Battle of the Barents Sea

Battle of the Barents Sea - 1942 battle between warships of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. Article “Battle of the Barents Sea” in English Wikipedia has 49.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 23 references and 17 sections.

This article has the best quality in Italian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Battle of the Barents Sea”, its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 578 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 175 times in English Wikipedia and cited 829 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #32228 in September 2004
• Global: #30317 in October 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #139043 in May 2011
• Global: #112445 in November 2020

There are 20 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	Italian (it) Battaglia del mare di Barents		61.3105
2	English (en) Battle of the Barents Sea		49.851
3	Catalan (ca) Batalla del Mar de Barents		49.8485
4	Greek (el) Ναυμαχία της Θάλασσας του Μπάρεντς		41.3424
5	Dutch (nl) Slag in de Barentszzee		38.9156
6	French (fr) Bataille de la mer de Barents		27.4179
7	Polish (pl) Bitwa na Morzu Barentsa		27.321
8	Turkish (tr) Regenbogen Harekâtı		24.2563
9	Russian (ru) Бой в Баренцевом море		23.7808
10	Chinese (zh) 巴伦支海海战		22.6067

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Battle of the Barents Sea" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Battle of the Barents Sea		775 543
2	German (de) Schlacht in der Barentssee		297 973
3	Japanese (ja) バレンツ海海戦		198 274
4	Russian (ru) Бой в Баренцевом море		175 220
5	Polish (pl) Bitwa na Morzu Barentsa		94 208
6	French (fr) Bataille de la mer de Barents		85 061
7	Chinese (zh) 巴伦支海海战		51 659
8	Italian (it) Battaglia del mare di Barents		40 068
9	Greek (el) Ναυμαχία της Θάλασσας του Μπάρεντς		18 651
10	Dutch (nl) Slag in de Barentszzee		11 417

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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 "Battle of the Barents Sea" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Battle of the Barents Sea		3 829
2	German (de) Schlacht in der Barentssee		1 168
3	Japanese (ja) バレンツ海海戦		625
4	Russian (ru) Бой в Баренцевом море		397
5	Chinese (zh) 巴伦支海海战		346
6	French (fr) Bataille de la mer de Barents		266
7	Polish (pl) Bitwa na Morzu Barentsa		243
8	Italian (it) Battaglia del mare di Barents		158
9	Dutch (nl) Slag in de Barentszzee		70
10	Czech (cs) Bitva v Barentsově moři		47

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Battle of the Barents Sea		127
2	French (fr) Bataille de la mer de Barents		83
3	German (de) Schlacht in der Barentssee		79
4	Russian (ru) Бой в Баренцевом море		58
5	Italian (it) Battaglia del mare di Barents		56
6	Japanese (ja) バレンツ海海戦		37
7	Polish (pl) Bitwa na Morzu Barentsa		30
8	Hebrew (he) קרב ים ברנץ		24
9	Greek (el) Ναυμαχία της Θάλασσας του Μπάρεντς		14
10	Chinese (zh) 巴伦支海海战		12

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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 "Battle of the Barents Sea" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Batalla del Mar de Barents		3
2	Czech (cs) Bitva v Barentsově moři		1
3	Greek (el) Ναυμαχία της Θάλασσας του Μπάρεντς		1
4	Norwegian (no) Slaget i Barentshavet		1
5	Turkish (tr) Regenbogen Harekâtı		1
6	Ukrainian (uk) Бій у Баренцовому морі		1
7	Arabic (ar) معركة بحر بارنتس		0
8	German (de) Schlacht in der Barentssee		0
9	English (en) Battle of the Barents Sea		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Batalo de la Barenca maro		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 "Battle of the Barents Sea" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Bataille de la mer de Barents		201
2	English (en) Battle of the Barents Sea		175
3	German (de) Schlacht in der Barentssee		57
4	Japanese (ja) バレンツ海海戦		56
5	Portuguese (pt) Batalha do Mar de Barents		56
6	Russian (ru) Бой в Баренцевом море		42
7	Italian (it) Battaglia del mare di Barents		41
8	Arabic (ar) معركة بحر بارنتس		38
9	Ukrainian (uk) Бій у Баренцовому морі		36
10	Chinese (zh) 巴伦支海海战		33

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic معركة بحر بارنتس
ca	Catalan Batalla del Mar de Barents
cs	Czech Bitva v Barentsově moři
de	German Schlacht in der Barentssee
el	Greek Ναυμαχία της Θάλασσας του Μπάρεντς
en	English Battle of the Barents Sea
eo	Esperanto Batalo de la Barenca maro
fi	Finnish Barentsinmeren taistelu
fr	French Bataille de la mer de Barents
he	Hebrew קרב ים ברנץ
it	Italian Battaglia del mare di Barents
ja	Japanese バレンツ海海戦
nl	Dutch Slag in de Barentszzee
no	Norwegian Slaget i Barentshavet
pl	Polish Bitwa na Morzu Barentsa
pt	Portuguese Batalha do Mar de Barents
ru	Russian Бой в Баренцевом море
tr	Turkish Regenbogen Harekâtı
uk	Ukrainian Бій у Баренцовому морі
zh	Chinese 巴伦支海海战

Best Rank

English: #139043 05.2011

Global: #112445 11.2020

Best Rank

English: #32228 09.2004

Global: #30317 10.2006

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