Black hole (networking)

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Black hole (networking)

Quality:

Black hole - place in a network where incoming traffic is silently discarded without informing the source. Article “Black hole (networking)” in English Wikipedia has 41.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 32 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 “Black hole (networking)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Black hole (networking)”, its content was written by 93 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 169 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 56 times in English Wikipedia and cited 90 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #54378 in October 2016
  • Global: #82420 in February 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #27018 in May 2016
  • Global: #58656 in May 2016

There are 11 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Black hole (networking)
41.8555
2Dutch (nl)
Zwart gat (computernetwerk)
32.2878
3Bulgarian (bg)
Черна дупка (мрежи)
29.1815
4Russian (ru)
Чёрные дыры (компьютерные сети)
26.6944
5Spanish (es)
Agujero negro de internet
23.7045
6French (fr)
Trou noir (informatique)
22.1895
7German (de)
Black Hole Router
19.4333
8Portuguese (pt)
Buraco negro (rede)
14.7178
9Chinese (zh)
黑洞 (网络)
13.8622
10Polish (pl)
Czarna dziura (sieci komputerowe)
5.5449
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Black hole (networking)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Black hole (networking)
1 118 507
2German (de)
Black Hole Router
48 530
3French (fr)
Trou noir (informatique)
43 342
4Chinese (zh)
黑洞 (网络)
14 946
5Russian (ru)
Чёрные дыры (компьютерные сети)
13 851
6Spanish (es)
Agujero negro de internet
11 107
7Polish (pl)
Czarna dziura (sieci komputerowe)
3 886
8Dutch (nl)
Zwart gat (computernetwerk)
2 533
9Portuguese (pt)
Buraco negro (rede)
1 352
10Bulgarian (bg)
Черна дупка (мрежи)
1 151
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Black hole (networking)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Black hole (networking)
2 661
2Chinese (zh)
黑洞 (网络)
112
3Russian (ru)
Чёрные дыры (компьютерные сети)
102
4French (fr)
Trou noir (informatique)
47
5German (de)
Black Hole Router
45
6Spanish (es)
Agujero negro de internet
38
7Polish (pl)
Czarna dziura (sieci komputerowe)
19
8Portuguese (pt)
Buraco negro (rede)
17
9Korean (ko)
블랙홀 (네트워킹)
14
10Dutch (nl)
Zwart gat (computernetwerk)
12
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Black hole (networking)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Black hole (networking)
93
2French (fr)
Trou noir (informatique)
22
3German (de)
Black Hole Router
21
4Chinese (zh)
黑洞 (网络)
7
5Russian (ru)
Чёрные дыры (компьютерные сети)
6
6Spanish (es)
Agujero negro de internet
5
7Dutch (nl)
Zwart gat (computernetwerk)
5
8Polish (pl)
Czarna dziura (sieci komputerowe)
5
9Portuguese (pt)
Buraco negro (rede)
3
10Bulgarian (bg)
Черна дупка (мрежи)
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Black hole (networking)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Black hole (networking)
2
2Bulgarian (bg)
Черна дупка (мрежи)
0
3German (de)
Black Hole Router
0
4Spanish (es)
Agujero negro de internet
0
5French (fr)
Trou noir (informatique)
0
6Korean (ko)
블랙홀 (네트워킹)
0
7Dutch (nl)
Zwart gat (computernetwerk)
0
8Polish (pl)
Czarna dziura (sieci komputerowe)
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Buraco negro (rede)
0
10Russian (ru)
Чёрные дыры (компьютерные сети)
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Black hole (networking)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Black hole (networking)
56
2French (fr)
Trou noir (informatique)
15
3Chinese (zh)
黑洞 (网络)
9
4German (de)
Black Hole Router
3
5Korean (ko)
블랙홀 (네트워킹)
3
6Russian (ru)
Чёрные дыры (компьютерные сети)
2
7Spanish (es)
Agujero negro de internet
1
8Dutch (nl)
Zwart gat (computernetwerk)
1
9Bulgarian (bg)
Черна дупка (мрежи)
0
10Polish (pl)
Czarna dziura (sieci komputerowe)
0
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
bgBulgarian
Черна дупка (мрежи)
deGerman
Black Hole Router
enEnglish
Black hole (networking)
esSpanish
Agujero negro de internet
frFrench
Trou noir (informatique)
koKorean
블랙홀 (네트워킹)
nlDutch
Zwart gat (computernetwerk)
plPolish
Czarna dziura (sieci komputerowe)
ptPortuguese
Buraco negro (rede)
ruRussian
Чёрные дыры (компьютерные сети)
zhChinese
黑洞 (网络)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#27018
05.2016
Global:
#58656
05.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#54378
10.2016
Global:
#82420
02.2006

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Black hole from Wikipedia articles about Great Firewall, Path MTU Discovery, Bit-bucket, DE-CIX and FINO. Whereas reading the article about Black hole people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Internet background noise, Path MTU Discovery, Reserved IP addresses, Bit-bucket and /dev/null.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 21 February 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Eric Dane, Alysa Liu, Rebecca Gayheart, Jeffrey Epstein, 2026 Winter Olympics, Eileen Gu, John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Deaths in 2026, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo.

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