Bow drill

Bow drill - prehistoric form of drilling tool. Article “Bow drill” in English Wikipedia has 27.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 7 references and 5 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 “Bow drill”, its content was written by 139 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 202 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 632 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1028 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #16545 in April 2003
• Global: #22394 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #54065 in November 2016
• Global: #104667 in November 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Bow drill		27.5626
2	Spanish (es) Taladro de arco		25.9521
3	German (de) Fiedelbohrer		25.3629
4	Korean (ko) 활비비		24.0196
5	Arabic (ar) مثقاب قوسي		23.5494
6	French (fr) Foret à archet		22.7548
7	Japanese (ja) 弓錐		16.7023
8	Persian (fa) مته کمانی		10.5382
9	Finnish (fi) Tulipora		4.4937
10	Swedish (sv) Eldborr		4.3226

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Bow drill" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bow drill		834 632
2	German (de) Fiedelbohrer		27 389
3	Spanish (es) Taladro de arco		19 749
4	Finnish (fi) Tulipora		18 762
5	Swedish (sv) Eldborr		11 080
6	Arabic (ar) مثقاب قوسي		5 493
7	Japanese (ja) 弓錐		3 591
8	Persian (fa) مته کمانی		3 038
9	Dutch (nl) Vuurboog		1 627
10	Korean (ko) 활비비		1 494

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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 "Bow drill" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bow drill		3 143
2	Spanish (es) Taladro de arco		178
3	German (de) Fiedelbohrer		106
4	Japanese (ja) 弓錐		55
5	Finnish (fi) Tulipora		50
6	Korean (ko) 활비비		43
7	French (fr) Foret à archet		42
8	Dutch (nl) Vuurboog		31
9	Swedish (sv) Eldborr		17
10	Persian (fa) مته کمانی		13

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bow drill		139
2	Finnish (fi) Tulipora		15
3	German (de) Fiedelbohrer		13
4	Spanish (es) Taladro de arco		8
5	Swedish (sv) Eldborr		8
6	Arabic (ar) مثقاب قوسي		6
7	French (fr) Foret à archet		4
8	Dutch (nl) Vuurboog		4
9	Japanese (ja) 弓錐		3
10	Persian (fa) مته کمانی		1

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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 "Bow drill" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Foret à archet		1
2	Arabic (ar) مثقاب قوسي		0
3	German (de) Fiedelbohrer		0
4	English (en) Bow drill		0
5	Spanish (es) Taladro de arco		0
6	Persian (fa) مته کمانی		0
7	Finnish (fi) Tulipora		0
8	Japanese (ja) 弓錐		0
9	Korean (ko) 활비비		0
10	Dutch (nl) Vuurboog		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 "Bow drill" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Bow drill		632
2	Arabic (ar) مثقاب قوسي		164
3	Persian (fa) مته کمانی		144
4	Korean (ko) 활비비		42
5	German (de) Fiedelbohrer		16
6	Finnish (fi) Tulipora		8
7	Japanese (ja) 弓錐		6
8	Spanish (es) Taladro de arco		5
9	Dutch (nl) Vuurboog		4
10	Swedish (sv) Eldborr		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مثقاب قوسي
de	German Fiedelbohrer
en	English Bow drill
es	Spanish Taladro de arco
fa	Persian مته کمانی
fi	Finnish Tulipora
fr	French Foret à archet
ja	Japanese 弓錐
ko	Korean 활비비
nl	Dutch Vuurboog
sv	Swedish Eldborr

Best Rank

English: #54065 11.2016

Global: #104667 11.2016

Best Rank

English: #16545 04.2003

Global: #22394 01.2003

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