The international top 20 cars includes: Toyota Supra, Volkswagen Beetle, Subaru Impreza, Nissan Skyline, BMW 3 Series, Tesla Model S, Toyota Land Cruiser, BMW M3, Volkswagen Golf Mk7, Mazda MX-5, Nissan GT-R, Tesla Model 3, BMW 3 Series (E46), Mazda RX-7, Ford Model T, Ford F-Series, BMW 3 Series, Toyota RAV4, Bugatti Chiron and Honda Accord.
Briefly about the method
Wikipedia currently has over 53 million articles in over 300 languages. Despite the impressive number of articles, not all topics can be written in this free encyclopedia. At the same time, the community of each language version has the ability to decide which topic can be described in the encyclopedia, and which is not (for example, article must be notable). In addition, each language version can describe the same topic in its own way – it all depends on the number and experience of interested authors (Wikipedia users who edit articles).
Almost every Wikipedia article has an alignment to certain categories. Additionally, based on the content, you can specify the subject of the article – for example, using semantic relations on Wikidata or DBpedia. More details on the automatic classification process can be found in various scholarly papers (e.g. for articles or sources).
This article selected the most-developed language versions of Wikipedia with more than 1 million articles, including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other. After the classification of articles, only those that are dedicated to individual cars. As a result for English Wikipedia 6580 articles about cars were found, for German – 6347 cars, for Italian – 4045 cars, for French – 3886 cars, for Polish – 2963 cars, for Russian – 2451 cars, for Japanese – 2356 cars, for Spanish – 2122 cars, for Portuguese – 1836 cars, for Arabic – 1051 cars and for Chinese – 688 cars.
As mentioned earlier, every Wikipedia article can have different language versions, so we can find out different names of the same object (car). Using open data on Wikipedia article views we can find out how many times a given article has been viewed on specific days. After collecting data for viewing all Wikipedia articles on cars in the appropriate language versions May 2020 ranking of the most popular was made. First, the positions of cars in the ranking are shown, which were obtained by adding up the page views from different language versions for a given car. Later, the most popular cars are shown for only one language version of Wikipedia.
Recently we observed that visitors number for some articles was “overclocked” in some periods of time. Therefore, we decide to provide additional modification of the pageview statistics for such cases and change this number (usually by reduction). Fairness of statistics for each article in selected language version in selected months can be assessed using such indicators as: number of the edits and authors, page protection, the rate of citation increasing of the article, popularity statistics of related keywords (phrases) in Google Trends and others.
1st place – Toyota Supra
Toyota Supra – Sports car manufactured by Toyota, in May 2020 the car was on the 1st place in English, on the 6th place in Spanish, Japanese, on the 7th place in Portuguese, on the 17th place in Chinese, on the 27th place in Polish, on the 41st place in Arabic, on the 46th place in Russian, on the 60th place in French, on the 79th place in German and on the 87th place in Italian Wikipedia.
2nd place – Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle – car model, in May 2020 the car was on the 1st place in Portuguese, on the 2nd place in Spanish, on the 5th place in Arabic, Italian, on the 7th place in French, on the 9th place in English, on the 17th place in German, on the 20th place in Chinese, on the 39th place in Russian, on the 52nd place in Polish and on the 56th place in Japanese Wikipedia.
3rd place – Subaru Impreza
Subaru Impreza – car model, in May 2020 the car was on the 3rd place in English, on the 4th place in Chinese, on the 5th place in Japanese, on the 22nd place in Spanish, on the 23rd place in Polish, on the 44th place in French, on the 49th place in Portuguese, on the 125th place in Italian, on the 157th place in German, on the 177th place in Russian and on the 282nd place in Arabic Wikipedia.
4th place – Nissan Skyline
Nissan Skyline – car model, in May 2020 the car was on the 2nd place in Japanese, on the 3rd place in Spanish, on the 13th place in Portuguese, on the 15th place in Russian, Chinese, on the 16th place in English, on the 32nd place in Polish, on the 106th place in German, on the 204th place in Arabic and on the 209th place in French Wikipedia.
5th place – BMW 3 Series
BMW 3 Series – Compact executive car manufactured by BMW, in May 2020 the car was on the 2nd place in German, on the 5th place in English, on the 63rd place in Spanish, on the 92nd place in Italian, on the 142nd place in Russian and on the 329th place in Japanese Wikipedia.
6th place – Tesla Model S
Tesla Model S – electric sedan produced and sold by Tesla Motors, in May 2020 the car was on the 4th place in English, on the 10th place in Arabic, on the 11th place in Spanish, on the 16th place in Chinese, on the 17th place in French, on the 34th place in German, on the 40th place in Polish, Russian, on the 51st place in Portuguese, on the 110th place in Italian and on the 538th place in Japanese Wikipedia.
7th place – Toyota Land Cruiser
Toyota Land Cruiser – Four-wheel-drive vehicle, in May 2020 the car was on the 2nd place in Arabic, on the 7th place in English, on the 10th place in Russian, on the 18th place in Japanese, on the 20th place in Spanish, on the 29th place in French, on the 83rd place in Polish, on the 114th place in Portuguese, on the 121st place in Chinese, on the 142nd place in German and on the 198th place in Italian Wikipedia.
8th place – BMW M3
BMW M3 – high-performance version of the BMW 3-Series, in May 2020 the car was on the 2nd place in English, on the 8th place in Chinese, on the 21st place in French, on the 25th place in Spanish, on the 36th place in Polish, on the 82nd place in Italian, on the 93rd place in Portuguese, on the 101st place in Russian, on the 119th place in Japanese, on the 129th place in German and on the 271st place in Arabic Wikipedia.
9th place – Volkswagen Golf Mk7
Volkswagen Golf Mk7 – touring car, in May 2020 the car was on the 1st place in German, on the 10th place in French, on the 44th place in English, on the 62nd place in Italian, on the 144th place in Spanish, on the 191st place in Russian and on the 278th place in Japanese Wikipedia.
10th place – Mazda MX-5
Mazda MX-5 – car model manufactured by Mazda, in May 2020 the car was on the 9th place in Japanese, on the 14th place in Chinese, on the 17th place in English, on the 18th place in French, on the 31st place in Polish, on the 37th place in Italian, on the 42nd place in German, on the 86th place in Spanish, on the 94th place in Portuguese, on the 227th place in Russian and on the 403rd place in Arabic Wikipedia.
11th place – Nissan GT-R
Nissan GT-R – automobile model by Nissan, in May 2020 the car was on the 1st place in French, on the 2nd place in Chinese, on the 10th place in Japanese, on the 11th place in Portuguese, on the 24th place in English, on the 28th place in Spanish, on the 44th place in Russian, on the 64th place in Polish, on the 79th place in Arabic, on the 142nd place in Italian and on the 194th place in German Wikipedia.
12th place – Tesla Model 3
Tesla Model 3 – all-electric four-door compact luxury sedan, in May 2020 the car was on the 8th place in English, on the 25th place in Chinese, on the 36th place in German, on the 37th place in French, on the 38th place in Spanish, on the 81st place in Russian, on the 149th place in Polish, on the 171st place in Italian, on the 200th place in Portuguese, on the 222nd place in Arabic and on the 434th place in Japanese Wikipedia.
13th place – BMW 3 Series (E46)
BMW 3 Series (E46) – BMW model, in May 2020 the car was on the 6th place in German, on the 12th place in English, on the 30th place in Chinese, on the 40th place in Spanish, on the 45th place in Russian, on the 52nd place in Portuguese, on the 90th place in Arabic, on the 101st place in Italian and on the 533rd place in Japanese Wikipedia.
14th place – Mazda RX-7
Mazda RX-7 – car model, in May 2020 the car was on the 3rd place in Chinese, on the 7th place in Japanese, on the 14th place in English, Portuguese, on the 24th place in Spanish, on the 97th place in Polish, on the 103rd place in French, on the 107th place in Italian, on the 144th place in Russian, on the 261st place in German and on the 270th place in Arabic Wikipedia.
15th place – Ford Model T
Ford Model T – American car (1908-1927), in May 2020 the car was on the 1st place in Spanish, on the 3rd place in Italian, on the 4th place in Portuguese, on the 20th place in English, on the 22nd place in French, on the 23rd place in Chinese, on the 65th place in Russian, on the 73rd place in Polish, on the 118th place in Arabic, on the 128th place in Japanese and on the 284th place in German Wikipedia.
16th place – Ford F-Series
Ford F-Series – series of light- and medium-duty trucks, in May 2020 the car was on the 5th place in Spanish, on the 6th place in English, on the 92nd place in Portuguese, on the 110th place in Russian, on the 141st place in Polish, on the 151st place in Chinese, on the 179th place in German, on the 193rd place in French, on the 253rd place in Arabic, on the 263rd place in Japanese and on the 467th place in Italian Wikipedia.
17th place – BMW 3 Series
BMW 3 Series – car model, in May 2020 the car was on the 4th place in German, on the 22nd place in English, on the 24th place in Chinese, on the 93rd place in Russian, on the 140th place in Italian, on the 179th place in Spanish and on the 256th place in Japanese Wikipedia.
18th place – Toyota RAV4
Toyota RAV4 – compact crossover SUV, in May 2020 the car was on the 13th place in English, on the 34th place in Polish, on the 35th place in Russian, on the 37th place in Japanese, Chinese, on the 78th place in French, on the 83rd place in Arabic, on the 92nd place in Spanish, on the 168th place in German, on the 248th place in Italian and on the 321st place in Portuguese Wikipedia.
19th place – Bugatti Chiron
Bugatti Chiron – mid-engined sports car and the successor to the Bugatti Veiron, in May 2020 the car was on the 4th place in French, on the 17th place in Spanish, on the 26th place in Portuguese, on the 32nd place in English, on the 33rd place in Polish, on the 36th place in Chinese, on the 42nd place in Italian, on the 43rd place in Russian, on the 63rd place in German, on the 64th place in Arabic and on the 266th place in Japanese Wikipedia.
20th place – Honda Accord
Honda Accord – series of automobiles manufactured by Honda, in May 2020 the car was on the 8th place in Polish, on the 12th place in Chinese, on the 15th place in English, on the 35th place in Japanese, on the 51st place in Spanish, Russian, on the 81st place in Arabic, on the 89th place in Portuguese, on the 323rd place in French, on the 437th place in German and on the 483rd place in Italian Wikipedia.
The most popular cars in Arabic Wikipedia
- Bugatti Veyron – grand touring car
- Toyota Land Cruiser – Four-wheel-drive vehicle
- Hyundai Elantra – Compact car
- Peugeot 205 – car model manufactured by Peugeot
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
- Toyota Hilux – Series of light commercial vehicles produced by Toyota Motor Corporation
- Toyota Corona – Automobile manufactured by Toyota
- Daewoo Lanos – subcompact car manufactured by Daewoo
- Mini – British car model made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000
- Tesla Model S – electric sedan produced and sold by Tesla Motors
- Fiat 128 – car model
- Peugeot 504 – car model
- Maruti 800 – car model
- Daewoo Nubira – compact car
- Toyota Cressida – car model
- Chevrolet Caprice – full-sized automobile
- Tofaş Şahin – car model
- Peugeot 505 – car model
- Toyota Belta – Subcompact car model from Toyota
- Kia Forte – car model
The most popular cars in Chinese Wikipedia
- Toyota AE86 – car model
- Nissan GT-R – automobile model by Nissan
- Mazda RX-7 – car model
- Subaru Impreza – car model
- Honda CR-V – car model
- Mazda3 – car model
- Toyota GT-86 – rear-wheel drive sports coupe launched in 2011
- BMW M3 – high-performance version of the BMW 3-Series
- Honda NSX – sports car produced by Honda
- Mazda RX-8 – rotary powered sports car manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Mazda from 2003–2012
- Toyota WISH – Compact MPV from Toyota (2003-2017)
- Honda Accord – series of automobiles manufactured by Honda
- Honda S2000 – car model
- Mazda MX-5 – car model manufactured by Mazda
- Nissan Skyline – car model
- Tesla Model S – electric sedan produced and sold by Tesla Motors
- Toyota Supra – Sports car manufactured by Toyota
- Bugatti Veyron – grand touring car
- McLaren P1 – British sports car
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
The most popular cars in English Wikipedia
- Toyota Supra – Sports car manufactured by Toyota
- BMW M3 – high-performance version of the BMW 3-Series
- Subaru Impreza – car model
- Tesla Model S – electric sedan produced and sold by Tesla Motors
- BMW 3 Series – Compact executive car manufactured by BMW
- Ford F-Series – series of light- and medium-duty trucks
- Toyota Land Cruiser – Four-wheel-drive vehicle
- Tesla Model 3 – all-electric four-door compact luxury sedan
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
- Nissan Skyline GT-R – Japanese grand tourer based on the Nissan Skyline range
- Toyota Hilux – Series of light commercial vehicles produced by Toyota Motor Corporation
- BMW 3 Series (E46) – BMW model
- Toyota RAV4 – compact crossover SUV
- Mazda RX-7 – car model
- Honda Accord – series of automobiles manufactured by Honda
- Nissan Skyline – car model
- Mazda MX-5 – car model manufactured by Mazda
- DeLorean DMC-12 – 1980s automobile known for its gull-wing doors, brushed stainless steel body panels, and its appearances in the Back to the Future franchise
- Pontiac Firebird – car model
- Ford Model T – American car (1908-1927)
The most popular cars in French Wikipedia
- Nissan GT-R – automobile model by Nissan
- Citroën 2CV – Small car manufactured by Citroën from 1948 to 1990
- Renault 4 – car model
- Bugatti Chiron – mid-engined sports car and the successor to the Bugatti Veiron
- Peugeot 206 – car model
- Peugeot 308
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
- Peugeot 205 – car model manufactured by Peugeot
- Citroën DS – front-engine, front-wheel-drive executive car
- Volkswagen Golf Mk7 – touring car
- Citroën Traction Avant – executive car produced from 1934 to 1957
- Renault Clio II
- Renault Zoé – electric car model
- Renault Clio IV
- Renault Clio I
- Renault Clio III
- Tesla Model S – electric sedan produced and sold by Tesla Motors
- Mazda MX-5 – car model manufactured by Mazda
- Bugatti Veyron – grand touring car
- Peugeot 208 – car model
The most popular cars in German Wikipedia
- Volkswagen Golf Mk7 – touring car
- BMW 3 Series – Compact executive car manufactured by BMW
- Mercedes-Benz W205 – car model
- BMW 3 Series – car model
- Volkswagen Transporter T5
- BMW 3 Series (E46) – BMW model
- Mercedes-Benz W204 – car model
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W213) – Car model
- BMW 1 Series
- Mercedes-Benz W212 – car model
- Volkswagen Passat
- Volkswagen Golf Mk8
- BMW 5 Series (F10) – sixth generation of the executive car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer BMW from 2010–2017
- Mercedes-Benz type 124 – car model
- Volkswagen Golf Mk6 – touring car
- Mini Hatch – car model
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
- Audi A6 C7 – car model
- Audi A4 B9 – car model
- Volkswagen Golf Mk4 – fourth generation of the Volkswagen Golf
The most popular cars in Italian Wikipedia
- Fiat 500 – Rear-engined small city car by Fiat
- Alfa Romeo 75 – car model
- Ford Model T – American car (1908-1927)
- Ferrari F40 – car model
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
- Alfa Romeo 155 – car model
- Ferrari SF90 Stradale – upcoming mid-engine hybrid sports car manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari
- Alfa Romeo Giulia – car model
- Fiat Panda – car model
- Alfa Romeo 33 – small family car
- Mini Hatch – car model
- Ferrari F355 – road car
- Fiat 600 – car model
- LaFerrari – sports car
- Ferrari 488 – sports car
- Lancia Stratos – car model
- Fiat Punto – car model
- Alfa Romeo Giulia – Italian car model from mid-2010s
- Lancia Delta S4 – Car model
- Lancia Fulvia – car model
The most popular cars in Japanese Wikipedia
- Toyota Crown – Executive car manufactured by Toyota since 1955
- Nissan Skyline – car model
- Nissan Z-car – car model
- Toyota Corona – Automobile manufactured by Toyota
- Subaru Impreza – car model
- Toyota Supra – Sports car manufactured by Toyota
- Mazda RX-7 – car model
- Subaru Legacy – car model
- Mazda MX-5 – car model manufactured by Mazda
- Nissan GT-R – automobile model by Nissan
- Suzuki Jimny – car model
- Nissan Skyline GT-R – Japanese grand tourer based on the Nissan Skyline range
- Nissan Silvia – car model
- Toyota Vitz – Subcompact car model from Toyota
- Honda Fit – Subcompact/supermini car manufactured by Honda
- Toyota Mark II – Automobile model manufactured by Toyota
- Toyota GT-86 – rear-wheel drive sports coupe launched in 2011
- Toyota Land Cruiser – Four-wheel-drive vehicle
- Nissan Bluebird
- Toyota Yaris – Subcompact car model from Toyota
The most popular cars in Polish Wikipedia
- Fiat 126 – car model
- FSO Polonez – car model
- Škoda Octavia – car model
- Ford Mondeo – car model
- SEAT León – Small family car
- Fiat Punto – car model
- Polski Fiat 125p – car model
- Honda Accord – series of automobiles manufactured by Honda
- Škoda Superb
- Toyota Yaris – Subcompact car model from Toyota
- Audi A8 – car model
- Opel Insignia – large family car
- Mazda6 – car model
- Volvo S60 – car model made by Volvo Cars
- Audi A5 – car model
- Toyota Avensis – large family car produced by Toyota originally introduced in 1997
- FSO Syrena – FSO car model
- BMW X5
- Kia Cee’d – car model manufactured by Kia
- Mazda3 – car model
The most popular cars in Portuguese Wikipedia
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
- Chevrolet Opala – mid-size car
- Volkswagen Gol – Brazilian subcompact, 1980–
- Ford Model T – American car (1908-1927)
- Chevrolet Chevette – city car and mid-size car
- Fiat Palio – car model
- Toyota Supra – Sports car manufactured by Toyota
- Chevrolet Corsa – city car
- Fiat Uno – car model
- Ford Maverick – car model
- Nissan GT-R – automobile model by Nissan
- Bugatti Veyron – grand touring car
- Nissan Skyline – car model
- Mazda RX-7 – car model
- DeLorean DMC-12 – 1980s automobile known for its gull-wing doors, brushed stainless steel body panels, and its appearances in the Back to the Future franchise
- Nissan Skyline (R34) GT-R
- Chevrolet Celta – low cost supermini car
- Chevrolet Omega – executive car
- Volkswagen Brasília – car model by Volkswagen
- Ferrari F40 – car model
The most popular cars in Russian Wikipedia
- Lada Niva – Russian off-road vehicle
- Lada Riva – car model
- VAZ-2101 – car model
- GAZelle – car model
- Lada 110 – car model
- LADA Kalina – car model
- VAZ-2106 – VAZ-2106 automobile
- LADA Priora – compact car produced by the Russian automaker AvtoVAZ
- GAZ-21
- Toyota Land Cruiser – Four-wheel-drive vehicle
- LADA Granta – car model
- GAZ-24 – car model
- Dacia Logan – subcompact car produced by Renault and Dacia
- Ural-4320 – offroad-truck
- Nissan Skyline – car model
- Lada Vesta – Russian car model
- Chevrolet Niva – US-Russia joint venture compact SUV.
- GAZ-M20 Pobeda – car model
- GAZ-3110 – automobile
- Škoda Octavia – car model
The most popular cars in Spanish Wikipedia
- Ford Model T – American car (1908-1927)
- Volkswagen Beetle – car model
- Nissan Skyline – car model
- DeLorean DMC-12 – 1980s automobile known for its gull-wing doors, brushed stainless steel body panels, and its appearances in the Back to the Future franchise
- Ford F-Series – series of light- and medium-duty trucks
- Toyota Supra – Sports car manufactured by Toyota
- Tesla Roadster (2008) – Electric convertible sports car produced 2008–2012
- Toyota Hilux – Series of light commercial vehicles produced by Toyota Motor Corporation
- Ferrari F40 – car model
- Mitsubishi Pajero – car model
- Tesla Model S – electric sedan produced and sold by Tesla Motors
- Ford Falcon (Argentina) – car model in Argentina
- Bugatti Veyron – grand touring car
- Volkswagen Gol – Brazilian subcompact, 1980–
- SEAT 600 – car model
- Lykan HyperSport – Lebanese limited production hypercar by W Motors
- Bugatti Chiron – mid-engined sports car and the successor to the Bugatti Veiron
- McLaren F1 – sports car
- Chevrolet C/K – full-size pickup truck
- Toyota Land Cruiser – Four-wheel-drive vehicle
The most popular cars in other months are available on https://wikirank.net/top/automobile