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Laž
40.8086
8Ukrainian (uk)
Обман
39.5227
9Chinese (zh)
谎言
38.5286
10Czech (cs)
Lež
36.3493
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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 "Lie" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lie
7 489 927
2Spanish (es)
Mentira
2 198 859
3Russian (ru)
Ложь
1 529 141
4German (de)
Lüge
1 219 321
5Japanese (ja)
1 167 829
6French (fr)
Mensonge
1 042 931
7Arabic (ar)
كذب
809 175
8Portuguese (pt)
Mentira
624 666
9Italian (it)
Bugia
462 504
10Polish (pl)
Kłamstwo
457 652
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Lie" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lie
7 884
2Japanese (ja)
1 660
3German (de)
Lüge
1 610
4Russian (ru)
Ложь
1 358
5Spanish (es)
Mentira
960
6Hebrew (he)
שקר
883
7French (fr)
Mensonge
870
8Chinese (zh)
谎言
634
9Persian (fa)
دروغ
495
10Portuguese (pt)
Mentira
448
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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 "Lie" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lie
1 307
2German (de)
Lüge
378
3French (fr)
Mensonge
254
4Spanish (es)
Mentira
208
5Russian (ru)
Ложь
187
6Japanese (ja)
169
7Portuguese (pt)
Mentira
113
8Dutch (nl)
Leugen
111
9Hebrew (he)
שקר
105
10Chinese (zh)
谎言
88
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Lie" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Lüge
2
2Korean (ko)
거짓말
2
3Catalan (ca)
Mentida
1
4English (en)
Lie
1
5Basque (eu)
Gezur
1
6Hindi (hi)
झूठ
1
7Italian (it)
Bugia
1
8Japanese (ja)
1
9Portuguese (pt)
Mentira
1
10Serbian (sr)
Лаж
1
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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 "Lie" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Lie
511
2Japanese (ja)
490
3Arabic (ar)
كذب
399
4Russian (ru)
Ложь
256
5Chinese (zh)
谎言
252
6Hebrew (he)
שקר
243
7German (de)
Lüge
226
8French (fr)
Mensonge
216
9Portuguese (pt)
Mentira
186
10Urdu (ur)
جھوٹ
172
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2026:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
كذب
azAzerbaijani
Yalan
beBelarusian
Хлусня
bgBulgarian
Лъжа
caCatalan
Mentida
csCzech
Lež
daDanish
Løgn
deGerman
Lüge
elGreek
Ψέμα
enEnglish
Lie
eoEsperanto
Mensogo
esSpanish
Mentira
etEstonian
Valetamine
euBasque
Gezur
faPersian
دروغ
frFrench
Mensonge
glGalician
Mentira
heHebrew
שקר
hiHindi
झूठ
hrCroatian
Laž
huHungarian
Hazugság
idIndonesian
Kebohongan
itItalian
Bugia
jaJapanese
kkKazakh
Өтірік
koKorean
거짓말
ltLithuanian
Melas
nlDutch
Leugen
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Lygn
noNorwegian
Løgn
plPolish
Kłamstwo
ptPortuguese
Mentira
roRomanian
Minciună
ruRussian
Ложь
shSerbo-Croatian
Laž
simpleSimple English
Lie
skSlovak
Lož
slSlovenian
Laž
srSerbian
Лаж
svSwedish
Lögn
thThai
การโกหก
trTurkish
Yalan
ukUkrainian
Обман
urUrdu
جھوٹ
viVietnamese
Nói dối
zhChinese
谎言
zhminnanMin Nan
Pe̍h-chha̍t-ōe

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#727
12.2016
Global:
#4789
04.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#80
08.2020
Global:
#705
04.2014

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Lie from Wikipedia articles about Manipulation, White lie, Autism, Cats Cradle and False or misleading statements by Donald Trump. Whereas reading the article about Lie people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Pinocchio, Pathological lying, Truth, Lying and Deception.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

en: Lie
de: Lüge
ja:
ar: كذب
it: Bugia
zh: 谎言
cs: Lež
tr: Yalan
nl: Leugen
sv: Lögn
he: שקר
no: Løgn
hr: Laž
da: Løgn
simple: Lie
lt: Melas
sr: Лаж
sh: Laž
az: Yalan
sk: Lož
eu: Gezur
nn: Lygn
sl: Laž

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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