Nikita (song)

Nikita - original song written and composed by Elton John (music) and Bernie Taupin (words). Article “Nikita (song)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 7.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

The article is cited 78 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 863 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3519 in July 2023
• Global: #33113 in December 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #8142 in December 2024
• Global: #102552 in December 2016

There are 11 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, 2025 (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) Nikita (song)		64.4826
2	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Nikita av Elton John		57.0997
3	Spanish (es) Nikita (canción)		40.789
4	German (de) Nikita (Lied)		37.4431
5	Russian (ru) Nikita (песня)		35.1389
6	French (fr) Nikita (chanson)		32.6197
7	Italian (it) Nikita (singolo)		32.0147
8	Hebrew (he) Nikita		23.1733
9	Dutch (nl) Nikita (single)		20.0583
10	Simple English (simple) Nikita (song)		7.9066

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Nikita (song)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Nikita (song)		986 775
2	German (de) Nikita (Lied)		143 489
3	Dutch (nl) Nikita (single)		110 952
4	Russian (ru) Nikita (песня)		72 042
5	French (fr) Nikita (chanson)		47 623
6	Italian (it) Nikita (singolo)		46 714
7	Spanish (es) Nikita (canción)		46 293
8	Danish (da) Nikita (sang)		8 873
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Nikita av Elton John		2 904
10	Simple English (simple) Nikita (song)		2 592

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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 "Nikita (song)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Nikita (song)		4 479
2	Dutch (nl) Nikita (single)		732
3	German (de) Nikita (Lied)		542
4	Spanish (es) Nikita (canción)		478
5	Russian (ru) Nikita (песня)		369
6	Italian (it) Nikita (singolo)		257
7	French (fr) Nikita (chanson)		189
8	Simple English (simple) Nikita (song)		138
9	Danish (da) Nikita (sang)		39
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Nikita av Elton John		24

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Nikita (song)		141
2	German (de) Nikita (Lied)		38
3	Dutch (nl) Nikita (single)		37
4	Italian (it) Nikita (singolo)		29
5	French (fr) Nikita (chanson)		19
6	Russian (ru) Nikita (песня)		15
7	Spanish (es) Nikita (canción)		7
8	Hebrew (he) Nikita		6
9	Danish (da) Nikita (sang)		3
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Nikita av Elton John		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 "Nikita (song)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Russian (ru) Nikita (песня)		1
2	Danish (da) Nikita (sang)		0
3	German (de) Nikita (Lied)		0
4	English (en) Nikita (song)		0
5	Spanish (es) Nikita (canción)		0
6	French (fr) Nikita (chanson)		0
7	Hebrew (he) Nikita		0
8	Italian (it) Nikita (singolo)		0
9	Dutch (nl) Nikita (single)		0
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Nikita av Elton John		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 "Nikita (song)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Nikita (song)		377
2	Italian (it) Nikita (singolo)		136
3	German (de) Nikita (Lied)		96
4	Simple English (simple) Nikita (song)		78
5	French (fr) Nikita (chanson)		47
6	Danish (da) Nikita (sang)		42
7	Russian (ru) Nikita (песня)		35
8	Dutch (nl) Nikita (single)		31
9	Hebrew (he) Nikita		8
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Nikita av Elton John		8

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#	Language	Value
da	Danish Nikita (sang)
de	German Nikita (Lied)
en	English Nikita (song)
es	Spanish Nikita (canción)
fr	French Nikita (chanson)
he	Hebrew Nikita
it	Italian Nikita (singolo)
nl	Dutch Nikita (single)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Nikita av Elton John
ru	Russian Nikita (песня)
simple	Simple English Nikita (song)

Best Rank

Simple English: #8142 12.2024

Global: #102552 12.2016

Best Rank

Simple English: #3519 07.2023

Global: #33113 12.2016

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