Air shower (physics)

Air shower - shower of particles from a high energy cosmic ray hitting Earth's atmosphere. Article “Air shower (physics)” in English Wikipedia has 48.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 22 references and 9 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.

In June 2025 the article “Air shower (physics)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Air shower (physics)”, its content was written by 59 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 182 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 71 times in English Wikipedia and cited 259 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #18600 in February 2005
• Global: #56831 in February 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #331613 in February 2025
• Global: #380807 in April 2009

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, 2025 (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) Air shower (physics)		48.2674
2	Ukrainian (uk) Атмосферна злива (космічні промені)		32.231
3	Portuguese (pt) Chuveiro atmosférico (física)		25.5665
4	Arabic (ar) دش الهواء (فيزياء)		14.306
5	Chinese (zh) 空气簇射		12.7686
6	Polish (pl) Wielki pęk atmosferyczny		12.07
7	Russian (ru) Широкий атмосферный ливень		11.7631
8	Persian (fa) دوش هوا (فیزیک)		11.7356
9	German (de) Luftschauer		8.8281
10	Japanese (ja) 空気シャワー		5.2922

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Air shower (physics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Air shower (physics)		248 154
2	Japanese (ja) 空気シャワー		78 495
3	Russian (ru) Широкий атмосферный ливень		63 265
4	Spanish (es) Cascada atmosférica extensa		35 542
5	German (de) Luftschauer		32 559
6	Polish (pl) Wielki pęk atmosferyczny		24 085
7	French (fr) Gerbe atmosphérique		15 796
8	Korean (ko) 공기 샤워		4 956
9	Chinese (zh) 空气簇射		4 906
10	Portuguese (pt) Chuveiro atmosférico (física)		1 298

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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 "Air shower (physics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Air shower (physics)		2 056
2	Russian (ru) Широкий атмосферный ливень		299
3	Japanese (ja) 空気シャワー		242
4	German (de) Luftschauer		105
5	Spanish (es) Cascada atmosférica extensa		98
6	Chinese (zh) 空气簇射		77
7	French (fr) Gerbe atmosphérique		52
8	Polish (pl) Wielki pęk atmosferyczny		38
9	Portuguese (pt) Chuveiro atmosférico (física)		32
10	Korean (ko) 공기 샤워		15

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Air shower (physics)		59
2	German (de) Luftschauer		35
3	Russian (ru) Широкий атмосферный ливень		17
4	Spanish (es) Cascada atmosférica extensa		15
5	Polish (pl) Wielki pęk atmosferyczny		13
6	French (fr) Gerbe atmosphérique		11
7	Japanese (ja) 空気シャワー		11
8	Chinese (zh) 空气簇射		6
9	Portuguese (pt) Chuveiro atmosférico (física)		4
10	Ukrainian (uk) Атмосферна злива (космічні промені)		4

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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 "Air shower (physics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) دش الهواء (فيزياء)		2
2	English (en) Air shower (physics)		2
3	German (de) Luftschauer		0
4	Spanish (es) Cascada atmosférica extensa		0
5	Persian (fa) دوش هوا (فیزیک)		0
6	French (fr) Gerbe atmosphérique		0
7	Japanese (ja) 空気シャワー		0
8	Korean (ko) 공기 샤워		0
9	Polish (pl) Wielki pęk atmosferyczny		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Chuveiro atmosférico (física)		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 "Air shower (physics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Air shower (physics)		71
2	Ukrainian (uk) Атмосферна злива (космічні промені)		52
3	Russian (ru) Широкий атмосферный ливень		35
4	German (de) Luftschauer		26
5	Japanese (ja) 空気シャワー		20
6	French (fr) Gerbe atmosphérique		17
7	Spanish (es) Cascada atmosférica extensa		16
8	Korean (ko) 공기 샤워		9
9	Chinese (zh) 空气簇射		6
10	Polish (pl) Wielki pęk atmosferyczny		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic دش الهواء (فيزياء)
de	German Luftschauer
en	English Air shower (physics)
es	Spanish Cascada atmosférica extensa
fa	Persian دوش هوا (فیزیک)
fr	French Gerbe atmosphérique
ja	Japanese 空気シャワー
ko	Korean 공기 샤워
pl	Polish Wielki pęk atmosferyczny
pt	Portuguese Chuveiro atmosférico (física)
ru	Russian Широкий атмосферный ливень
uk	Ukrainian Атмосферна злива (космічні промені)
zh	Chinese 空气簇射

Best Rank

English: #331613 02.2025

Global: #380807 04.2009

Best Rank

English: #18600 02.2005

Global: #56831 02.2005

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