Director general

Director general - title given to the highest executive officer in some organizations. Article “Director general” in English Wikipedia has 43.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 references and 17 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 “Director general” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Director general”, its content was written by 147 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 444 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1447 times in English Wikipedia and cited 6440 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8652 in April 2025
• Global: #31872 in October 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #107260 in November 2022
• Global: #58579 in November 2014

There are 16 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Director general		43.1996
2	Arabic (ar) مدير عام (إدارة)		29.5701
3	Swedish (sv) Generaldirektör		25.1695
4	German (de) Generaldirektor		22.331
5	Urdu (ur) ڈائریکٹر جنرل		21.4627
6	Kazakh (kk) Бас директор		21.2788
7	Russian (ru) Генеральный директор		20.1983
8	Japanese (ja) 局長		18.0249
9	Chinese (zh) 總幹事		16.0375
10	Polish (pl) Dyrektor generalny		15.1475

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Director general" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Director general		1 440 676
2	Russian (ru) Генеральный директор		969 187
3	Polish (pl) Dyrektor generalny		710 309
4	Italian (it) Direttore generale		696 839
5	Japanese (ja) 局長		467 106
6	German (de) Generaldirektor		265 148
7	Swedish (sv) Generaldirektör		152 740
8	Dutch (nl) Directeur-generaal		82 630
9	Chinese (zh) 總幹事		35 291
10	Turkish (tr) Genel müdür		12 080

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Director general" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Director general		6 821
2	Russian (ru) Генеральный директор		3 227
3	Japanese (ja) 局長		1 196
4	Italian (it) Direttore generale		1 108
5	German (de) Generaldirektor		466
6	Dutch (nl) Directeur-generaal		436
7	Swedish (sv) Generaldirektör		389
8	Polish (pl) Dyrektor generalny		381
9	Chinese (zh) 總幹事		233
10	Turkish (tr) Genel müdür		160

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Director general" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Director general		147
2	German (de) Generaldirektor		61
3	Polish (pl) Dyrektor generalny		40
4	Japanese (ja) 局長		39
5	Italian (it) Direttore generale		37
6	Russian (ru) Генеральный директор		37
7	Swedish (sv) Generaldirektör		31
8	Dutch (nl) Directeur-generaal		23
9	Turkish (tr) Genel müdür		9
10	Belarusian (be) Генеральны дырэктар		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Director general" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Director general		4
2	Belarusian (be) Генеральны дырэктар		1
3	Arabic (ar) مدير عام (إدارة)		0
4	German (de) Generaldirektor		0
5	Greek (el) Γενικός Διευθυντής		0
6	Hindi (hi) महानिर्देशक		0
7	Italian (it) Direttore generale		0
8	Japanese (ja) 局長		0
9	Kazakh (kk) Бас директор		0
10	Dutch (nl) Directeur-generaal		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Director general" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Director general		1 447
2	German (de) Generaldirektor		1 170
3	Swedish (sv) Generaldirektör		1 035
4	Italian (it) Direttore generale		750
5	Russian (ru) Генеральный директор		664
6	Polish (pl) Dyrektor generalny		436
7	Japanese (ja) 局長		426
8	Dutch (nl) Directeur-generaal		202
9	Turkish (tr) Genel müdür		88
10	Arabic (ar) مدير عام (إدارة)		68

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مدير عام (إدارة)
be	Belarusian Генеральны дырэктар
de	German Generaldirektor
el	Greek Γενικός Διευθυντής
en	English Director general
hi	Hindi महानिर्देशक
it	Italian Direttore generale
ja	Japanese 局長
kk	Kazakh Бас директор
nl	Dutch Directeur-generaal
pl	Polish Dyrektor generalny
ru	Russian Генеральный директор
sv	Swedish Generaldirektör
tr	Turkish Genel müdür
ur	Urdu ڈائریکٹر جنرل
zh	Chinese 總幹事

Best Rank

English: #107260 11.2022

Global: #58579 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #8652 04.2025

Global: #31872 10.2004

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