Pillars of Hercules

Pillars of Hercules - promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. Article “Pillars of Hercules” in Simple English Wikipedia has 19.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Pillars of Hercules”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1122 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2407 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #828 in December 2021
• Global: #1220 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #16169 in June 2024
• Global: #36637 in June 2008

There are 38 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	Slovenian (sl) Herkulova stebra		61.6778
2	Turkish (tr) Herkül Sütunları		59.4716
3	English (en) Pillars of Hercules		58.3881
4	Chinese (zh) 海格力斯之柱		49.0499
5	Spanish (es) Columnas de Hércules		47.7583
6	Greek (el) Ηράκλειες Στήλες		43.1475
7	German (de) Säulen des Herakles		39.9817
8	Russian (ru) Геркулесовы столбы		34.365
9	Latin (la) Columnae Herculis		32.573
10	Catalan (ca) Columnes d'Hèrcules		32.4053

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Pillars of Hercules" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Pillars of Hercules		2 823 436
2	Spanish (es) Columnas de Hércules		1 277 727
3	Italian (it) Colonne d'Ercole		963 728
4	German (de) Säulen des Herakles		517 746
5	Russian (ru) Геркулесовы столбы		483 935
6	French (fr) Colonnes d'Hercule		470 150
7	Japanese (ja) ヘラクレスの柱		238 601
8	Polish (pl) Słupy Heraklesa		208 136
9	Portuguese (pt) Colunas de Hércules		175 962
10	Greek (el) Ηράκλειες Στήλες		148 628

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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 "Pillars of Hercules" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Pillars of Hercules		13 124
2	Spanish (es) Columnas de Hércules		3 967
3	Italian (it) Colonne d'Ercole		2 473
4	Russian (ru) Геркулесовы столбы		2 226
5	German (de) Säulen des Herakles		1 893
6	French (fr) Colonnes d'Hercule		1 860
7	Japanese (ja) ヘラクレスの柱		1 096
8	Chinese (zh) 海格力斯之柱		684
9	Polish (pl) Słupy Heraklesa		657
10	Portuguese (pt) Colunas de Hércules		619

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Pillars of Hercules		233
2	French (fr) Colonnes d'Hercule		111
3	German (de) Säulen des Herakles		100
4	Italian (it) Colonne d'Ercole		96
5	Spanish (es) Columnas de Hércules		88
6	Dutch (nl) Zuilen van Hercules		55
7	Russian (ru) Геркулесовы столбы		53
8	Polish (pl) Słupy Heraklesa		36
9	Portuguese (pt) Colunas de Hércules		32
10	Latin (la) Columnae Herculis		29

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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 "Pillars of Hercules" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Pillars of Hercules		3
2	German (de) Säulen des Herakles		1
3	French (fr) Colonnes d'Hercule		1
4	Turkish (tr) Herkül Sütunları		1
5	Arabic (ar) أعمدة هرقل		0
6	Belarusian (be) Геркулесавы слупы		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Херкулесови стълбове		0
8	Catalan (ca) Columnes d'Hèrcules		0
9	Danish (da) Herkules' Søjler		0
10	Greek (el) Ηράκλειες Στήλες		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 "Pillars of Hercules" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Pillars of Hercules		657
2	Spanish (es) Columnas de Hércules		178
3	Catalan (ca) Columnes d'Hèrcules		162
4	Italian (it) Colonne d'Ercole		153
5	French (fr) Colonnes d'Hercule		143
6	German (de) Säulen des Herakles		108
7	Russian (ru) Геркулесовы столбы		98
8	Arabic (ar) أعمدة هرقل		76
9	Indonesian (id) Pilar-Pilar Herkules		72
10	Dutch (nl) Zuilen van Hercules		70

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أعمدة هرقل
be	Belarusian Геркулесавы слупы
bg	Bulgarian Херкулесови стълбове
ca	Catalan Columnes d'Hèrcules
da	Danish Herkules' Søjler
de	German Säulen des Herakles
el	Greek Ηράκλειες Στήλες
en	English Pillars of Hercules
eo	Esperanto Heraklaj Kolonoj
es	Spanish Columnas de Hércules
eu	Basque Herkulesen Zutabeak
fa	Persian ستون‌های هرکول
fi	Finnish Herakleen pylväät
fr	French Colonnes d'Hercule
gl	Galician Columnas de Hércules
he	Hebrew עמודי הרקולס
hr	Croatian Heraklovi stupovi
hu	Hungarian Héraklész oszlopai
hy	Armenian Հերկուլեսյան սյուներ
id	Indonesian Pilar-Pilar Herkules
it	Italian Colonne d'Ercole
ja	Japanese ヘラクレスの柱
ka	Georgian ჰერკულესის სვეტები
ko	Korean 헤라클레스의 기둥
la	Latin Columnae Herculis
nl	Dutch Zuilen van Hercules
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Herkulessøylene
no	Norwegian Herkulessøylene
pl	Polish Słupy Heraklesa
pt	Portuguese Colunas de Hércules
ro	Romanian Coloanele lui Hercule
ru	Russian Геркулесовы столбы
simple	Simple English Pillars of Hercules
sl	Slovenian Herkulova stebra
sr	Serbian Херкулови стубови
tr	Turkish Herkül Sütunları
uk	Ukrainian Геркулесові стовпи
zh	Chinese 海格力斯之柱

Best Rank

Simple English: #16169 06.2024

Global: #36637 06.2008

Best Rank

Simple English: #828 12.2021

Global: #1220 04.2003

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