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Preface - section at the beginning of a book or a document describing how it came into being, or how the idea for it was developed. The preface may contains acknowledgements. Article “Preface” in Simple English Wikipedia has 8.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Preface”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 207 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1735 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #15295 in September 2024
  • Global: #85713 in June 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #53270 in December 2011
  • Global: #60695 in November 2013

There are 15 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Arabic (ar)
مقدمة كتاب
25.6413
2English (en)
Preface
19.4206
3Persian (fa)
پیش‌گفتار (کتاب)
17.6053
4Urdu (ur)
دیباچہ
17.4017
5Spanish (es)
Prefacio (literatura)
15.1103
6Indonesian (id)
Prakata
14.1876
7French (fr)
Préface (littérature)
13.1078
8Azerbaijani (az)
Müqəddimə
11.1695
9Korean (ko)
추천서문
9.5891
10Simple English (simple)
Preface
8.9436
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Preface" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Preface
1 627 953
2Spanish (es)
Prefacio (literatura)
620 822
3French (fr)
Préface (littérature)
406 218
4Italian (it)
Prefazione
240 492
5Tamil (ta)
முன்னுரை
64 095
6Arabic (ar)
مقدمة كتاب
24 728
7Korean (ko)
추천서문
18 577
8Urdu (ur)
دیباچہ
12 503
9Indonesian (id)
Prakata
7 689
10Vietnamese (vi)
Tựa (văn học)
6 808
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Preface" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Preface
1 515
2French (fr)
Préface (littérature)
310
3Spanish (es)
Prefacio (literatura)
293
4Italian (it)
Prefazione
190
5Tamil (ta)
முன்னுரை
53
6Persian (fa)
پیش‌گفتار (کتاب)
41
7Thai (th)
คำนำ
41
8Urdu (ur)
دیباچہ
26
9Korean (ko)
추천서문
22
10Indonesian (id)
Prakata
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Preface" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Preface
91
2French (fr)
Préface (littérature)
41
3Italian (it)
Prefazione
28
4Spanish (es)
Prefacio (literatura)
20
5Arabic (ar)
مقدمة كتاب
8
6Korean (ko)
추천서문
4
7Tamil (ta)
முன்னுரை
3
8Azerbaijani (az)
Müqəddimə
2
9Persian (fa)
پیش‌گفتار (کتاب)
2
10Urdu (ur)
دیباچہ
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Preface" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Persian (fa)
پیش‌گفتار (کتاب)
1
2Arabic (ar)
مقدمة كتاب
0
3Azerbaijani (az)
Müqəddimə
0
4English (en)
Preface
0
5Spanish (es)
Prefacio (literatura)
0
6French (fr)
Préface (littérature)
0
7Indonesian (id)
Prakata
0
8Italian (it)
Prefazione
0
9Korean (ko)
추천서문
0
10Simple English (simple)
Preface
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Preface" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Préface (littérature)
816
2English (en)
Preface
419
3Italian (it)
Prefazione
226
4Spanish (es)
Prefacio (literatura)
158
5Arabic (ar)
مقدمة كتاب
26
6Tamil (ta)
முன்னுரை
25
7Azerbaijani (az)
Müqəddimə
15
8Persian (fa)
پیش‌گفتار (کتاب)
15
9Indonesian (id)
Prakata
10
10Korean (ko)
추천서문
9
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مقدمة كتاب
azAzerbaijani
Müqəddimə
enEnglish
Preface
esSpanish
Prefacio (literatura)
faPersian
پیش‌گفتار (کتاب)
frFrench
Préface (littérature)
idIndonesian
Prakata
itItalian
Prefazione
koKorean
추천서문
simpleSimple English
Preface
taTamil
முன்னுரை
thThai
คำนำ
urUrdu
دیباچہ
viVietnamese
Tựa (văn học)
zhminnanMin Nan
Thâu-sū

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#53270
12.2011
Global:
#60695
11.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#15295
09.2024
Global:
#85713
06.2013

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Preface from Wikipedia articles about Foreword, Prologue, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, Book design and Belle Gibson. Whereas reading the article about Preface people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Foreword, Prologue, Preamble, Introduction and Postface.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Preface
zhminnan: Thâu-sū

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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