Bow shock

en

WikiRank.net
ver. 1.6.3

Bow shock

Quality:

Bow shock - boundary between a magnetosphere and an ambient magnetized medium, for example when the solar wind encounters the magnetic field of Earth. Article “Bow shock” in English Wikipedia has 68 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 40 references and 13 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 shock”, its content was written by 93 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 285 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 231 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1164 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12719 in May 2005
  • Global: #28568 in July 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #104105 in June 2012
  • Global: #125362 in June 2012

There are 23 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Bow shock
68.0186
2Simple English (simple)
Bow shock
49.2902
3Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
45.3455
4Ukrainian (uk)
Дугоподібна ударна хвиля
44.6904
5Persian (fa)
شوک تعظیم
33.2271
6Latin (la)
Unda prorae (astronomia)
29.9313
7Arabic (ar)
انحناء صدمي
29.6511
8German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
28.273
9Italian (it)
Bow shock
24.7529
10Belarusian (be)
Галоўная ўдарная хваля
22.1685
More...

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 "Bow shock" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Bow shock
762 336
2Japanese (ja)
バウショック
178 190
3Italian (it)
Bow shock
98 452
4Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
62 724
5Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
46 375
6German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
28 977
7Spanish (es)
Arco de choque
27 753
8Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
24 661
9Dutch (nl)
Boegschok
16 255
10Portuguese (pt)
Choque em arco
13 690
More...

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Bow shock" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Bow shock
2 036
2Japanese (ja)
バウショック
447
3Italian (it)
Bow shock
157
4Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
140
5Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
124
6German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
108
7Spanish (es)
Arco de choque
40
8French (fr)
Arc de choc
37
9Persian (fa)
شوک تعظیم
29
10Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
25
More...

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

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Bow shock" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Bow shock
93
2Italian (it)
Bow shock
28
3Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
17
4Japanese (ja)
バウショック
15
5Dutch (nl)
Boegschok
15
6French (fr)
Arc de choc
14
7German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
13
8Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
12
9Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
11
10Persian (fa)
شوک تعظیم
9
More...

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

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Bow shock" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
انحناء صدمي
1
2Belarusian (be)
Галоўная ўдарная хваля
0
3Catalan (ca)
Xoc en arc
0
4German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
0
5English (en)
Bow shock
0
6Spanish (es)
Arco de choque
0
7Basque (eu)
Talka arku
0
8Persian (fa)
شوک تعظیم
0
9French (fr)
Arc de choc
0
10Croatian (hr)
Udarni front (astrofizika)
0
More...

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Bow shock" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Bow shock
231
2Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
135
3Italian (it)
Bow shock
102
4Japanese (ja)
バウショック
81
5Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
73
6Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
71
7Catalan (ca)
Xoc en arc
67
8Arabic (ar)
انحناء صدمي
65
9Turkish (tr)
Yay şoku
50
10Portuguese (pt)
Choque em arco
49
More...

Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
English:
Global:
Popularity in all years:
English:
Global:
Authors in June 2026:
English:
Global:
Registered authors in all years:
English:
Global:
Citations:
English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
انحناء صدمي
beBelarusian
Галоўная ўдарная хваля
caCatalan
Xoc en arc
deGerman
Bugstoßwelle
enEnglish
Bow shock
esSpanish
Arco de choque
euBasque
Talka arku
faPersian
شوک تعظیم
frFrench
Arc de choc
hrCroatian
Udarni front (astrofizika)
itItalian
Bow shock
jaJapanese
バウショック
koKorean
활모양충격파
laLatin
Unda prorae (astronomia)
ltLithuanian
Kilio banga (astronomija)
nlDutch
Boegschok
noNorwegian
Baugsjokket
ptPortuguese
Choque em arco
ruRussian
Головная ударная волна
simpleSimple English
Bow shock
trTurkish
Yay şoku
ukUkrainian
Дугоподібна ударна хвиля
zhChinese
弓形震波

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#104105
06.2012
Global:
#125362
06.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12719
05.2005
Global:
#28568
07.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Bow shock from Wikipedia articles about Betelgeuse, Heliosphere, Outer space, Voyager 1 and Heliopause. Whereas reading the article about Bow shock people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Heliosphere, Stellar wind, Bow shock, Magnetopause and Interstellar medium.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Bow shock

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

About WikiRank

The WikiRank project is intended for automatic relative evaluation of the articles in the various language versions of Wikipedia. At the moment the service allows to compare over 50 million Wikipedia articles in 55 languages. Quality scores of articles are based on Wikipedia dumps from July, 2026. When calculating current popularity and AI of articles data from June 2026 was taken into account. For historical values of popularity and AI WikiRank used data from 2001 to 2026... More information