Natural selection

Quality:

Natural selection - differential survival and reproduction of individuals in nature due to differences in phenotype; a key mechanism of evolution. Article “Natural selection” in Simple English Wikipedia has 27.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 references and 5 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 2809^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

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The 3236^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 5193^rd most popular in all topics.

The 6923^rd most popular in AI.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 3102^nd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “Natural selection” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (3102^nd place) and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Natural selection”, its content was written by 46 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (3236^th place) and edited by 3071 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (6923^rd place).

The article is cited 162 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 14540 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #62 in August 2013
• Global: #91 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #702 in September 2010
• Global: #1956 in February 2009

There are 52 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	Turkish (tr) Doğal seçilim		93.0344
2	English (en) Natural selection		91.4913
3	Persian (fa) انتخاب طبیعی		90.8261
4	Esperanto (eo) Natura selektado		89.1464
5	Basque (eu) Hautespen natural		87.875
6	Malay (ms) Pemilihan semula jadi		87.5946
7	Indonesian (id) Seleksi alam		82.6434
8	Thai (th) การคัดเลือกโดยธรรมชาติ		72.6794
9	Georgian (ka) ბუნებრივი გადარჩევა		61.0117
10	French (fr) Sélection naturelle		57.8985

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Natural selection		14 287 556
2	Spanish (es) Selección natural		10 956 512
3	Russian (ru) Естественный отбор		2 788 130
4	Portuguese (pt) Seleção natural		2 244 505
5	French (fr) Sélection naturelle		1 569 018
6	Japanese (ja) 自然選択説		993 597
7	Italian (it) Selezione naturale		954 376
8	Polish (pl) Dobór naturalny		772 078
9	Indonesian (id) Seleksi alam		661 589
10	Swedish (sv) Naturligt urval		558 926

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Natural selection		15 536
2	Russian (ru) Естественный отбор		3 418
3	Spanish (es) Selección natural		3 348
4	Japanese (ja) 自然選択説		2 316
5	French (fr) Sélection naturelle		1 758
6	Chinese (zh) 自然选择		1 121
7	Persian (fa) انتخاب طبیعی		943
8	Portuguese (pt) Seleção natural		686
9	Italian (it) Selezione naturale		618
10	Polish (pl) Dobór naturalny		582

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Natural selection		1 040
2	Spanish (es) Selección natural		262
3	French (fr) Sélection naturelle		202
4	Italian (it) Selezione naturale		126
5	Portuguese (pt) Seleção natural		122
6	Russian (ru) Естественный отбор		105
7	Hebrew (he) ברירה טבעית		93
8	Dutch (nl) Natuurlijke selectie		80
9	Polish (pl) Dobór naturalny		65
10	Swedish (sv) Naturligt urval		59

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Selección natural		3
2	Basque (eu) Hautespen natural		2
3	Arabic (ar) اصطفاء طبيعي		1
4	Greek (el) Φυσική επιλογή		1
5	Persian (fa) انتخاب طبیعی		1
6	Georgian (ka) ბუნებრივი გადარჩევა		1
7	Polish (pl) Dobór naturalny		1
8	Simple English (simple) Natural selection		1
9	Serbian (sr) Природна селекција		1
10	Uzbek (uz) Tabiiy tanlanish		1

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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