Additive synthesis

Additive synthesis - sound synthesis technique. Article “Additive synthesis” in English Wikipedia has 93.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 111 references and 22 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Additive synthesis”, its content was written by 121 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 284 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 102 times in English Wikipedia and cited 313 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1707 in October 2001
• Global: #1965 in October 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #136573 in January 2012
• Global: #197997 in January 2012

There are 13 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, 2026 (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) Additive synthesis		93.2594
2	Japanese (ja) 加算合成		62.4975
3	Catalan (ca) Síntesi additiva		32.1651
4	Italian (it) Sintesi additiva (musica elettronica)		25.8092
5	Chinese (zh) 加法合成		24.1645
6	French (fr) Synthèse sonore additive		14.8075
7	Korean (ko) 가산 합성		13.687
8	Russian (ru) Аддитивный синтез (звук)		12.3863
9	German (de) Additive Synthese		8.1478
10	Spanish (es) Síntesis aditiva		3.892

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Additive synthesis		639 228
2	Spanish (es) Síntesis aditiva		92 958
3	German (de) Additive Synthese		70 324
4	French (fr) Synthèse sonore additive		56 046
5	Italian (it) Sintesi additiva (musica elettronica)		43 498
6	Japanese (ja) 加算合成		38 160
7	Polish (pl) Synteza addytywna (dźwięku)		14 628
8	Dutch (nl) Additieve synthese		10 565
9	Chinese (zh) 加法合成		5 024
10	Russian (ru) Аддитивный синтез (звук)		4 295

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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 "Additive synthesis" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Additive synthesis		1 635
2	Russian (ru) Аддитивный синтез (звук)		120
3	Japanese (ja) 加算合成		99
4	French (fr) Synthèse sonore additive		81
5	German (de) Additive Synthese		80
6	Chinese (zh) 加法合成		76
7	Spanish (es) Síntesis aditiva		49
8	Italian (it) Sintesi additiva (musica elettronica)		48
9	Polish (pl) Synteza addytywna (dźwięku)		23
10	Korean (ko) 가산 합성		18

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Additive synthesis		121
2	German (de) Additive Synthese		39
3	French (fr) Synthèse sonore additive		30
4	Spanish (es) Síntesis aditiva		20
5	Italian (it) Sintesi additiva (musica elettronica)		20
6	Japanese (ja) 加算合成		18
7	Dutch (nl) Additieve synthese		18
8	Polish (pl) Synteza addytywna (dźwięku)		7
9	Basque (eu) Sintesi gehigarri		4
10	Russian (ru) Аддитивный синтез (звук)		3

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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 "Additive synthesis" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Síntesi additiva		0
2	German (de) Additive Synthese		0
3	English (en) Additive synthesis		0
4	Spanish (es) Síntesis aditiva		0
5	Basque (eu) Sintesi gehigarri		0
6	French (fr) Synthèse sonore additive		0
7	Italian (it) Sintesi additiva (musica elettronica)		0
8	Japanese (ja) 加算合成		0
9	Korean (ko) 가산 합성		0
10	Dutch (nl) Additieve synthese		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 "Additive synthesis" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Additive synthesis		102
2	French (fr) Synthèse sonore additive		57
3	Japanese (ja) 加算合成		54
4	Dutch (nl) Additieve synthese		23
5	German (de) Additive Synthese		19
6	Spanish (es) Síntesis aditiva		16
7	Italian (it) Sintesi additiva (musica elettronica)		16
8	Chinese (zh) 加法合成		7
9	Polish (pl) Synteza addytywna (dźwięku)		6
10	Korean (ko) 가산 합성		4

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Síntesi additiva
de	German Additive Synthese
en	English Additive synthesis
es	Spanish Síntesis aditiva
eu	Basque Sintesi gehigarri
fr	French Synthèse sonore additive
it	Italian Sintesi additiva (musica elettronica)
ja	Japanese 加算合成
ko	Korean 가산 합성
nl	Dutch Additieve synthese
pl	Polish Synteza addytywna (dźwięku)
ru	Russian Аддитивный синтез (звук)
zh	Chinese 加法合成

Best Rank

English: #136573 01.2012

Global: #197997 01.2012

Best Rank

English: #1707 10.2001

Global: #1965 10.2001

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