Great man theory

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Great man theory

Quality:

Great man theory - theory that history is shaped primarily by extraordinary individuals. Article “Great man theory” in English Wikipedia has 52.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 33 references and 10 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 “Great man theory” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Great man theory”, its content was written by 263 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 468 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 487 times in English Wikipedia and cited 937 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #59 in March 2001
  • Global: #60 in March 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #47925 in February 2025
  • Global: #75952 in March 2022

There are 19 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)
Great man theory
52.5482
2German (de)
Great-Man-Theorie
43.1188
3Chinese (zh)
英雄史觀
34.5706
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria do grande homem
29.9501
5French (fr)
Théorie du grand homme
29.6345
6Spanish (es)
Teoría del gran hombre
29.1351
7Galician (gl)
Teoría do Grande Home
27.2797
8Vietnamese (vi)
Thuyết vĩ nhân
26.4179
9Korean (ko)
영웅사관
25.8283
10Polish (pl)
Teoria wielkiego człowieka
25.7845
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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 "Great man theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Great man theory
2 997 973
2Russian (ru)
Теория великих людей
109 297
3Spanish (es)
Teoría del gran hombre
97 714
4Italian (it)
Teoria del grande uomo
79 555
5French (fr)
Théorie du grand homme
75 429
6Persian (fa)
نظریه مرد بزرگ
61 377
7Chinese (zh)
英雄史觀
61 117
8Arabic (ar)
نظرية الرجل العظيم
37 291
9German (de)
Great-Man-Theorie
15 091
10Portuguese (pt)
Teoria do grande homem
13 840
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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 "Great man theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Great man theory
15 303
2Spanish (es)
Teoría del gran hombre
547
3Chinese (zh)
英雄史觀
533
4French (fr)
Théorie du grand homme
434
5German (de)
Great-Man-Theorie
332
6Russian (ru)
Теория великих людей
278
7Italian (it)
Teoria del grande uomo
185
8Portuguese (pt)
Teoria do grande homem
133
9Polish (pl)
Teoria wielkiego człowieka
109
10Vietnamese (vi)
Thuyết vĩ nhân
108
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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 "Great man theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Great man theory
263
2French (fr)
Théorie du grand homme
48
3Italian (it)
Teoria del grande uomo
27
4Persian (fa)
نظریه مرد بزرگ
22
5German (de)
Great-Man-Theorie
19
6Spanish (es)
Teoría del gran hombre
15
7Chinese (zh)
英雄史觀
15
8Bulgarian (bg)
Теория за великите личности
10
9Russian (ru)
Теория великих людей
10
10Portuguese (pt)
Teoria do grande homem
9
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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 "Great man theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Great-Man-Theorie
3
2Bulgarian (bg)
Теория за великите личности
2
3English (en)
Great man theory
1
4French (fr)
Théorie du grand homme
1
5Arabic (ar)
نظرية الرجل العظيم
0
6Spanish (es)
Teoría del gran hombre
0
7Persian (fa)
نظریه مرد بزرگ
0
8Galician (gl)
Teoría do Grande Home
0
9Armenian (hy)
Մեծ մարդու տեսություն
0
10Indonesian (id)
Teori orang besar
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 "Great man theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Great man theory
487
2Portuguese (pt)
Teoria do grande homem
102
3Indonesian (id)
Teori orang besar
76
4Persian (fa)
نظریه مرد بزرگ
57
5Arabic (ar)
نظرية الرجل العظيم
50
6Chinese (zh)
英雄史觀
42
7French (fr)
Théorie du grand homme
34
8Korean (ko)
영웅사관
27
9Italian (it)
Teoria del grande uomo
19
10Spanish (es)
Teoría del gran hombre
16
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية الرجل العظيم
bgBulgarian
Теория за великите личности
deGerman
Great-Man-Theorie
enEnglish
Great man theory
esSpanish
Teoría del gran hombre
faPersian
نظریه مرد بزرگ
frFrench
Théorie du grand homme
glGalician
Teoría do Grande Home
hyArmenian
Մեծ մարդու տեսություն
idIndonesian
Teori orang besar
itItalian
Teoria del grande uomo
koKorean
영웅사관
nlDutch
Grotemannentheorie
plPolish
Teoria wielkiego człowieka
ptPortuguese
Teoria do grande homem
ruRussian
Теория великих людей
trTurkish
Büyük Adam Teorisi
viVietnamese
Thuyết vĩ nhân
zhChinese
英雄史觀

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#47925
02.2025
Global:
#75952
03.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#59
03.2001
Global:
#60
03.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Great man theory from Wikipedia articles about Übermensch, Thomas Carlyle, Bronze Age Pervert, Zeitgeist and Will Durant. Whereas reading the article about Great man theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Historical materialism, Social history, Thomas Carlyle, Peoples history and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History.

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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