Aether (classical element)

Aether - classical element in philosophy and cosmology symbolising universe. Article “Aether (classical element)” in English Wikipedia has 53.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 34 references and 8 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 “Aether (classical element)”, its content was written by 319 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 855 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 292 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2144 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1846 in November 2001
• Global: #1972 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #19409 in November 2019
• Global: #23122 in May 2024

There are 28 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) Aether (classical element)		53.0877
2	Italian (it) Etere (elemento classico)		41.7315
3	Portuguese (pt) Éter (elemento)		41.5347
4	French (fr) Éther (physique)		41.471
5	Spanish (es) Éter (elemento)		36.0144
6	Polish (pl) Eter (filozofia)		25.1682
7	Tamil (ta) ஈதர் (செவ்வியல் தனிமம்)		23.2457
8	Russian (ru) Эфир (стихия)		22.2001
9	Indonesian (id) Eter (elemen klasik)		19.8985
10	Norwegian (no) Eter (klassisk element)		19.3544

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Aether (classical element)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Aether (classical element)		6 127 607
2	French (fr) Éther (physique)		968 601
3	Russian (ru) Эфир (стихия)		747 313
4	Japanese (ja) エーテル (哲学)		654 176
5	Italian (it) Etere (elemento classico)		457 785
6	Spanish (es) Éter (elemento)		449 157
7	Portuguese (pt) Éter (elemento)		345 841
8	Arabic (ar) أثير		194 518
9	Polish (pl) Eter (filozofia)		172 075
10	Turkish (tr) Esîr		152 092

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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 "Aether (classical element)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Aether (classical element)		22 093
2	Spanish (es) Éter (elemento)		3 162
3	Japanese (ja) エーテル (哲学)		1 922
4	French (fr) Éther (physique)		1 876
5	Russian (ru) Эфир (стихия)		1 856
6	Italian (it) Etere (elemento classico)		1 446
7	Portuguese (pt) Éter (elemento)		1 127
8	Persian (fa) اثیر (عنصر باستانی)		457
9	Polish (pl) Eter (filozofia)		343
10	Turkish (tr) Esîr		273

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Aether (classical element)		319
2	French (fr) Éther (physique)		135
3	Italian (it) Etere (elemento classico)		74
4	Hebrew (he) אתר (פיזיקה)		41
5	Russian (ru) Эфир (стихия)		41
6	Portuguese (pt) Éter (elemento)		31
7	Japanese (ja) エーテル (哲学)		26
8	Polish (pl) Eter (filozofia)		22
9	Turkish (tr) Esîr		20
10	Arabic (ar) أثير		18

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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 "Aether (classical element)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Hebrew (he) אתר (פיזיקה)		2
2	Czech (cs) Éter (živel)		1
3	Arabic (ar) أثير		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Efir (element)		0
5	Belarusian (be) Эфір (стыхія)		0
6	Catalan (ca) Èter (element)		0
7	Greek (el) Αιθέρας (ουσία)		0
8	English (en) Aether (classical element)		0
9	Spanish (es) Éter (elemento)		0
10	Estonian (et) Eeter (element)		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 "Aether (classical element)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Éther (physique)		430
2	Italian (it) Etere (elemento classico)		314
3	English (en) Aether (classical element)		292
4	Russian (ru) Эфир (стихия)		271
5	Japanese (ja) エーテル (哲学)		79
6	Portuguese (pt) Éter (elemento)		76
7	Hebrew (he) אתר (פיזיקה)		65
8	Korean (ko) 아이테르 (원소설)		64
9	Armenian (hy) Եթեր		58
10	Arabic (ar) أثير		56

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أثير
az	Azerbaijani Efir (element)
be	Belarusian Эфір (стыхія)
ca	Catalan Èter (element)
cs	Czech Éter (živel)
el	Greek Αιθέρας (ουσία)
en	English Aether (classical element)
es	Spanish Éter (elemento)
et	Estonian Eeter (element)
fa	Persian اثیر (عنصر باستانی)
fi	Finnish Eetteri (alkuaine)
fr	French Éther (physique)
he	Hebrew אתר (פיזיקה)
hy	Armenian Եթեր
id	Indonesian Eter (elemen klasik)
it	Italian Etere (elemento classico)
ja	Japanese エーテル (哲学)
ko	Korean 아이테르 (원소설)
nl	Dutch Ether (klassiek element)
no	Norwegian Eter (klassisk element)
pl	Polish Eter (filozofia)
pt	Portuguese Éter (elemento)
ro	Romanian Eter (element clasic)
ru	Russian Эфир (стихия)
sk	Slovak Quinta essentia
ta	Tamil ஈதர் (செவ்வியல் தனிமம்)
tr	Turkish Esîr
uk	Ukrainian Ефір (стихія)

Best Rank

English: #19409 11.2019

Global: #23122 05.2024

Best Rank

English: #1846 11.2001

Global: #1972 11.2001

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