Rarest Transition Metal — All 38 Answers Ranked by Rarity

38 answers are accepted for “Name a transition metal”. Bohrium is the rarest transition metal in this ranking, with 40,220 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Dubnium is the second-rarest with 42,389 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.05× the figure for Bohrium. Gold is the most common transition metal in this ranking, with 823,349 monthly Wikipedia views, 20.5× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 38 answers: 8,705,552. Bohrium is 0.5% of that total. 8 answers are Epic or Legendary: Bohrium (Legendary), Dubnium (Legendary), Hassium (Legendary), and 5 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

38 answers to “Name a transition metal”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Bohrium on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	40,220
2	Dubnium on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.973	42,389
3	Hassium on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.946	42,975
4	Darmstadtium on Wikipedia	Epic	0.919	44,228
5	Meitnerium on Wikipedia	Epic	0.892	45,303
6	Seaborgium on Wikipedia	Epic	0.865	50,118
7	Rutherfordium on Wikipedia	Epic	0.838	53,301
8	Roentgenium on Wikipedia	Epic	0.811	60,044
9	Copernicium on Wikipedia	Rare	0.784	69,661
10	Hafnium on Wikipedia	Rare	0.757	89,428
11	Rhenium on Wikipedia	Rare	0.730	105,129
12	Ruthenium on Wikipedia	Rare	0.703	105,319
13	Scandium on Wikipedia	Rare	0.676	117,772
14	Yttrium on Wikipedia	Rare	0.649	128,162
15	Niobium on Wikipedia	Rare	0.622	130,069
16	Technetium on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.595	143,579
17	Zirconium on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.568	149,047
18	Rhodium on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.541	154,440
19	Cadmium on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.514	166,435
20	Tantalum on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.486	171,488
21	Vanadium on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.459	176,666
22	Molybdenum on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.432	223,134
23	Manganese on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.405	236,459
24	Nickel on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.378	256,704
25	Osmium on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.351	258,391
26	Chromium on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.324	267,873
27	Iridium on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.297	273,007
28	Palladium on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.270	275,007
29	Zinc on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.243	297,882
30	Titanium on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.216	328,321
31	Cobalt on Wikipedia	Common	0.189	333,368
32	Platinum on Wikipedia	Common	0.162	385,916
33	Iron on Wikipedia	Common	0.135	467,651
34	Silver on Wikipedia	Common	0.108	493,733
35	Copper on Wikipedia	Common	0.081	552,338
36	Tungsten on Wikipedia	Common	0.054	556,327
37	Mercury on Wikipedia	Common	0.027	590,319
38	Gold on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	823,349

FAQ

What is the rarest transition metal?

Bohrium is the rarest transition metal in this ranking, with 40,220 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many transition metals are there?

There are 38 transition metals in this ranking, from Bohrium (rarest) to Gold (most common).

What is the most common transition metal?

Gold is the most common transition metal in this ranking, with 823,349 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.