Recreational drug use

Recreational drug use - use of a drug with the primary intention to alter the state of consciousness. Article “Recreational drug use” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Recreational drug use”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1244 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 68 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 5118 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3393 in August 2025
• Global: #663 in September 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #48227 in April 2026
• Global: #12793 in January 2008

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, 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	Korean (ko) 기분전환용약물		99.9379
2	Chinese (zh) 娛樂性用藥		89.184
3	English (en) Recreational drug use		85.7842
4	Indonesian (id) Penggunaan obat psikoaktif untuk rekreasi		83.4177
5	Greek (el) Ψυχαγωγική χρήση ναρκωτικών		62.6763
6	Russian (ru) Рекреационное использование психоактивных веществ		58.4154
7	Turkish (tr) Eğlence amaçlı uyuşturucu kullanımı		54.6949
8	Armenian (hy) Հոգեմետ դեղերի կիրառումը որպես հանգստացնող միջոցներ		49.7525
9	Hebrew (he) סם פסיכואקטיבי		41.8761
10	Ukrainian (uk) Рекреаційне використання психоактивних речовин		23.8666

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Recreational drug use" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Recreational drug use		10 062 631
2	Russian (ru) Рекреационное использование психоактивных веществ		968 606
3	Hebrew (he) סם פסיכואקטיבי		780 219
4	Spanish (es) Consumo recreativo de droga		627 472
5	Chinese (zh) 娛樂性用藥		278 394
6	Indonesian (id) Penggunaan obat psikoaktif untuk rekreasi		236 229
7	Arabic (ar) استعمال العقاقير الاستجمامي		116 485
8	Portuguese (pt) Uso recreativo de drogas		115 504
9	Dutch (nl) Partydrug		102 260
10	Greek (el) Ψυχαγωγική χρήση ναρκωτικών		66 451

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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 "Recreational drug use" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Recreational drug use		16 629
2	Russian (ru) Рекреационное использование психоактивных веществ		2 580
3	Chinese (zh) 娛樂性用藥		1 739
4	Hebrew (he) סם פסיכואקטיבי		1 008
5	Spanish (es) Consumo recreativo de droga		653
6	Persian (fa) مصرف تفریحی دارو		233
7	Portuguese (pt) Uso recreativo de drogas		149
8	Greek (el) Ψυχαγωγική χρήση ναρκωτικών		107
9	French (fr) Consommation récréative de drogues		106
10	Turkish (tr) Eğlence amaçlı uyuşturucu kullanımı		88

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Recreational drug use		876
2	Hebrew (he) סם פסיכואקטיבי		105
3	Spanish (es) Consumo recreativo de droga		47
4	Russian (ru) Рекреационное использование психоактивных веществ		40
5	Chinese (zh) 娛樂性用藥		39
6	Dutch (nl) Partydrug		34
7	Arabic (ar) استعمال العقاقير الاستجمامي		16
8	Greek (el) Ψυχαγωγική χρήση ναρκωτικών		13
9	Malay (ms) Dadah rekreasi		10
10	Portuguese (pt) Uso recreativo de drogas		10

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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 "Recreational drug use" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Recreational drug use		1
2	Hebrew (he) סם פסיכואקטיבי		1
3	Indonesian (id) Penggunaan obat psikoaktif untuk rekreasi		1
4	Vietnamese (vi) Sử dụng thuốc giải trí		1
5	Chinese (zh) 娛樂性用藥		1
6	Arabic (ar) استعمال العقاقير الاستجمامي		0
7	Catalan (ca) Droga recreativa		0
8	Greek (el) Ψυχαγωγική χρήση ναρκωτικών		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Distra uzo de drogoj		0
10	Spanish (es) Consumo recreativo de droga		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 "Recreational drug use" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Hebrew (he) סם פסיכואקטיבי		1 887
2	English (en) Recreational drug use		1 791
3	Chinese (zh) 娛樂性用藥		249
4	Spanish (es) Consumo recreativo de droga		219
5	Persian (fa) مصرف تفریحی دارو		163
6	Portuguese (pt) Uso recreativo de drogas		141
7	Russian (ru) Рекреационное использование психоактивных веществ		125
8	Arabic (ar) استعمال العقاقير الاستجمامي		71
9	Catalan (ca) Droga recreativa		70
10	Simple English (simple) Recreational drug use		68

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic استعمال العقاقير الاستجمامي
ca	Catalan Droga recreativa
el	Greek Ψυχαγωγική χρήση ναρκωτικών
en	English Recreational drug use
eo	Esperanto Distra uzo de drogoj
es	Spanish Consumo recreativo de droga
et	Estonian Meelelahutuslikud narkootikumid
fa	Persian مصرف تفریحی دارو
fr	French Consommation récréative de drogues
he	Hebrew סם פסיכואקטיבי
hy	Armenian Հոգեմետ դեղերի կիրառումը որպես հանգստացնող միջոցներ
id	Indonesian Penggunaan obat psikoaktif untuk rekreasi
ko	Korean 기분전환용약물
ms	Malay Dadah rekreasi
nl	Dutch Partydrug
pt	Portuguese Uso recreativo de drogas
ru	Russian Рекреационное использование психоактивных веществ
simple	Simple English Recreational drug use
tr	Turkish Eğlence amaçlı uyuşturucu kullanımı
uk	Ukrainian Рекреаційне використання психоактивних речовин
vi	Vietnamese Sử dụng thuốc giải trí
zh	Chinese 娛樂性用藥

Best Rank

Simple English: #48227 04.2026

Global: #12793 01.2008

Best Rank

Simple English: #3393 08.2025

Global: #663 09.2001

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