Show, don't tell

Show, don't tell - narrative technique. Article “Show, don't tell” in Simple English Wikipedia has 30.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 3 sections.

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 “Show, don't tell”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 210 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #405 in February 2016
• Global: #89004 in November 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #11971 in February 2016
• Global: #209971 in December 2010

There are 12 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, 2025 (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) Show, don't tell		43.1223
2	Simple English (simple) Show, don't tell		30.0615
3	Hebrew (he) הראיה (תורת הספרות)		27.4824
4	Chinese (zh) 要展示，不要叙述		25.5839
5	Arabic (ar) لا تفصح، بل أبد		24.8228
6	Spanish (es) Mostrar, no contar		23.0472
7	Italian (it) Show, don't tell		15.4726
8	Russian (ru) Show, don’t tell		12.3705
9	Persian (fa) نشان دهید، نگویید		7.6104
10	Galician (gl) Show, don't tell		5.5958

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Show, don't tell" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Show, don't tell		1 036 489
2	German (de) Show, don’t tell		61 642
3	Italian (it) Show, don't tell		47 291
4	Dutch (nl) Show, don't tell		23 994
5	Russian (ru) Show, don’t tell		11 864
6	Persian (fa) نشان دهید، نگویید		4 799
7	Hebrew (he) הראיה (תורת הספרות)		4 269
8	Spanish (es) Mostrar, no contar		3 285
9	Chinese (zh) 要展示，不要叙述		2 441
10	Simple English (simple) Show, don't tell		2 366

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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 "Show, don't tell" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Show, don't tell		4 125
2	German (de) Show, don’t tell		287
3	Simple English (simple) Show, don't tell		279
4	Russian (ru) Show, don’t tell		179
5	Chinese (zh) 要展示，不要叙述		128
6	Italian (it) Show, don't tell		108
7	Dutch (nl) Show, don't tell		103
8	Spanish (es) Mostrar, no contar		96
9	Hebrew (he) הראיה (תורת הספרות)		34
10	Arabic (ar) لا تفصح، بل أبد		9

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

Language versions of the article "Show, don't tell" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Show, don't tell		120
2	Italian (it) Show, don't tell		29
3	German (de) Show, don’t tell		15
4	Dutch (nl) Show, don't tell		11
5	Hebrew (he) הראיה (תורת הספרות)		8
6	Persian (fa) نشان دهید، نگویید		7
7	Russian (ru) Show, don’t tell		5
8	Simple English (simple) Show, don't tell		5
9	Arabic (ar) لا تفصح، بل أبد		3
10	Spanish (es) Mostrar, no contar		3

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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 "Show, don't tell" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Show, don't tell		1
2	Arabic (ar) لا تفصح، بل أبد		0
3	German (de) Show, don’t tell		0
4	Spanish (es) Mostrar, no contar		0
5	Persian (fa) نشان دهید، نگویید		0
6	Galician (gl) Show, don't tell		0
7	Hebrew (he) הראיה (תורת הספרות)		0
8	Italian (it) Show, don't tell		0
9	Dutch (nl) Show, don't tell		0
10	Russian (ru) Show, don’t tell		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 "Show, don't tell" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Show, don't tell		355
2	Dutch (nl) Show, don't tell		128
3	Chinese (zh) 要展示，不要叙述		52
4	German (de) Show, don’t tell		8
5	Russian (ru) Show, don’t tell		5
6	Spanish (es) Mostrar, no contar		4
7	Italian (it) Show, don't tell		4
8	Persian (fa) نشان دهید، نگویید		3
9	Hebrew (he) הראיה (תורת הספרות)		3
10	Arabic (ar) لا تفصح، بل أبد		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic لا تفصح، بل أبد
de	German Show, don’t tell
en	English Show, don't tell
es	Spanish Mostrar, no contar
fa	Persian نشان دهید، نگویید
gl	Galician Show, don't tell
he	Hebrew הראיה (תורת הספרות)
it	Italian Show, don't tell
nl	Dutch Show, don't tell
ru	Russian Show, don’t tell
simple	Simple English Show, don't tell
zh	Chinese 要展示，不要叙述

Best Rank

Simple English: #11971 02.2016

Global: #209971 12.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #405 02.2016

Global: #89004 11.2007

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