Passive-aggressive behaviour

Passive–aggressive behavior - indirect expression of hostility. Article “Passive-aggressive behaviour” in Simple English Wikipedia has 24.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Passive-aggressive behaviour”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 730 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 13 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1562 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #861 in January 2019
• Global: #20518 in May 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #7441 in April 2022
• Global: #6470 in June 2015

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, 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	Chinese (zh) 被動攻擊行為		29.6934
2	English (en) Passive-aggressive behavior		26.7827
3	Simple English (simple) Passive-aggressive behaviour		24.5881
4	Italian (it) Comportamento passivo-aggressivo		24.5873
5	Ukrainian (uk) Пасивно-агресивна поведінка		24.4226
6	Swedish (sv) Passivt‐aggressivt beteende		24.0989
7	Korean (ko) 수동적 공격성		22.5326
8	Japanese (ja) 受動的攻撃行動		21.6334
9	Portuguese (pt) Comportamento passivo-agressivo		21.5884
10	Arabic (ar) سلوك سلبي عدواني		21.1251

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Passive-aggressive behaviour" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Passive-aggressive behavior		14 917 685
2	French (fr) Comportement passif-agressif		1 163 007
3	Spanish (es) Comportamiento pasivo-agresivo		1 095 919
4	Russian (ru) Пассивно-агрессивное поведение		601 601
5	Portuguese (pt) Comportamento passivo-agressivo		496 542
6	Polish (pl) Zachowania pasywno-agresywne		304 929
7	Japanese (ja) 受動的攻撃行動		292 319
8	Hebrew (he) התנהגות פסיבית-אגרסיבית		270 652
9	Finnish (fi) Passiivis-aggressiivinen käyttäytyminen		205 269
10	Arabic (ar) سلوك سلبي عدواني		173 759

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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 "Passive-aggressive behaviour" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Passive-aggressive behavior		12 997
2	French (fr) Comportement passif-agressif		4 854
3	Russian (ru) Пассивно-агрессивное поведение		2 403
4	Japanese (ja) 受動的攻撃行動		1 966
5	Chinese (zh) 被動攻擊行為		1 101
6	Hebrew (he) התנהגות פסיבית-אגרסיבית		1 057
7	Spanish (es) Comportamiento pasivo-agresivo		846
8	Simple English (simple) Passive-aggressive behaviour		807
9	Italian (it) Comportamento passivo-aggressivo		604
10	Portuguese (pt) Comportamento passivo-agressivo		557

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

Language versions of the article "Passive-aggressive behaviour" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Passive-aggressive behavior		444
2	French (fr) Comportement passif-agressif		66
3	Hebrew (he) התנהגות פסיבית-אגרסיבית		43
4	Spanish (es) Comportamiento pasivo-agresivo		24
5	Arabic (ar) سلوك سلبي عدواني		20
6	Russian (ru) Пассивно-агрессивное поведение		20
7	Portuguese (pt) Comportamento passivo-agressivo		18
8	Italian (it) Comportamento passivo-aggressivo		15
9	Finnish (fi) Passiivis-aggressiivinen käyttäytyminen		13
10	Polish (pl) Zachowania pasywno-agresywne		12

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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 "Passive-aggressive behaviour" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Korean (ko) 수동적 공격성		2
2	Spanish (es) Comportamiento pasivo-agresivo		1
3	Serbian (sr) Пасивно-агресивно понашање		1
4	Arabic (ar) سلوك سلبي عدواني		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Пасивно-агресивно поведение		0
6	Catalan (ca) Comportament passiu-agressiu		0
7	Czech (cs) Pasivní agrese		0
8	English (en) Passive-aggressive behavior		0
9	Persian (fa) پرخاشگری منفعل		0
10	Finnish (fi) Passiivis-aggressiivinen käyttäytyminen		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 "Passive-aggressive behaviour" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Passive-aggressive behavior		427
2	French (fr) Comportement passif-agressif		257
3	Arabic (ar) سلوك سلبي عدواني		205
4	Portuguese (pt) Comportamento passivo-agressivo		132
5	Persian (fa) پرخاشگری منفعل		85
6	Chinese (zh) 被動攻擊行為		79
7	Japanese (ja) 受動的攻撃行動		61
8	Hebrew (he) התנהגות פסיבית-אגרסיבית		53
9	Vietnamese (vi) Hành vi gây hấn thụ động		51
10	Russian (ru) Пассивно-агрессивное поведение		43

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic سلوك سلبي عدواني
bg	Bulgarian Пасивно-агресивно поведение
ca	Catalan Comportament passiu-agressiu
cs	Czech Pasivní agrese
en	English Passive-aggressive behavior
es	Spanish Comportamiento pasivo-agresivo
fa	Persian پرخاشگری منفعل
fi	Finnish Passiivis-aggressiivinen käyttäytyminen
fr	French Comportement passif-agressif
he	Hebrew התנהגות פסיבית-אגרסיבית
it	Italian Comportamento passivo-aggressivo
ja	Japanese 受動的攻撃行動
ko	Korean 수동적 공격성
pl	Polish Zachowania pasywno-agresywne
pt	Portuguese Comportamento passivo-agressivo
ru	Russian Пассивно-агрессивное поведение
simple	Simple English Passive-aggressive behaviour
sr	Serbian Пасивно-агресивно понашање
sv	Swedish Passivt‐aggressivt beteende
uk	Ukrainian Пасивно-агресивна поведінка
vi	Vietnamese Hành vi gây hấn thụ động
zh	Chinese 被動攻擊行為

Best Rank

Simple English: #7441 04.2022

Global: #6470 06.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #861 01.2019

Global: #20518 05.2013

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