Superiority bias

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Superiority bias

Quality:

Superiority bias - cognitive bias wherein a person overestimates their own qualities and abilities. Article “Superiority bias” in Simple English Wikipedia has 48.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 11 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Superiority bias”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 296 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 5 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 211 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #846 in December 2023
  • Global: #46170 in September 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #8083 in October 2013
  • Global: #13477 in December 2008

There are 13 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
1Thai (th)
ความเหนือกว่าเทียม
64.3844
2Portuguese (pt)
Superioridade ilusória
60.7557
3English (en)
Illusory superiority
60.2231
4Polish (pl)
Złudzenie ponadprzeciętności
57.5602
5Simple English (simple)
Superiority bias
48.2774
6French (fr)
Supériorité illusoire
46.5005
7Russian (ru)
Иллюзорное превосходство
34.328
8Hebrew (he)
אפקט מעל הממוצע
25.9779
9Finnish (fi)
Ylivertaisuusvinouma
25.7577
10Persian (fa)
توهم برتری
22.428
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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 "Superiority bias" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Illusory superiority
3 160 253
2Finnish (fi)
Ylivertaisuusvinouma
210 740
3Polish (pl)
Złudzenie ponadprzeciętności
206 005
4Russian (ru)
Иллюзорное превосходство
48 999
5French (fr)
Supériorité illusoire
35 393
6Portuguese (pt)
Superioridade ilusória
21 734
7Simple English (simple)
Superiority bias
17 603
8Arabic (ar)
وهم التفوق
15 144
9Thai (th)
ความเหนือกว่าเทียม
7 497
10Spanish (es)
Superioridad ilusoria
5 648
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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 "Superiority bias" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Illusory superiority
5 744
2Finnish (fi)
Ylivertaisuusvinouma
856
3Polish (pl)
Złudzenie ponadprzeciętności
817
4Simple English (simple)
Superiority bias
487
5French (fr)
Supériorité illusoire
384
6Russian (ru)
Иллюзорное превосходство
322
7Spanish (es)
Superioridad ilusoria
84
8Portuguese (pt)
Superioridade ilusória
80
9Hebrew (he)
אפקט מעל הממוצע
57
10Arabic (ar)
وهم التفوق
56
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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 "Superiority bias" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Illusory superiority
196
2Polish (pl)
Złudzenie ponadprzeciętności
29
3Finnish (fi)
Ylivertaisuusvinouma
14
4French (fr)
Supériorité illusoire
12
5Simple English (simple)
Superiority bias
9
6Russian (ru)
Иллюзорное превосходство
7
7Persian (fa)
توهم برتری
6
8Thai (th)
ความเหนือกว่าเทียม
6
9Arabic (ar)
وهم التفوق
4
10Hungarian (hu)
Wobegon-hatás
4
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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 "Superiority bias" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Illusory superiority
2
2Arabic (ar)
وهم التفوق
1
3Spanish (es)
Superioridad ilusoria
0
4Persian (fa)
توهم برتری
0
5Finnish (fi)
Ylivertaisuusvinouma
0
6French (fr)
Supériorité illusoire
0
7Hebrew (he)
אפקט מעל הממוצע
0
8Hungarian (hu)
Wobegon-hatás
0
9Polish (pl)
Złudzenie ponadprzeciętności
0
10Portuguese (pt)
Superioridade ilusória
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 "Superiority bias" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Illusory superiority
74
2Hebrew (he)
אפקט מעל הממוצע
42
3Thai (th)
ความเหนือกว่าเทียม
23
4Portuguese (pt)
Superioridade ilusória
14
5Finnish (fi)
Ylivertaisuusvinouma
12
6Arabic (ar)
وهم التفوق
11
7Polish (pl)
Złudzenie ponadprzeciętności
9
8Russian (ru)
Иллюзорное превосходство
7
9French (fr)
Supériorité illusoire
6
10Simple English (simple)
Superiority bias
5
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
وهم التفوق
enEnglish
Illusory superiority
esSpanish
Superioridad ilusoria
faPersian
توهم برتری
fiFinnish
Ylivertaisuusvinouma
frFrench
Supériorité illusoire
heHebrew
אפקט מעל הממוצע
huHungarian
Wobegon-hatás
plPolish
Złudzenie ponadprzeciętności
ptPortuguese
Superioridade ilusória
ruRussian
Иллюзорное превосходство
simpleSimple English
Superiority bias
thThai
ความเหนือกว่าเทียม

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#8083
10.2013
Global:
#13477
12.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#846
12.2023
Global:
#46170
09.2016

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Superiority bias from Wikipedia articles about Dunning–Kruger effect, Grandiose delusions, Impostor syndrome, List of cognitive biases and Illusion of control. Whereas reading the article about Superiority bias people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Dunning–Kruger effect, Overconfidence effect, Cognitive bias, Positive illusions and Grandiose delusions.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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