Media manipulation

Media manipulation - series of related, illegitimate or illegal techniques in which an individual, an interest group or a government influences journalists to favour their own particular interests. Article “Media manipulation” in Simple English Wikipedia has 16.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Media manipulation”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 786 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 18 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3326 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3630 in July 2025
• Global: #354 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #48009 in July 2025
• Global: #72484 in November 2012

There are 22 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) Media manipulation		68.6181
2	German (de) Medienmanipulation		52.2405
3	Polish (pl) Manipulacja mediami		48.7046
4	Ukrainian (uk) Медіаманіпуляція		42.1981
5	Armenian (hy) Մեդիամանիպուլյացիա		32.0646
6	Chinese (zh) 媒體操縱		29.0244
7	Serbian (sr) Медијска манипулација		28.9999
8	Italian (it) Manipolazione dell'informazione		27.5285
9	Spanish (es) Manipulación de los medios de comunicación		26.6102
10	Romanian (ro) Manipulare media		26.1435

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Media manipulation" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Media manipulation		1 199 984
2	Spanish (es) Manipulación de los medios de comunicación		563 181
3	German (de) Medienmanipulation		549 094
4	Japanese (ja) 情報操作		460 263
5	Ukrainian (uk) Медіаманіпуляція		196 884
6	Polish (pl) Manipulacja mediami		105 937
7	Portuguese (pt) Manipulação da mídia		89 754
8	Korean (ko) 여론조작		67 912
9	Italian (it) Manipolazione dell'informazione		24 410
10	Chinese (zh) 媒體操縱		17 015

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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 "Media manipulation" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Media manipulation		1 395
2	Japanese (ja) 情報操作		717
3	German (de) Medienmanipulation		364
4	Spanish (es) Manipulación de los medios de comunicación		337
5	Chinese (zh) 媒體操縱		216
6	Italian (it) Manipolazione dell'informazione		145
7	Polish (pl) Manipulacja mediami		128
8	Portuguese (pt) Manipulação da mídia		83
9	Ukrainian (uk) Медіаманіпуляція		70
10	Serbian (sr) Медијска манипулација		60

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Medienmanipulation		241
2	English (en) Media manipulation		232
3	Japanese (ja) 情報操作		93
4	Spanish (es) Manipulación de los medios de comunicación		39
5	Polish (pl) Manipulacja mediami		29
6	Italian (it) Manipolazione dell'informazione		23
7	Serbian (sr) Медијска манипулација		22
8	Korean (ko) 여론조작		16
9	Chinese (zh) 媒體操縱		16
10	Ukrainian (uk) Медіаманіпуляція		15

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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 "Media manipulation" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Media manipulation		7
2	Chinese (zh) 媒體操縱		3
3	Korean (ko) 여론조작		2
4	Arabic (ar) تلاعب إعلامي		1
5	German (de) Medienmanipulation		1
6	Romanian (ro) Manipulare media		1
7	Azerbaijani (az) Media manipulyasiyası		0
8	Catalan (ca) Manipulació als mitjans de comunicació		0
9	Czech (cs) Mediální manipulace		0
10	Spanish (es) Manipulación de los medios de comunicación		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 "Media manipulation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Media manipulation		909
2	Persian (fa) دستکاری رسانه‌ای		582
3	Serbian (sr) Медијска манипулација		401
4	Japanese (ja) 情報操作		365
5	Arabic (ar) تلاعب إعلامي		232
6	Chinese (zh) 媒體操縱		224
7	German (de) Medienmanipulation		83
8	Azerbaijani (az) Media manipulyasiyası		75
9	Portuguese (pt) Manipulação da mídia		73
10	Korean (ko) 여론조작		70

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تلاعب إعلامي
az	Azerbaijani Media manipulyasiyası
ca	Catalan Manipulació als mitjans de comunicació
cs	Czech Mediální manipulace
de	German Medienmanipulation
en	English Media manipulation
es	Spanish Manipulación de los medios de comunicación
fa	Persian دستکاری رسانه‌ای
hy	Armenian Մեդիամանիպուլյացիա
id	Indonesian Manipulasi media
it	Italian Manipolazione dell'informazione
ja	Japanese 情報操作
ko	Korean 여론조작
pl	Polish Manipulacja mediami
pt	Portuguese Manipulação da mídia
ro	Romanian Manipulare media
simple	Simple English Media manipulation
sr	Serbian Медијска манипулација
tr	Turkish Medya manipülasyonu
uk	Ukrainian Медіаманіпуляція
vi	Vietnamese Tác động truyền thông
zh	Chinese 媒體操縱

Best Rank

Simple English: #48009 07.2025

Global: #72484 11.2012

Best Rank

Simple English: #3630 07.2025

Global: #354 04.2003

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