Siege of Malta (World War II)

Siege of Malta - 1942 military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War. This event is the 2711^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events. Article “Siege of Malta (World War II)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 36.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 23 references and 1 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Siege of Malta (World War II)” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Siege of Malta (World War II)”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 858 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Siege of Malta is on the 2711^th place in global ranking of events on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 34 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3576 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #8940 in March 2026
• Global: #10642 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #56825 in February 2026
• Global: #84300 in August 2012

There are 31 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	Italian (it) Assedio di Malta (1940-1942)		99.12
2	Portuguese (pt) Cerco de Malta (Segunda Guerra Mundial)		98.7889
3	English (en) Siege of Malta (World War II)		98.4849
4	Hebrew (he) המצור על מלטה (מלחמת העולם השנייה)		60
5	Malay (ms) Pengepungan Malta (Perang Dunia II)		56.7298
6	Polish (pl) Oblężenie Malty (1940–1942)		50.1234
7	Tamil (ta) மால்டா முற்றுகை (இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர்)		40.6585
8	Simple English (simple) Siege of Malta (World War II)		36.0559
9	Chinese (zh) 馬爾他圍城戰 (第二次世界大戰)		33.3403
10	Ukrainian (uk) Битва за Мальту (1940-1942)		32.2401

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Siege of Malta (World War II)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Siege of Malta (World War II)		2 182 723
2	German (de) Belagerung von Malta (Zweiter Weltkrieg)		241 053
3	Russian (ru) Оборона Мальты		175 156
4	Spanish (es) Sitio de Malta (1940)		110 278
5	French (fr) Siège de Malte		106 707
6	Italian (it) Assedio di Malta (1940-1942)		76 130
7	Polish (pl) Oblężenie Malty (1940–1942)		66 120
8	Dutch (nl) Eerste Slag om Malta		48 220
9	Czech (cs) Bitva o Maltu		42 657
10	Portuguese (pt) Cerco de Malta (Segunda Guerra Mundial)		37 019

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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 "Siege of Malta (World War II)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Siege of Malta (World War II)		10 979
2	German (de) Belagerung von Malta (Zweiter Weltkrieg)		1 170
3	Russian (ru) Оборона Мальты		699
4	Polish (pl) Oblężenie Malty (1940–1942)		522
5	Italian (it) Assedio di Malta (1940-1942)		480
6	French (fr) Siège de Malte		443
7	Spanish (es) Sitio de Malta (1940)		281
8	Chinese (zh) 馬爾他圍城戰 (第二次世界大戰)		204
9	Czech (cs) Bitva o Maltu		142
10	Dutch (nl) Eerste Slag om Malta		110

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

Language versions of the article "Siege of Malta (World War II)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Siege of Malta (World War II)		332
2	German (de) Belagerung von Malta (Zweiter Weltkrieg)		68
3	French (fr) Siège de Malte		66
4	Russian (ru) Оборона Мальты		47
5	Hebrew (he) המצור על מלטה (מלחמת העולם השנייה)		41
6	Czech (cs) Bitva o Maltu		40
7	Italian (it) Assedio di Malta (1940-1942)		39
8	Spanish (es) Sitio de Malta (1940)		30
9	Dutch (nl) Eerste Slag om Malta		30
10	Polish (pl) Oblężenie Malty (1940–1942)		28

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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 "Siege of Malta (World War II)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Siege of Malta (World War II)		2
2	Catalan (ca) Setge de Malta (1940)		1
3	Georgian (ka) მალტის ალყა (მეორე მსოფლიო ომი)		1
4	Simple English (simple) Siege of Malta (World War II)		1
5	Arabic (ar) حصار مالطا (الحرب العالمية الثانية)		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Обсада на Малта (Втора световна война)		0
7	Czech (cs) Bitva o Maltu		0
8	German (de) Belagerung von Malta (Zweiter Weltkrieg)		0
9	Greek (el) Πολιορκία της Μάλτας (Β΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος)		0
10	Spanish (es) Sitio de Malta (1940)		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 "Siege of Malta (World War II)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Siege of Malta (World War II)		871
2	Ukrainian (uk) Битва за Мальту (1940-1942)		592
3	Arabic (ar) حصار مالطا (الحرب العالمية الثانية)		410
4	French (fr) Siège de Malte		161
5	Czech (cs) Bitva o Maltu		152
6	Persian (fa) محاصره مالت (جنگ جهانی دوم)		139
7	Russian (ru) Оборона Мальты		127
8	Chinese (zh) 馬爾他圍城戰 (第二次世界大戰)		121
9	Korean (ko) 몰타 공방전 (제2차 세계 대전)		120
10	Portuguese (pt) Cerco de Malta (Segunda Guerra Mundial)		117

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حصار مالطا (الحرب العالمية الثانية)
bg	Bulgarian Обсада на Малта (Втора световна война)
ca	Catalan Setge de Malta (1940)
cs	Czech Bitva o Maltu
de	German Belagerung von Malta (Zweiter Weltkrieg)
el	Greek Πολιορκία της Μάλτας (Β΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος)
en	English Siege of Malta (World War II)
es	Spanish Sitio de Malta (1940)
fa	Persian محاصره مالت (جنگ جهانی دوم)
fi	Finnish Maltan saarto
fr	French Siège de Malte
he	Hebrew המצור על מלטה (מלחמת העולם השנייה)
id	Indonesian Pengepungan Malta (Perang Dunia II)
it	Italian Assedio di Malta (1940-1942)
ka	Georgian მალტის ალყა (მეორე მსოფლიო ომი)
ko	Korean 몰타 공방전 (제2차 세계 대전)
ms	Malay Pengepungan Malta (Perang Dunia II)
nl	Dutch Eerste Slag om Malta
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Omleiringa av Malta i 1940
no	Norwegian Beleiringen av Malta i 1940
pl	Polish Oblężenie Malty (1940–1942)
pt	Portuguese Cerco de Malta (Segunda Guerra Mundial)
ro	Romanian Asediul Maltei în Al Doilea Război Mondial
ru	Russian Оборона Мальты
simple	Simple English Siege of Malta (World War II)
sv	Swedish Belägringen av Malta under andra världskriget
ta	Tamil மால்டா முற்றுகை (இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர்)
th	Thai การล้อมมอลตา (สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง)
uk	Ukrainian Битва за Мальту (1940-1942)
vi	Vietnamese Bao vây Malta (Thế chiến II)
zh	Chinese 馬爾他圍城戰 (第二次世界大戰)

Best Rank

Simple English: #56825 02.2026

Global: #84300 08.2012

Best Rank

Simple English: #8940 03.2026

Global: #10642 07.2004

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