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French paradox

Quality:

French paradox - catchphrase for the apparent paradox that French people have a low incidence of heart disease while consuming many saturated fats. Article “French paradox” in English Wikipedia has 44.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 18 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.35 points.

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

Since the creation of article “French paradox”, its content was written by 216 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 618 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 534 times in English Wikipedia and cited 976 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5476 in March 2019
  • Global: #22223 in March 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #16295 in May 2018
  • Global: #34660 in May 2018

There are 21 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
1Chinese (zh)
法國悖論
60.0592
2German (de)
Französisches Paradox
46.7099
3English (en)
French paradox
44.6926
4Dutch (nl)
Franse paradox
41.9599
5Italian (it)
Paradosso francese
30.0683
6Serbian (sr)
Француски парадокс
29.2507
7Arabic (ar)
مفارقة فرنسية
26.5669
8Ukrainian (uk)
Французький парадокс
25.6084
9Hebrew (he)
הפרדוקס הצרפתי
24.9558
10Basque (eu)
Frantziar paradoxa
24.7825
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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 "French paradox" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
French paradox
1 720 477
2French (fr)
Paradoxe français
293 181
3Japanese (ja)
フレンチパラドックス
149 768
4Russian (ru)
Французский парадокс
142 861
5Italian (it)
Paradosso francese
131 221
6Spanish (es)
Paradoja francesa
120 368
7German (de)
Französisches Paradox
104 803
8Czech (cs)
Francouzský paradox
33 657
9Dutch (nl)
Franse paradox
33 215
10Portuguese (pt)
Paradoxo francês
29 761
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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 "French paradox" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
French paradox
4 130
2French (fr)
Paradoxe français
992
3Japanese (ja)
フレンチパラドックス
429
4Russian (ru)
Французский парадокс
409
5German (de)
Französisches Paradox
280
6Spanish (es)
Paradoja francesa
248
7Italian (it)
Paradosso francese
215
8Chinese (zh)
法國悖論
204
9Korean (ko)
프렌치 패러독스
86
10Czech (cs)
Francouzský paradox
71
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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 "French paradox" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
French paradox
216
2French (fr)
Paradoxe français
100
3German (de)
Französisches Paradox
63
4Italian (it)
Paradosso francese
51
5Hebrew (he)
הפרדוקס הצרפתי
37
6Czech (cs)
Francouzský paradox
25
7Spanish (es)
Paradoja francesa
25
8Dutch (nl)
Franse paradox
24
9Russian (ru)
Французский парадокс
20
10Japanese (ja)
フレンチパラドックス
12
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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 "French paradox" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
La paradoxa francesa
2
2Italian (it)
Paradosso francese
1
3Chinese (zh)
法國悖論
1
4Arabic (ar)
مفارقة فرنسية
0
5Czech (cs)
Francouzský paradox
0
6German (de)
Französisches Paradox
0
7English (en)
French paradox
0
8Spanish (es)
Paradoja francesa
0
9Basque (eu)
Frantziar paradoxa
0
10Persian (fa)
تناقض فرانسوی
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 "French paradox" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
French paradox
534
2Arabic (ar)
مفارقة فرنسية
83
3French (fr)
Paradoxe français
79
4Persian (fa)
تناقض فرانسوی
65
5Chinese (zh)
法國悖論
53
6Armenian (hy)
Ֆրանսիական պարադոքս
52
7Hebrew (he)
הפרדוקס הצרפתי
47
8Japanese (ja)
フレンチパラドックス
11
9Spanish (es)
Paradoja francesa
10
10Italian (it)
Paradosso francese
8
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مفارقة فرنسية
caCatalan
La paradoxa francesa
csCzech
Francouzský paradox
deGerman
Französisches Paradox
enEnglish
French paradox
esSpanish
Paradoja francesa
euBasque
Frantziar paradoxa
faPersian
تناقض فرانسوی
frFrench
Paradoxe français
heHebrew
הפרדוקס הצרפתי
huHungarian
Francia paradoxon
hyArmenian
Ֆրանսիական պարադոքս
itItalian
Paradosso francese
jaJapanese
フレンチパラドックス
koKorean
프렌치 패러독스
nlDutch
Franse paradox
ptPortuguese
Paradoxo francês
ruRussian
Французский парадокс
srSerbian
Француски парадокс
ukUkrainian
Французький парадокс
zhChinese
法國悖論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#16295
05.2018
Global:
#34660
05.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5476
03.2019
Global:
#22223
03.2019

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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