Argument from analogy

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Argument from analogy

Quality:

Argument from analogy - type of inductive argument, whereby perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that has yet to be observed. Article “Argument from analogy” in English Wikipedia has 38.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 25 references and 8 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Argument from analogy” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Argument from analogy”, its content was written by 118 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 218 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 198 times in English Wikipedia and cited 709 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #47102 in February 2009
  • Global: #39150 in November 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #93694 in October 2013
  • Global: #152055 in October 2013

There are 9 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
1English (en)
Argument from analogy
38.7928
2Turkish (tr)
Analojik argüman
38.7549
3Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент з аналогії
33.0756
4Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยแนวเทียบ
33.0035
5Arabic (ar)
الحجة من القياس
29.0576
6Japanese (ja)
類推による議論
28.0167
7German (de)
Analogismus
15.5909
8Chinese (zh)
类推论证
14.832
9Spanish (es)
Razonamiento por analogía
9.3185
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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 "Argument from analogy" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Argument from analogy
1 003 349
2Spanish (es)
Razonamiento por analogía
264 382
3German (de)
Analogismus
228 930
4Chinese (zh)
类推论证
8 335
5Arabic (ar)
الحجة من القياس
7 533
6Japanese (ja)
類推による議論
1 871
7Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент з аналогії
1 809
8Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยแนวเทียบ
1 265
9Turkish (tr)
Analojik argüman
358
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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 "Argument from analogy" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Argument from analogy
2 139
2Spanish (es)
Razonamiento por analogía
324
3German (de)
Analogismus
224
4Japanese (ja)
類推による議論
114
5Chinese (zh)
类推论证
99
6Arabic (ar)
الحجة من القياس
57
7Turkish (tr)
Analojik argüman
49
8Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент з аналогії
29
9Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยแนวเทียบ
16
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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 "Argument from analogy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Argument from analogy
118
2German (de)
Analogismus
76
3Spanish (es)
Razonamiento por analogía
10
4Arabic (ar)
الحجة من القياس
4
5Japanese (ja)
類推による議論
3
6Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยแนวเทียบ
2
7Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент з аналогії
2
8Chinese (zh)
类推论证
2
9Turkish (tr)
Analojik argüman
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 "Argument from analogy" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Argument from analogy
1
2Arabic (ar)
الحجة من القياس
0
3German (de)
Analogismus
0
4Spanish (es)
Razonamiento por analogía
0
5Japanese (ja)
類推による議論
0
6Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยแนวเทียบ
0
7Turkish (tr)
Analojik argüman
0
8Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент з аналогії
0
9Chinese (zh)
类推论证
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 "Argument from analogy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Argument from analogy
198
2German (de)
Analogismus
163
3Arabic (ar)
الحجة من القياس
149
4Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент з аналогії
125
5Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยแนวเทียบ
40
6Turkish (tr)
Analojik argüman
12
7Spanish (es)
Razonamiento por analogía
10
8Japanese (ja)
類推による議論
7
9Chinese (zh)
类推论证
5
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الحجة من القياس
deGerman
Analogismus
enEnglish
Argument from analogy
esSpanish
Razonamiento por analogía
jaJapanese
類推による議論
thThai
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยแนวเทียบ
trTurkish
Analojik argüman
ukUkrainian
Аргумент з аналогії
zhChinese
类推论证

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#93694
10.2013
Global:
#152055
10.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#47102
02.2009
Global:
#39150
11.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Argument from analogy from Wikipedia articles about List of fallacies, False equivalence, Analogy, Fallacy and Analogie. Whereas reading the article about Argument from analogy people most often go to Wikipedia articles on False equivalence, Inductive reasoning, Analogy, Special pleading and Informal fallacy.

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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