North by Northwest

Quality:

North by Northwest - 1959 film by Alfred Hitchcock. This film is the 1482^nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of films and the 521^st most popular film in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “North by Northwest” in Simple English Wikipedia has 40.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 19 references and 8 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

The 521^st most popular in films in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 1482^nd most popular in films.

Since the creation of article “North by Northwest”, its content was written by 16 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1966 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

North by Northwest is on the 521^st place in local ranking of films in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 1482^nd place in global ranking of films in all the time.

The article is cited 18 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 4090 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1098 in January 2015
• Global: #1594 in August 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #5312 in May 2024
• Global: #3917 in November 2021

There are 41 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	Polish (pl) Północ, północny zachód		100
2	English (en) North by Northwest		90.9307
3	Italian (it) Intrigo internazionale		52.2428
4	Korean (ko) 북북서로 진로를 돌려라		45.9656
5	German (de) Der unsichtbare Dritte		44.9348
6	Greek (el) Στη σκιά των τεσσάρων γιγάντων		41.8532
7	Simple English (simple) North by Northwest		40.7745
8	Swedish (sv) I sista minuten		37.6872
9	Bulgarian (bg) Север-северозапад		37.536
10	French (fr) La Mort aux trousses		36.64

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) North by Northwest		8 521 185
2	German (de) Der unsichtbare Dritte		1 381 223
3	French (fr) La Mort aux trousses		1 330 618
4	Italian (it) Intrigo internazionale		956 706
5	Japanese (ja) 北北西に進路を取れ		841 260
6	Russian (ru) К северу через северо-запад		750 986
7	Spanish (es) North by Northwest		482 983
8	Persian (fa) شمال از شمال غربی		209 064
9	Chinese (zh) 西北偏北		189 437
10	Portuguese (pt) Intriga Internacional		115 766

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) North by Northwest		35 785
2	German (de) Der unsichtbare Dritte		2 884
3	French (fr) La Mort aux trousses		2 507
4	Russian (ru) К северу через северо-запад		2 441
5	Japanese (ja) 北北西に進路を取れ		2 370
6	Italian (it) Intrigo internazionale		1 738
7	Spanish (es) North by Northwest		1 000
8	Chinese (zh) 西北偏北		733
9	Persian (fa) شمال از شمال غربی		556
10	Polish (pl) Północ, północny zachód		372

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) North by Northwest		681
2	French (fr) La Mort aux trousses		185
3	German (de) Der unsichtbare Dritte		178
4	Italian (it) Intrigo internazionale		127
5	Japanese (ja) 北北西に進路を取れ		79
6	Spanish (es) North by Northwest		72
7	Russian (ru) К северу через северо-запад		65
8	Dutch (nl) North by Northwest		62
9	Polish (pl) Północ, północny zachód		47
10	Hebrew (he) מזימות בינלאומיות		41

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	English (en) North by Northwest		6
2	Arabic (ar) شمالا إلى الشمال الغربي		1
3	Catalan (ca) Perseguit per la mort		1
4	Spanish (es) North by Northwest		1
5	Persian (fa) شمال از شمال غربی		1
6	Turkish (tr) Gizli Teşkilat		1
7	Urdu (ur) نارتھ بائی نارتھ ویسٹ		1
8	Bulgarian (bg) Север-северозапад		0
9	Czech (cs) Na sever severozápadní linkou		0
10	Danish (da) Menneskejagt		0

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

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