Platypus

Quality:

Platypus - semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to Australia. This taxon is the 31^st most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of taxon and the 64^th most popular taxon in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Platypus” in Simple English Wikipedia has 58.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 26 references and 9 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 1469^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

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The 568^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 64^th most popular in taxon in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 2064^th most popular in all topics.

The 1916^th most popular in AI.

The 31^st most popular in taxon.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 2296^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

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The 633^rd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 3128^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 3585^th most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “Platypus” was edited by 2 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (633^rd place) and written by 34 authors in all languages (3585^th place).

Since the creation of article “Platypus”, its content was written by 110 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (568^th place) and edited by 5156 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (1916^th place).

Platypus is on the 64^th place in local ranking of taxon in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 31^st place in global ranking of taxon in all the time.

The article is cited 51 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3836 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #30 in May 2009
• Global: #600 in February 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #78 in May 2008
• Global: #853 in May 2013

There are 54 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	English (en) Platypus		100
2	Indonesian (id) Platipus		100
3	Vietnamese (vi) Thú mỏ vịt		98.5492
4	Polish (pl) Dziobak australijski		98.1818
5	Finnish (fi) Vesinokkaeläin		94.1633
6	Korean (ko) 오리너구리		93.737
7	Dutch (nl) Vogelbekdier		92.3426
8	Hungarian (hu) Kacsacsőrű emlős		91.3173
9	Portuguese (pt) Ornitorrinco		90.2804
10	Arabic (ar) خلد الماء		88.5072

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Platypus		27 801 642
2	Spanish (es) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		7 526 452
3	French (fr) Ornithorynque		4 633 418
4	German (de) Schnabeltier		4 252 863
5	Russian (ru) Утконос		3 395 466
6	Portuguese (pt) Ornitorrinco		3 082 476
7	Japanese (ja) カモノハシ		3 012 266
8	Italian (it) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		2 042 027
9	Chinese (zh) 鸭嘴兽		1 152 145
10	Dutch (nl) Vogelbekdier		1 064 383

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) Platypus		74 904
2	Japanese (ja) カモノハシ		18 948
3	German (de) Schnabeltier		16 428
4	French (fr) Ornithorynque		15 101
5	Spanish (es) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		13 618
6	Russian (ru) Утконос		11 610
7	Italian (it) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		9 247
8	Polish (pl) Dziobak australijski		7 862
9	Chinese (zh) 鸭嘴兽		6 489
10	Portuguese (pt) Ornitorrinco		6 326

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Platypus		1 299
2	French (fr) Ornithorynque		457
3	German (de) Schnabeltier		372
4	Spanish (es) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		297
5	Italian (it) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		236
6	Dutch (nl) Vogelbekdier		236
7	Russian (ru) Утконос		163
8	Portuguese (pt) Ornitorrinco		150
9	Hebrew (he) ברווזן		145
10	Polish (pl) Dziobak australijski		142

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	Italian (it) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		6
2	French (fr) Ornithorynque		3
3	Dutch (nl) Vogelbekdier		3
4	Chinese (zh) 鸭嘴兽		3
5	Danish (da) Næbdyr		2
6	English (en) Platypus		2
7	Hungarian (hu) Kacsacsőrű emlős		2
8	Latin (la) Ornithorhynchus anatinus		2
9	Polish (pl) Dziobak australijski		2
10	Simple English (simple) Platypus		2

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

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