The Tin Drum

Quality:

The Tin Drum - 1959 novel by Günter Grass. This book is the 608th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 695th most popular book in Simple English Wikipedia. Article "The Tin Drum" in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.3 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024).

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 608th most popular in books.

Since the creation of article "The Tin Drum", its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1006 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Tin Drum is on the 695th place in local ranking of books in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 608th place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 5 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1472 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #4691 in April 2015
  • Global: #5654 in April 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #11251 in December 2022
  • Global: #2268 in April 2015

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 August 1, 2024 (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
1French (fr)
Le Tambour
60.5675
2German (de)
Die Blechtrommel
43.0788
3Ukrainian (uk)
Бляшаний барабан (роман)
34.334
4Romanian (ro)
Toba de tinichea (roman)
32.5635
5English (en)
The Tin Drum
32.5284
6Polish (pl)
Blaszany bębenek
31.2454
7Chinese (zh)
铁皮鼓
25.5692
8Arabic (ar)
طبل الصفيح (رواية)
24.9531
9Norwegian (no)
Blikktrommen
22.7099
10Russian (ru)
Жестяной барабан (роман)
22.432
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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 Tin Drum" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Die Blechtrommel
2 167 488
2English (en)
The Tin Drum
1 799 767
3Spanish (es)
El tambor de hojalata (novela)
577 203
4Japanese (ja)
ブリキの太鼓
521 476
5Polish (pl)
Blaszany bębenek
450 441
6Italian (it)
Il tamburo di latta (romanzo)
246 492
7French (fr)
Le Tambour
220 742
8Russian (ru)
Жестяной барабан (роман)
215 469
9Chinese (zh)
铁皮鼓
122 691
10Dutch (nl)
De blikken trommel
92 361
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "The Tin Drum" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Die Blechtrommel
52 181
2English (en)
The Tin Drum
6 738
3French (fr)
Le Tambour
3 797
4Spanish (es)
El tambor de hojalata (novela)
2 113
5Russian (ru)
Жестяной барабан (роман)
2 030
6Japanese (ja)
ブリキの太鼓
1 857
7Polish (pl)
Blaszany bębenek
1 833
8Italian (it)
Il tamburo di latta (romanzo)
1 378
9Chinese (zh)
铁皮鼓
707
10Dutch (nl)
De blikken trommel
559
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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 Tin Drum" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Die Blechtrommel
215
2English (en)
The Tin Drum
196
3French (fr)
Le Tambour
63
4Japanese (ja)
ブリキの太鼓
59
5Italian (it)
Il tamburo di latta (romanzo)
53
6Polish (pl)
Blaszany bębenek
45
7Hebrew (he)
תוף הפח
40
8Spanish (es)
El tambor de hojalata (novela)
37
9Norwegian (no)
Blikktrommen
36
10Dutch (nl)
De blikken trommel
30
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "The Tin Drum" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Persian (fa)
طبل حلبی
2
2Arabic (ar)
طبل الصفيح (رواية)
1
3German (de)
Die Blechtrommel
1
4Russian (ru)
Жестяной барабан (роман)
1
5Azerbaijani (az)
Tənəkə təbili (roman)
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Тенекиеният барабан
0
7Czech (cs)
Plechový bubínek
0
8English (en)
The Tin Drum
0
9Esperanto (eo)
La lada tambureto
0
10Spanish (es)
El tambor de hojalata (novela)
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 Tin Drum" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
ブリキの太鼓
343
2English (en)
The Tin Drum
245
3German (de)
Die Blechtrommel
178
4Chinese (zh)
铁皮鼓
168
5French (fr)
Le Tambour
135
6Hebrew (he)
תוף הפח
56
7Polish (pl)
Blaszany bębenek
43
8Russian (ru)
Жестяной барабан (роман)
30
9Esperanto (eo)
La lada tambureto
28
10Italian (it)
Il tamburo di latta (romanzo)
28
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in July 2024:
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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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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
طبل الصفيح (رواية)
azAzerbaijani
Tənəkə təbili (roman)
bgBulgarian
Тенекиеният барабан
csCzech
Plechový bubínek
deGerman
Die Blechtrommel
enEnglish
The Tin Drum
eoEsperanto
La lada tambureto
esSpanish
El tambor de hojalata (novela)
etEstonian
Plekktrumm
euBasque
Latorrizko danborra
faPersian
طبل حلبی
fiFinnish
Peltirumpu
frFrench
Le Tambour
heHebrew
תוף הפח
hrCroatian
Limeni bubanj (roman)
itItalian
Il tamburo di latta (romanzo)
jaJapanese
ブリキの太鼓
koKorean
양철북
msMalay
The Tin Drum
nlDutch
De blikken trommel
noNorwegian
Blikktrommen
plPolish
Blaszany bębenek
ptPortuguese
O Tambor
roRomanian
Toba de tinichea (roman)
ruRussian
Жестяной барабан (роман)
simpleSimple English
The Tin Drum
srSerbian
Лимени добош
svSwedish
Blecktrumman
trTurkish
Teneke Trampet
ukUkrainian
Бляшаний барабан (роман)
zhChinese
铁皮鼓

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#11251
12.2022
Global:
#2268
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#4691
04.2015
Global:
#5654
04.2015

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Tin Drum from Wikipedia articles about Günter Grass, The Tin Drum, Bokklubben World Library, A Prayer for Owen Meany and David Bennent. Whereas reading the article about The Tin Drum people most often go to Wikipedia articles on The Tin Drum, Günter Grass, Danzig Trilogy, David Bennent and Kashubians.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: The Tin Drum

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