Raising a Flag over the Reichstag

Quality:

Raising a flag over the Reichstag - iconic photograph from World War II. Article “Raising a Flag over the Reichstag” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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

Since the creation of article “Raising a Flag over the Reichstag”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 756 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 334 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #258 in February 2026
• Global: #4087 in May 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #39682 in February 2026
• Global: #7387 in January 2021

There are 30 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) Raising a Flag over the Reichstag		63.2908
2	Vietnamese (vi) Cờ Chiến thắng trên nóc Reichstag		58.3734
3	Catalan (ca) Bandera de la Victòria sobre el Reichstag		56.012
4	Italian (it) La Bandiera della Vittoria sul Reichstag		48.8067
5	Portuguese (pt) Erguendo a bandeira da Vitória sobre o Reichstag		46.7978
6	Chinese (zh) 在柏林国会大厦扬起红旗		43.7864
7	Spanish (es) Bandera de la victoria sobre el Reichstag		42.7229
8	Basque (eu) Bandera gorria Reichstagaren gainean		38.4873
9	German (de) Auf dem Berliner Reichstag, 2. Mai 1945		37.442
10	Russian (ru) Знамя Победы над рейхстагом (фото Халдея)		33.2602

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Raising a Flag over the Reichstag		2 415 803
2	Russian (ru) Знамя Победы над рейхстагом (фото Халдея)		1 085 846
3	German (de) Auf dem Berliner Reichstag, 2. Mai 1945		259 222
4	Japanese (ja) ライヒスタークの赤旗		201 610
5	Spanish (es) Bandera de la victoria sobre el Reichstag		199 081
6	French (fr) Le Drapeau rouge sur le Reichstag		114 055
7	Ukrainian (uk) Встановлення Прапора Перемоги над Рейхстагом		113 388
8	Italian (it) La Bandiera della Vittoria sul Reichstag		70 117
9	Hebrew (he) הנפת הדגל הסובייטי מעל בניין הרייכסטאג		52 873
10	Polish (pl) Sztandar nad Reichstagiem		45 698

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) Raising a Flag over the Reichstag		11 873
2	Russian (ru) Знамя Победы над рейхстагом (фото Халдея)		2 776
3	Japanese (ja) ライヒスタークの赤旗		1 115
4	German (de) Auf dem Berliner Reichstag, 2. Mai 1945		1 022
5	Spanish (es) Bandera de la victoria sobre el Reichstag		648
6	French (fr) Le Drapeau rouge sur le Reichstag		642
7	Italian (it) La Bandiera della Vittoria sul Reichstag		642
8	Chinese (zh) 在柏林国会大厦扬起红旗		618
9	Polish (pl) Sztandar nad Reichstagiem		406
10	Persian (fa) برافراشتن پرچم برفراز رایشس‌تاگ		296

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Raising a Flag over the Reichstag		206
2	Russian (ru) Знамя Победы над рейхстагом (фото Халдея)		88
3	Ukrainian (uk) Встановлення Прапора Перемоги над Рейхстагом		58
4	German (de) Auf dem Berliner Reichstag, 2. Mai 1945		55
5	Hebrew (he) הנפת הדגל הסובייטי מעל בניין הרייכסטאג		50
6	French (fr) Le Drapeau rouge sur le Reichstag		41
7	Spanish (es) Bandera de la victoria sobre el Reichstag		32
8	Czech (cs) Vztyčení vlajky nad Reichstagem		22
9	Arabic (ar) رفع العلم فوق الرايخستاغ		21
10	Japanese (ja) ライヒスタークの赤旗		21

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	Arabic (ar) رفع العلم فوق الرايخستاغ		2
2	Azerbaijani (az) Reyxstaq üzərində Zəfər bayrağı		1
3	Catalan (ca) Bandera de la Victòria sobre el Reichstag		1
4	Basque (eu) Bandera gorria Reichstagaren gainean		1
5	Chinese (zh) 在柏林国会大厦扬起红旗		1
6	Belarusian (be) Сцяг Перамогі над рэйхстагам		0
7	Czech (cs) Vztyčení vlajky nad Reichstagem		0
8	German (de) Auf dem Berliner Reichstag, 2. Mai 1945		0
9	Greek (el) Ύψωση της Σημαίας της Νίκης στο Ράιχσταγκ		0
10	English (en) Raising a Flag over the Reichstag		0

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

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