Methylene (compound)

Methylene - chemical compound CH₂(2•), the simplest carbene. Article “Methylene (compound)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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 “Methylene (compound)”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 200 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1192 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1796 in February 2026
• Global: #85606 in August 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #63427 in March 2026
• Global: #20740 in December 2011

There are 15 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) Methylene (compound)		54.5025
2	Greek (el) Μεθυλένιο		52.1863
3	Chinese (zh) 甲烯		39.7805
4	German (de) Methylen		32.3025
5	Tamil (ta) மெதிலீன் (சேர்மம்)		31.0457
6	Arabic (ar) ميثيلين		29.093
7	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Metilen		28.1527
8	Serbian (sr) Metilen		26.4151
9	Korean (ko) 메틸렌 (화합물)		23.7807
10	Basque (eu) Metileno erradikal		23.5195

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Methylene (compound)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Methylene (compound)		555 226
2	German (de) Methylen		411 194
3	Russian (ru) Метилен		107 899
4	Arabic (ar) ميثيلين		48 561
5	Chinese (zh) 甲烯		47 445
6	Turkish (tr) Metilen		25 501
7	Persian (fa) متیلن		20 217
8	Greek (el) Μεθυλένιο		11 344
9	Korean (ko) 메틸렌 (화합물)		9 664
10	Serbian (sr) Metilen		6 139

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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 "Methylene (compound)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Methylene (compound)		2 215
2	Chinese (zh) 甲烯		252
3	German (de) Methylen		225
4	Russian (ru) Метилен		217
5	Korean (ko) 메틸렌 (화합물)		88
6	Persian (fa) متیلن		55
7	Turkish (tr) Metilen		37
8	Greek (el) Μεθυλένιο		25
9	Serbian (sr) Metilen		16
10	Tamil (ta) மெதிலீன் (சேர்மம்)		8

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Methylene (compound)		84
2	German (de) Methylen		35
3	Russian (ru) Метилен		29
4	Chinese (zh) 甲烯		15
5	Arabic (ar) ميثيلين		7
6	Greek (el) Μεθυλένιο		7
7	Turkish (tr) Metilen		7
8	Serbian (sr) Metilen		5
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Metilen		4
10	Basque (eu) Metileno erradikal		2

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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 "Methylene (compound)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) ميثيلين		0
2	German (de) Methylen		0
3	Greek (el) Μεθυλένιο		0
4	English (en) Methylene (compound)		0
5	Basque (eu) Metileno erradikal		0
6	Persian (fa) متیلن		0
7	Korean (ko) 메틸렌 (화합물)		0
8	Russian (ru) Метилен		0
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Metilen		0
10	Simple English (simple) Methylene (compound)		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 "Methylene (compound)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Methylene (compound)		381
2	Greek (el) Μεθυλένιο		288
3	Persian (fa) متیلن		168
4	Arabic (ar) ميثيلين		141
5	Tamil (ta) மெதிலீன் (சேர்மம்)		72
6	Chinese (zh) 甲烯		36
7	German (de) Methylen		26
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Metilen		21
9	Serbian (sr) Metilen		20
10	Russian (ru) Метилен		13

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ميثيلين
de	German Methylen
el	Greek Μεθυλένιο
en	English Methylene (compound)
eu	Basque Metileno erradikal
fa	Persian متیلن
ko	Korean 메틸렌 (화합물)
ru	Russian Метилен
sh	Serbo-Croatian Metilen
simple	Simple English Methylene (compound)
sr	Serbian Metilen
ta	Tamil மெதிலீன் (சேர்மம்)
tr	Turkish Metilen
ur	Urdu میتھائلین (مرکب)
zh	Chinese 甲烯

Best Rank

Simple English: #63427 03.2026

Global: #20740 12.2011

Best Rank

Simple English: #1796 02.2026

Global: #85606 08.2014

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