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There have been various pieces of analysis carried out on Vital Articles that are relevant:

Vital articles by quality

The following table shows the current distribution of article quality for the circa 50,000 Level 5 vital articles.

Trend in Level 3 quality

The following table shows the trend in the distribution of article quality for the circa 1,000 Level 3 vital articles over time.

FA A GA B C Total
December 1, 2009 82 7 49 586 146 129 999
January 1, 2011 78 8 60 472 255 113 986
January 1, 2012 76 1 76 454 275 109 991
June 29, 2013 88 3 88 450 289 82 1000
October 13, 2013 90 4 92 446 284 83 999
January 13, 2015 90 2 96 417 333 60 998
December 23, 2016 94 2 107 425 355 17 1000
December 10, 2017 91 3 115 392 376 17 994
January 22, 2019 92 4 122 389 380 12 999
December 20, 2019 88 2 121 390 383 17 1001
November 25, 2020 83 1 127 373 402 15 1001
March 19, 2022 73 2 127 387 406 5 1000
January 11, 2023 71 2 128 299 471 27 998
February 5, 2024 71 0 131 403 395 0 1,000

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