Misdirection

Misdirection - form of theatrical deception. Article “Misdirection” in Italian Wikipedia has 23.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Misdirection”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 132 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 8 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 345 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Italian): #13130 in July 2020
• Global: #29174 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Italian): #96482 in September 2024
• Global: #283678 in September 2009

There are 7 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) Misdirection (magic)		30.0415
2	Spanish (es) Distracción (magia)		26.5311
3	Portuguese (pt) Despiste (ilusionismo)		23.4768
4	Italian (it) Misdirection		23.0945
5	Armenian (hy) Շեղում (աճպարարություն)		21.4745
6	Japanese (ja) ミスディレクション		12.4375
7	French (fr) Détournement d'attention		2.9517

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Misdirection (magic)		413 457
2	Japanese (ja) ミスディレクション		62 419
3	French (fr) Détournement d'attention		17 161
4	Italian (it) Misdirection		5 945
5	Spanish (es) Distracción (magia)		4 847
6	Portuguese (pt) Despiste (ilusionismo)		1 908
7	Armenian (hy) Շեղում (աճպարարություն)		81

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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 "Misdirection" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Misdirection (magic)		1 213
2	Japanese (ja) ミスディレクション		748
3	Italian (it) Misdirection		66
4	French (fr) Détournement d'attention		38
5	Spanish (es) Distracción (magia)		29
6	Portuguese (pt) Despiste (ilusionismo)		23
7	Armenian (hy) Շեղում (աճպարարություն)		5

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Misdirection (magic)		75
2	Japanese (ja) ミスディレクション		32
3	French (fr) Détournement d'attention		12
4	Italian (it) Misdirection		5
5	Spanish (es) Distracción (magia)		3
6	Armenian (hy) Շեղում (աճպարարություն)		3
7	Portuguese (pt) Despiste (ilusionismo)		2

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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 "Misdirection" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Misdirection (magic)		0
2	Spanish (es) Distracción (magia)		0
3	French (fr) Détournement d'attention		0
4	Armenian (hy) Շեղում (աճպարարություն)		0
5	Italian (it) Misdirection		0
6	Japanese (ja) ミスディレクション		0
7	Portuguese (pt) Despiste (ilusionismo)		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 "Misdirection" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Misdirection (magic)		207
2	French (fr) Détournement d'attention		121
3	Italian (it) Misdirection		8
4	Japanese (ja) ミスディレクション		7
5	Spanish (es) Distracción (magia)		2
6	Armenian (hy) Շեղում (աճպարարություն)		0
7	Portuguese (pt) Despiste (ilusionismo)		0

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#	Language	Value
en	English Misdirection (magic)
es	Spanish Distracción (magia)
fr	French Détournement d'attention
hy	Armenian Շեղում (աճպարարություն)
it	Italian Misdirection
ja	Japanese ミスディレクション
pt	Portuguese Despiste (ilusionismo)

Best Rank

Italian: #96482 09.2024

Global: #283678 09.2009

Best Rank

Italian: #13130 07.2020

Global: #29174 04.2004

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