Burning glass

Burning glass - large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface. Article “Burning glass” in English Wikipedia has 52.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 24 references and 11 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 “Burning glass”, its content was written by 117 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 270 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 95 times in English Wikipedia and cited 198 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #362 in May 2001
• Global: #378 in May 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #230707 in January 2008
• Global: #191076 in September 2010

There are 12 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) Burning glass		52.2257
2	Arabic (ar) المرايا الحارقة		26.4565
3	Italian (it) Specchio ustorio		22.8148
4	Dutch (nl) Zonnespiegel		20.1049
5	French (fr) Verre ardent		18.192
6	Japanese (ja) 収斂火災		17.6155
7	Thai (th) เลนส์รวมแสง		17.3369
8	Catalan (ca) Lent ustòria		11.7775
9	Spanish (es) Espejo ustorio		8.0069
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Brennglas		4.313

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Burning glass" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Burning glass		502 464
2	Italian (it) Specchio ustorio		322 550
3	Spanish (es) Espejo ustorio		175 149
4	Japanese (ja) 収斂火災		171 495
5	Thai (th) เลนส์รวมแสง		31 992
6	Dutch (nl) Zonnespiegel		25 678
7	Arabic (ar) المرايا الحارقة		15 170
8	French (fr) Verre ardent		14 518
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Brennglas		1 964
10	Armenian (hy) Այրող ապակի		1 337

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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 "Burning glass" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Burning glass		1 645
2	Italian (it) Specchio ustorio		828
3	Japanese (ja) 収斂火災		361
4	Spanish (es) Espejo ustorio		285
5	Dutch (nl) Zonnespiegel		55
6	French (fr) Verre ardent		45
7	Thai (th) เลนส์รวมแสง		14
8	Catalan (ca) Lent ustòria		10
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Brennglas		2
10	Urdu (ur) آتشی شیشہ		2

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Burning glass		117
2	Italian (it) Specchio ustorio		64
3	Spanish (es) Espejo ustorio		21
4	Japanese (ja) 収斂火災		18
5	Dutch (nl) Zonnespiegel		18
6	French (fr) Verre ardent		15
7	Armenian (hy) Այրող ապակի		6
8	Arabic (ar) المرايا الحارقة		5
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Brennglas		2
10	Thai (th) เลนส์รวมแสง		2

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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 "Burning glass" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Lent ustòria		1
2	Italian (it) Specchio ustorio		1
3	Arabic (ar) المرايا الحارقة		0
4	English (en) Burning glass		0
5	Spanish (es) Espejo ustorio		0
6	French (fr) Verre ardent		0
7	Armenian (hy) Այրող ապակի		0
8	Japanese (ja) 収斂火災		0
9	Dutch (nl) Zonnespiegel		0
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Brennglas		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 "Burning glass" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Burning glass		95
2	Italian (it) Specchio ustorio		43
3	Japanese (ja) 収斂火災		22
4	Spanish (es) Espejo ustorio		12
5	French (fr) Verre ardent		7
6	Arabic (ar) المرايا الحارقة		6
7	Dutch (nl) Zonnespiegel		5
8	Catalan (ca) Lent ustòria		3
9	Armenian (hy) Այրող ապակի		2
10	Thai (th) เลนส์รวมแสง		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic المرايا الحارقة
ca	Catalan Lent ustòria
en	English Burning glass
es	Spanish Espejo ustorio
fr	French Verre ardent
hy	Armenian Այրող ապակի
it	Italian Specchio ustorio
ja	Japanese 収斂火災
nl	Dutch Zonnespiegel
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Brennglas
th	Thai เลนส์รวมแสง
ur	Urdu آتشی شیشہ

Best Rank

English: #230707 01.2008

Global: #191076 09.2010

Best Rank

English: #362 05.2001

Global: #378 05.2001

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