Social comparison theory

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Social comparison theory

Quality:

Social comparison theory - theory that focuses on a person's desire to get an accurate self-evaluation. Article “Social comparison theory” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Social comparison theory”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 235 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 302 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3131 in July 2024
  • Global: #39465 in December 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #85514 in May 2025
  • Global: #125371 in November 2014

There are 17 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Estonian (et)
Sotsiaalse võrdluse teooria
80
2English (en)
Social comparison theory
68.492
3Turkish (tr)
Sosyal karşılaştırma kuramı
54.3783
4Spanish (es)
Teoría de la comparación social
41.4989
5Serbian (sr)
Теорија социјалне компарације
40.6526
6Hebrew (he)
תאוריית ההשוואה החברתית
34.0479
7German (de)
Theorie des sozialen Vergleichs
32.5014
8Japanese (ja)
社会的比較理論
29.6711
9Arabic (ar)
نظرية المقارنة الاجتماعية
23.3063
10Korean (ko)
사회비교이론
22.7873
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Social comparison theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Social comparison theory
1 324 466
2German (de)
Theorie des sozialen Vergleichs
178 596
3Spanish (es)
Teoría de la comparación social
83 250
4Japanese (ja)
社会的比較理論
64 834
5Chinese (zh)
社会比较理论
50 538
6French (fr)
Théorie de la comparaison sociale
46 556
7Turkish (tr)
Sosyal karşılaştırma kuramı
24 238
8Russian (ru)
Теория социального сравнения
21 712
9Czech (cs)
Teorie sociálního srovnávání
15 765
10Arabic (ar)
نظرية المقارنة الاجتماعية
14 817
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Social comparison theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Social comparison theory
3 819
2German (de)
Theorie des sozialen Vergleichs
577
3Chinese (zh)
社会比较理论
431
4Japanese (ja)
社会的比較理論
409
5Spanish (es)
Teoría de la comparación social
312
6French (fr)
Théorie de la comparaison sociale
301
7Korean (ko)
사회비교이론
262
8Russian (ru)
Теория социального сравнения
226
9Hebrew (he)
תאוריית ההשוואה החברתית
115
10Turkish (tr)
Sosyal karşılaştırma kuramı
111
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Social comparison theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Social comparison theory
100
2German (de)
Theorie des sozialen Vergleichs
45
3Spanish (es)
Teoría de la comparación social
15
4Japanese (ja)
社会的比較理論
12
5Turkish (tr)
Sosyal karşılaştırma kuramı
11
6Hebrew (he)
תאוריית ההשוואה החברתית
8
7Serbian (sr)
Теорија социјалне компарације
7
8Estonian (et)
Sotsiaalse võrdluse teooria
5
9Korean (ko)
사회비교이론
5
10Chinese (zh)
社会比较理论
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Social comparison theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Social comparison theory
1
2Spanish (es)
Teoría de la comparación social
1
3Korean (ko)
사회비교이론
1
4Arabic (ar)
نظرية المقارنة الاجتماعية
0
5Czech (cs)
Teorie sociálního srovnávání
0
6German (de)
Theorie des sozialen Vergleichs
0
7Estonian (et)
Sotsiaalse võrdluse teooria
0
8Persian (fa)
نظریه مقایسه اجتماعی
0
9French (fr)
Théorie de la comparaison sociale
0
10Hebrew (he)
תאוריית ההשוואה החברתית
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Social comparison theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Social comparison theory
95
2Hebrew (he)
תאוריית ההשוואה החברתית
64
3Chinese (zh)
社会比较理论
37
4German (de)
Theorie des sozialen Vergleichs
24
5Korean (ko)
사회비교이론
17
6Serbian (sr)
Теорија социјалне компарације
8
7Turkish (tr)
Sosyal karşılaştırma kuramı
8
8Estonian (et)
Sotsiaalse võrdluse teooria
7
9French (fr)
Théorie de la comparaison sociale
7
10Arabic (ar)
نظرية المقارنة الاجتماعية
6
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية المقارنة الاجتماعية
csCzech
Teorie sociálního srovnávání
deGerman
Theorie des sozialen Vergleichs
enEnglish
Social comparison theory
esSpanish
Teoría de la comparación social
etEstonian
Sotsiaalse võrdluse teooria
faPersian
نظریه مقایسه اجتماعی
frFrench
Théorie de la comparaison sociale
heHebrew
תאוריית ההשוואה החברתית
hyArmenian
Սոցիալական համեմատության տեսություն
jaJapanese
社会的比較理論
koKorean
사회비교이론
ruRussian
Теория социального сравнения
simpleSimple English
Social comparison theory
srSerbian
Теорија социјалне компарације
trTurkish
Sosyal karşılaştırma kuramı
zhChinese
社会比较理论

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#85514
05.2025
Global:
#125371
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3131
07.2024
Global:
#39465
12.2014

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Social comparison theory from Wikipedia articles about Leon Festinger, Cognitive dissonance, Schadenfreude, List of social psychology theories and Social comparison bias. Whereas reading the article about Social comparison theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Leon Festinger, Frog Pond Effect, Self-evaluation maintenance theory, Herbert Hiram Hyman and Cognitive dissonance.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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