Apparent magnitude

Apparent magnitude - measure of brightness for celestial objects, as seen from Earth. Article “Apparent magnitude” in English Wikipedia has 72.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 110 references and 13 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 8.1 points.

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 2026 the article “Apparent magnitude” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Apparent magnitude”, its content was written by 467 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1861 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 14014 times in English Wikipedia (1334^th place) and cited 281941 times in all languages (380^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #995 in February 2003
• Global: #1452 in January 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #13780 in July 2014
• Global: #15699 in July 2014

There are 49 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) Apparent magnitude		72.8882
2	Chinese (zh) 视星等		64.3421
3	Portuguese (pt) Magnitude aparente		62.6324
4	Turkish (tr) Kadir (astronomi)		54.5132
5	Korean (ko) 겉보기등급		46.0057
6	German (de) Scheinbare Helligkeit		45.5254
7	Polish (pl) Obserwowana wielkość gwiazdowa		45.2658
8	French (fr) Magnitude apparente		43.7661
9	Basque (eu) Itxurazko magnitude		42.8617
10	Romanian (ro) Magnitudine aparentă		41.5277

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Apparent magnitude" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Apparent magnitude		4 940 697
2	German (de) Scheinbare Helligkeit		1 151 960
3	Spanish (es) Magnitud aparente		658 410
4	Russian (ru) Видимая звёздная величина		600 100
5	Italian (it) Magnitudine apparente		589 487
6	French (fr) Magnitude apparente		515 382
7	Chinese (zh) 视星等		302 580
8	Portuguese (pt) Magnitude aparente		242 613
9	Polish (pl) Obserwowana wielkość gwiazdowa		206 601
10	Thai (th) โชติมาตรปรากฏ		199 352

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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 "Apparent magnitude" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Apparent magnitude		11 170
2	German (de) Scheinbare Helligkeit		2 177
3	Russian (ru) Видимая звёздная величина		1 275
4	French (fr) Magnitude apparente		1 066
5	Chinese (zh) 视星等		958
6	Japanese (ja) 見かけの等級		936
7	Italian (it) Magnitudine apparente		820
8	Spanish (es) Magnitud aparente		713
9	Portuguese (pt) Magnitude aparente		334
10	Polish (pl) Obserwowana wielkość gwiazdowa		323

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Apparent magnitude		467
2	German (de) Scheinbare Helligkeit		255
3	French (fr) Magnitude apparente		113
4	Italian (it) Magnitudine apparente		97
5	Spanish (es) Magnitud aparente		60
6	Finnish (fi) Magnitudi (tähtitiede)		57
7	Hebrew (he) בהירות נראית		54
8	Hungarian (hu) Magnitúdó		50
9	Polish (pl) Obserwowana wielkość gwiazdowa		48
10	Persian (fa) قدر ظاهری		37

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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 "Apparent magnitude" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Apparent magnitude		3
2	Arabic (ar) قدر ظاهري		1
3	Basque (eu) Itxurazko magnitude		1
4	Japanese (ja) 見かけの等級		1
5	Turkish (tr) Kadir (astronomi)		1
6	Azerbaijani (az) Görünən ulduz ölçüsü		0
7	Belarusian (be) Бачная зорная велічыня		0
8	Bulgarian (bg) Видима звездна величина		0
9	Catalan (ca) Magnitud aparent		0
10	Czech (cs) Hvězdná velikost		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 "Apparent magnitude" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Ukrainian (uk) Видима зоряна величина		22 308
2	Serbian (sr) Привидна звездана величина		20 192
3	German (de) Scheinbare Helligkeit		17 145
4	Russian (ru) Видимая звёздная величина		16 959
5	Esperanto (eo) Ŝajna magnitudo		16 118
6	Polish (pl) Obserwowana wielkość gwiazdowa		14 646
7	English (en) Apparent magnitude		14 014
8	French (fr) Magnitude apparente		12 947
9	Chinese (zh) 视星等		12 312
10	Uzbek (uz) Koʻrinma yulduz kattaligi		10 821

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قدر ظاهري
az	Azerbaijani Görünən ulduz ölçüsü
be	Belarusian Бачная зорная велічыня
bg	Bulgarian Видима звездна величина
ca	Catalan Magnitud aparent
cs	Czech Hvězdná velikost
de	German Scheinbare Helligkeit
el	Greek Φαινόμενο μέγεθος
en	English Apparent magnitude
eo	Esperanto Ŝajna magnitudo
es	Spanish Magnitud aparente
et	Estonian Tähesuurus
eu	Basque Itxurazko magnitude
fa	Persian قدر ظاهری
fi	Finnish Magnitudi (tähtitiede)
fr	French Magnitude apparente
gl	Galician Magnitude aparente
he	Hebrew בהירות נראית
hi	Hindi सापेक्ष कांतिमान
hr	Croatian Prividna magnituda
hu	Hungarian Magnitúdó
hy	Armenian Տեսանելի աստղային մեծություն
id	Indonesian Magnitudo semu
it	Italian Magnitudine apparente
ja	Japanese 見かけの等級
ka	Georgian ვარსკვლავიერი სიდიდე
ko	Korean 겉보기등급
la	Latin Magnitudo apparens (astronomia)
lt	Lithuanian Regimasis ryškis
ms	Malay Magnitud ketara
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Tilsynelatande storleiksklasse
no	Norwegian Tilsynelatende størrelsesklasse
pl	Polish Obserwowana wielkość gwiazdowa
pt	Portuguese Magnitude aparente
ro	Romanian Magnitudine aparentă
ru	Russian Видимая звёздная величина
sh	Serbo-Croatian Prividna magnituda
simple	Simple English Magnitude (astronomy)
sk	Slovak Zdanlivá hviezdna veľkosť
sl	Slovenian Navidezni sij
sr	Serbian Привидна звездана величина
sv	Swedish Skenbar magnitud
ta	Tamil தோற்ற ஒளிப்பொலிவெண்
th	Thai โชติมาตรปรากฏ
tr	Turkish Kadir (astronomi)
uk	Ukrainian Видима зоряна величина
uz	Uzbek Koʻrinma yulduz kattaligi
vi	Vietnamese Cấp sao biểu kiến
zh	Chinese 视星等

Best Rank

English: #13780 07.2014

Global: #15699 07.2014

Best Rank

English: #995 02.2003

Global: #1452 01.2013

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