The end justifies the means

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The end justifies the means

Quality:

Article “The end justifies the means” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in Spanish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in Simple English version.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 1553rd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 431st most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Since the creation of article “The end justifies the means”, its content was written by 11 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 147 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 66 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #347 in September 2022
  • Global: #43306 in September 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #130 in September 2023
  • Global: #68891 in September 2023

There are 7 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
1Spanish (es)
El fin justifica los medios
25.2271
2Russian (ru)
Цель оправдывает средства
18.6922
3Portuguese (pt)
Os fins justificam os meios
16.2594
4Galician (gl)
O fin xustifica os medios
16.1128
5French (fr)
La fin justifie les moyens
13.1155
6Simple English (simple)
The end justifies the means
12.1838
7Swedish (sv)
Ändamålet helgar medlen
9.8332
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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 "The end justifies the means" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Spanish (es)
El fin justifica los medios
1 514 259
2Portuguese (pt)
Os fins justificam os meios
611 556
3Russian (ru)
Цель оправдывает средства
532 151
4Simple English (simple)
The end justifies the means
220 648
5French (fr)
La fin justifie les moyens
205 909
6Swedish (sv)
Ändamålet helgar medlen
38 148
7Galician (gl)
O fin xustifica os medios
186
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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 "The end justifies the means" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Simple English (simple)
The end justifies the means
4 744
2Spanish (es)
El fin justifica los medios
1 500
3Russian (ru)
Цель оправдывает средства
1 417
4French (fr)
La fin justifie les moyens
863
5Portuguese (pt)
Os fins justificam os meios
702
6Swedish (sv)
Ändamålet helgar medlen
157
7Galician (gl)
O fin xustifica os medios
8
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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 "The end justifies the means" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Spanish (es)
El fin justifica los medios
54
2Portuguese (pt)
Os fins justificam os meios
27
3Russian (ru)
Цель оправдывает средства
26
4French (fr)
La fin justifie les moyens
19
5Simple English (simple)
The end justifies the means
11
6Swedish (sv)
Ändamålet helgar medlen
9
7Galician (gl)
O fin xustifica os medios
1
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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 "The end justifies the means" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Spanish (es)
El fin justifica los medios
1
2French (fr)
La fin justifie les moyens
0
3Galician (gl)
O fin xustifica os medios
0
4Portuguese (pt)
Os fins justificam os meios
0
5Russian (ru)
Цель оправдывает средства
0
6Simple English (simple)
The end justifies the means
0
7Swedish (sv)
Ändamålet helgar medlen
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 "The end justifies the means" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Russian (ru)
Цель оправдывает средства
24
2Spanish (es)
El fin justifica los medios
19
3Portuguese (pt)
Os fins justificam os meios
8
4French (fr)
La fin justifie les moyens
7
5Galician (gl)
O fin xustifica os medios
4
6Simple English (simple)
The end justifies the means
3
7Swedish (sv)
Ändamålet helgar medlen
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
esSpanish
El fin justifica los medios
frFrench
La fin justifie les moyens
glGalician
O fin xustifica os medios
ptPortuguese
Os fins justificam os meios
ruRussian
Цель оправдывает средства
simpleSimple English
The end justifies the means
svSwedish
Ändamålet helgar medlen

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#130
09.2023
Global:
#68891
09.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#347
09.2022
Global:
#43306
09.2023

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 The ends justify the means from Wikipedia articles about Niccolò Machiavelli, Machiavellianism, Society of Jesus, List of Latin phrases and The Prince. Whereas reading the article about The ends justify the means people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Niccolò Machiavelli, Ignatius of Loyola, Consequentialism, Hermann Busenbaum and Paris is well worth a Mass.

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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