Sebaceous gland

Quality:

Sebaceous gland - microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that secretes an oily or waxy matter, called sebum, to lubricate and waterproof the skin and hair of mammals. Article “Sebaceous gland” in Simple English Wikipedia has 55.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 11 references and 11 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Sebaceous gland” was edited by 2 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (821^st place) and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Sebaceous gland”, its content was written by 18 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1042 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3372 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #532 in October 2010
• Global: #5937 in February 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #1373 in May 2012
• Global: #10244 in October 2008

There are 42 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) Sebaceous gland		81.4537
2	Malay (ms) Kelenjar minyak		67.7937
3	Arabic (ar) غدة دهنية		59.0688
4	Simple English (simple) Sebaceous gland		55.7047
5	Spanish (es) Glándula sebácea		55.5793
6	Armenian (hy) Ճարպագեղձ		48.722
7	French (fr) Glande sébacée		46.2154
8	Galician (gl) Glándula sebácea		41.8376
9	Dutch (nl) Talgklier		33.1464
10	Slovenian (sl) Lojnica		33.0084

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sebaceous gland		9 848 883
2	Spanish (es) Glándula sebácea		2 282 584
3	German (de) Talgdrüse		1 482 181
4	Portuguese (pt) Glândula sebácea		847 904
5	Russian (ru) Сальные железы		845 781
6	Italian (it) Ghiandola sebacea		649 023
7	French (fr) Glande sébacée		610 678
8	Polish (pl) Gruczoł łojowy		317 300
9	Dutch (nl) Talgklier		294 973
10	Swedish (sv) Talgkörtel		254 122

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) Sebaceous gland		12 650
2	German (de) Talgdrüse		1 692
3	Russian (ru) Сальные железы		1 361
4	Persian (fa) غدد چربی پوست		851
5	Chinese (zh) 皮脂腺		734
6	Spanish (es) Glándula sebácea		731
7	French (fr) Glande sébacée		721
8	Italian (it) Ghiandola sebacea		462
9	Polish (pl) Gruczoł łojowy		298
10	Portuguese (pt) Glândula sebácea		266

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sebaceous gland		300
2	German (de) Talgdrüse		100
3	Italian (it) Ghiandola sebacea		81
4	Spanish (es) Glándula sebácea		47
5	French (fr) Glande sébacée		46
6	Dutch (nl) Talgklier		46
7	Russian (ru) Сальные железы		36
8	Portuguese (pt) Glândula sebácea		32
9	Arabic (ar) غدة دهنية		29
10	Polish (pl) Gruczoł łojowy		27

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	Simple English (simple) Sebaceous gland		2
2	Arabic (ar) غدة دهنية		1
3	Catalan (ca) Glàndula sebàcia		1
4	Belarusian (be) Сальныя залозы		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Мастна жлеза		0
6	Czech (cs) Mazová žláza		0
7	Danish (da) Talgkirtel		0
8	German (de) Talgdrüse		0
9	Greek (el) Σμηγματογόνος αδένας		0
10	English (en) Sebaceous gland		0

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

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