World War II

Quality:

World War II - 1939–1945 global conflict. Article "World War II" in Simple English Wikipedia has 95.8 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 171 references and 24 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 72nd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
The 7th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 6th most popular in all topics.
The 5th most popular in AI.
Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 175th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.
The 88th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.
Global Wikipedia:
The 64th most popular in all topics in the last month.
The 290th most popular in AI in the last month.

In July 2024 the article "World War II" was edited by 8 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (88th place) and written by 134 authors in all languages (290th place).

Since the creation of article "World War II", its content was written by 400 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (7th place) and edited by 20672 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (5th place).

The article is cited 4424 times in Simple English Wikipedia (61st place) and cited 1181742 times in all languages (62nd place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2 in February 2017
  • Global: #1 in April 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #5 in May 2010
  • Global: #5 in October 2013

There are 55 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
1Persian (fa)
جنگ جهانی دوم
100
2Portuguese (pt)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
100
3Thai (th)
สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง
100
4Dutch (nl)
Tweede Wereldoorlog
100
5Hungarian (hu)
Második világháború
100
6Bulgarian (bg)
Втора световна война
100
7Norwegian (no)
Andre verdenskrig
100
8Tamil (ta)
இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர்
100
9Galician (gl)
Segunda guerra mundial
100
10Korean (ko)
제2차 세계 대전
99.3167
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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 "World War II" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
World War II
192 009 009
2Spanish (es)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
74 564 085
3German (de)
Zweiter Weltkrieg
30 731 756
4Russian (ru)
Вторая мировая война
28 875 747
5Portuguese (pt)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
23 574 543
6Japanese (ja)
第二次世界大戦
21 326 274
7French (fr)
Seconde Guerre mondiale
20 403 648
8Italian (it)
Seconda guerra mondiale
17 360 178
9Polish (pl)
II wojna światowa
15 736 391
10Arabic (ar)
الحرب العالمية الثانية
11 597 890
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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 "World War II" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
World War II
997 343
2Spanish (es)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
153 386
3Russian (ru)
Вторая мировая война
95 511
4Japanese (ja)
第二次世界大戦
86 166
5German (de)
Zweiter Weltkrieg
68 763
6Persian (fa)
جنگ جهانی دوم
60 565
7Chinese (zh)
第二次世界大战
57 090
8French (fr)
Seconde Guerre mondiale
53 466
9Arabic (ar)
الحرب العالمية الثانية
43 794
10Portuguese (pt)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
43 519
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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 "World War II" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
World War II
5 049
2German (de)
Zweiter Weltkrieg
1 418
3French (fr)
Seconde Guerre mondiale
1 161
4Italian (it)
Seconda guerra mondiale
870
5Russian (ru)
Вторая мировая война
774
6Japanese (ja)
第二次世界大戦
746
7Spanish (es)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
690
8Swedish (sv)
Andra världskriget
651
9Chinese (zh)
第二次世界大战
641
10Dutch (nl)
Tweede Wereldoorlog
553
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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 "World War II" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
World War II
15
2Japanese (ja)
第二次世界大戦
11
3German (de)
Zweiter Weltkrieg
9
4Persian (fa)
جنگ جهانی دوم
9
5Polish (pl)
II wojna światowa
8
6Simple English (simple)
World War II
8
7Chinese (zh)
第二次世界大战
8
8Hungarian (hu)
Második világháború
7
9Spanish (es)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
5
10Norwegian (no)
Andre verdenskrig
5
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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 "World War II" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
World War II
212 675
2German (de)
Zweiter Weltkrieg
132 551
3French (fr)
Seconde Guerre mondiale
89 394
4Polish (pl)
II wojna światowa
66 178
5Italian (it)
Seconda guerra mondiale
51 796
6Spanish (es)
Segunda Guerra Mundial
44 090
7Russian (ru)
Вторая мировая война
41 626
8Dutch (nl)
Tweede Wereldoorlog
40 090
9Ukrainian (uk)
Друга світова війна
39 440
10Japanese (ja)
第二次世界大戦
39 084
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in July 2024:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in July 2024:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
Simple English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الحرب العالمية الثانية
azAzerbaijani
İkinci Dünya müharibəsi
beBelarusian
Другая сусветная вайна
bgBulgarian
Втора световна война
caCatalan
Segona Guerra Mundial
csCzech
Druhá světová válka
daDanish
2. verdenskrig
deGerman
Zweiter Weltkrieg
elGreek
Β΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος
enEnglish
World War II
eoEsperanto
Dua Mondmilito
esSpanish
Segunda Guerra Mundial
etEstonian
Teine maailmasõda
euBasque
Bigarren Mundu Gerra
faPersian
جنگ جهانی دوم
fiFinnish
Toinen maailmansota
frFrench
Seconde Guerre mondiale
glGalician
Segunda guerra mundial
heHebrew
מלחמת העולם השנייה
hiHindi
द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध
hrCroatian
Drugi svjetski rat
huHungarian
Második világháború
hyArmenian
Երկրորդ համաշխարհային պատերազմ
idIndonesian
Perang Dunia II
itItalian
Seconda guerra mondiale
jaJapanese
第二次世界大戦
kaGeorgian
მეორე მსოფლიო ომი
kkKazakh
Екінші дүниежүзілік соғыс
koKorean
제2차 세계 대전
laLatin
Secundum bellum mundanum
ltLithuanian
Antrasis pasaulinis karas
msMalay
Perang Dunia Kedua
nlDutch
Tweede Wereldoorlog
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Andre verdskrigen
noNorwegian
Andre verdenskrig
plPolish
II wojna światowa
ptPortuguese
Segunda Guerra Mundial
roRomanian
Al Doilea Război Mondial
ruRussian
Вторая мировая война
shSerbo-Croatian
Drugi svjetski rat
simpleSimple English
World War II
skSlovak
Druhá svetová vojna
slSlovenian
Druga svetovna vojna
srSerbian
Други светски рат
svSwedish
Andra världskriget
taTamil
இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர்
thThai
สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง
trTurkish
II. Dünya Savaşı
ukUkrainian
Друга світова війна
urUrdu
دوسری جنگ عظیم
uzUzbek
Ikkinchi Jahon urushi
viVietnamese
Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai
voVolapük
Volakrig telid
zhChinese
第二次世界大战
zhminnanMin Nan
Tē-jī-chhù Sè-kài Tāi-chiàn

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#5
05.2010
Global:
#5
10.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2
02.2017
Global:
#1
04.2006

Local popularity rank history

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 World War II from Wikipedia articles about World War I, United States of America, World war, Adolf Hitler and Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Whereas reading the article about World War II people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Axis Powers, Adolf Hitler, Allies of the Second World War, World War II casualties and Hirohito.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: World War II

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