Candle wick

Candle wick - braided cord that supports and fuels a candle's flame. Article “Candle wick” in English Wikipedia has 40.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Candle wick”, its content was written by 94 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 400 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 64 times in English Wikipedia and cited 667 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #30633 in September 2012
• Global: #22828 in March 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #99717 in May 2024
• Global: #131851 in December 2008

There are 22 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	Catalan (ca) Metxa		51.0028
2	English (en) Candle wick		40.382
3	Ukrainian (uk) Ґніт		37.3535
4	Chinese (zh) 燈芯		36.6342
5	Czech (cs) Knot		28.2477
6	Italian (it) Stoppino		26.0537
7	Russian (ru) Фитиль		25.592
8	German (de) Docht		23.7259
9	Lithuanian (lt) Dagtis		20.8806
10	Arabic (ar) فتيل شمعة		18.505

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Candle wick" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Candle wick		827 128
2	German (de) Docht		236 335
3	Russian (ru) Фитиль		150 555
4	Italian (it) Stoppino		89 119
5	Polish (pl) Knot		86 592
6	Portuguese (pt) Pavio		84 816
7	Spanish (es) Mecha (cuerda)		77 078
8	French (fr) Mèche à feu		51 578
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ґніт		39 846
10	Swedish (sv) Veke		33 362

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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 "Candle wick" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Candle wick		2 761
2	Russian (ru) Фитиль		543
3	Spanish (es) Mecha (cuerda)		328
4	Italian (it) Stoppino		298
5	German (de) Docht		295
6	Chinese (zh) 燈芯		203
7	Portuguese (pt) Pavio		171
8	French (fr) Mèche à feu		152
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ґніт		118
10	Polish (pl) Knot		109

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Candle wick		94
2	German (de) Docht		68
3	Italian (it) Stoppino		29
4	Polish (pl) Knot		23
5	Dutch (nl) Pit (kaars)		21
6	Spanish (es) Mecha (cuerda)		20
7	French (fr) Mèche à feu		20
8	Czech (cs) Knot		17
9	Russian (ru) Фитиль		14
10	Ukrainian (uk) Ґніт		13

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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 "Candle wick" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) فتيل شمعة		0
2	Belarusian (be) Кнот		0
3	Catalan (ca) Metxa		0
4	Czech (cs) Knot		0
5	German (de) Docht		0
6	English (en) Candle wick		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Meĉo		0
8	Spanish (es) Mecha (cuerda)		0
9	Basque (eu) Metxa		0
10	French (fr) Mèche à feu		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 "Candle wick" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Docht		86
2	Russian (ru) Фитиль		66
3	English (en) Candle wick		64
4	Spanish (es) Mecha (cuerda)		58
5	Catalan (ca) Metxa		53
6	Ukrainian (uk) Ґніт		49
7	French (fr) Mèche à feu		47
8	Italian (it) Stoppino		26
9	Swedish (sv) Veke		26
10	Czech (cs) Knot		22

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic فتيل شمعة
be	Belarusian Кнот
ca	Catalan Metxa
cs	Czech Knot
de	German Docht
en	English Candle wick
eo	Esperanto Meĉo
es	Spanish Mecha (cuerda)
eu	Basque Metxa
fr	French Mèche à feu
he	Hebrew פתילה
hr	Croatian Stijenj
it	Italian Stoppino
lt	Lithuanian Dagtis
nl	Dutch Pit (kaars)
no	Norwegian Veke
pl	Polish Knot
pt	Portuguese Pavio
ru	Russian Фитиль
sv	Swedish Veke
uk	Ukrainian Ґніт
zh	Chinese 燈芯

Best Rank

English: #99717 05.2024

Global: #131851 12.2008

Best Rank

English: #30633 09.2012

Global: #22828 03.2011

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