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The Story of English in 100 Words

by David Crystal

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
444	31	59,892	(3.61)	13

Popularity

Popularity is position on a rank-ordered list of the number of copies of a works cataloged during a given period. If multiple works have the same number of copies during that period they share a popularity number.

Overall popularity: 59,892

Popularity year-by-year (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Popularity								18,066	21,768	21,313	23,769	51,586	36,327	42,387	74,270	38,854	46,355	89,538	68,898	56,488

Popularity quarter-by-quarter (top 25,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Q1											19,359
Q2								12,613	17,294		17,694
Q3								14,088		21,066
Q4							23,396	21,123	16,812	13,617	20,328

Popularity month-by-month (top 10,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr								7,570
May
Jun											9,287
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec								9,188		7,255

Cumulative popularity by month (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Jan										97,332	76,472	69,541	66,453	63,647	61,055	61,563	58,811	57,580	59,430	59,532
Feb										92,164	74,859	69,694	65,894	63,487	61,433	61,944	58,753	57,803	59,023	59,979
Mar										92,137	74,840	69,842	65,958	63,149	61,093	61,998	58,525	57,624	59,515	59,505
Apr										91,342	74,759	69,183	65,366	63,011	60,976	61,224	58,268	57,840	59,712	59,353
May										88,369	73,791	68,554	65,480	62,673	61,133	61,577	58,239	57,932	59,688	59,338
Jun										88,375	71,981	68,741	65,036	63,131	61,048	60,855	57,836	58,044	59,695	59,499
Jul										87,080	72,455	68,886	64,393	62,487	61,494	59,993	57,943	58,243	59,248	58,798
Aug										84,505	72,398	68,714	64,305	62,663	61,710	60,072	58,179	58,217	59,373	59,095
Sept										83,242	71,938	68,148	63,899	62,216	62,090	59,888	58,010	58,727	59,336	59,417
Oct										81,477	70,308	67,907	63,699	61,844	62,280	59,640	57,993	58,763	59,475	59,084
Nov										80,832	69,971	68,300	64,174	61,415	62,644	59,796	57,928	59,053	59,429	59,083
Dec									98,174	77,963	69,197	67,316	63,426	61,076	61,824	58,823	57,341	59,207	59,524	59,300

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422Language › English & Old English languages › Etymology of standard English

LC Classification

PE1075.C798Language and Literature › English language › English › Modern English

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