Cataclysmic variable star

Cataclysmic variable star - stars which irregularly increase in brightness by a large factor, then drop back down to a quiescent state. Article “Cataclysmic variable star” in English Wikipedia has 22.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Cataclysmic variable star”, its content was written by 87 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 375 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 277 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2036 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9519 in May 2003
• Global: #16970 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #211891 in February 2016
• Global: #246994 in November 2009

There are 24 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	German (de) Kataklysmisch veränderlicher Stern		63.1682
2	Turkish (tr) Kataklizmik değişen yıldızlar		38.2814
3	Latin (la) Stella variabilis cataclysmica		33.2987
4	Japanese (ja) 激変星		30.7143
5	Lithuanian (lt) Sproginėjanti kintamoji žvaigždė		30.6949
6	Uzbek (uz) Kataklizm o'zgaruvchilari		27.7931
7	English (en) Cataclysmic variable star		22.5084
8	Portuguese (pt) Variável cataclísmica		21.7854
9	Persian (fa) دوتایی انفجاری		21.4223
10	Finnish (fi) Kataklysminen muuttuja		20.7537

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Cataclysmic variable star" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cataclysmic variable star		389 637
2	Japanese (ja) 激変星		85 323
3	German (de) Kataklysmisch veränderlicher Stern		55 740
4	Russian (ru) Катаклизмическая переменная		55 127
5	Polish (pl) Układ kataklizmiczny		46 166
6	Spanish (es) Estrella variable cataclísmica		32 145
7	French (fr) Variable cataclysmique		24 429
8	Chinese (zh) 激變變星		22 097
9	Lithuanian (lt) Sproginėjanti kintamoji žvaigždė		21 308
10	Italian (it) Variabile cataclismica		19 974

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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 "Cataclysmic variable star" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cataclysmic variable star		1 332
2	Japanese (ja) 激変星		280
3	German (de) Kataklysmisch veränderlicher Stern		168
4	Italian (it) Variabile cataclismica		133
5	Chinese (zh) 激變變星		111
6	Russian (ru) Катаклизмическая переменная		107
7	French (fr) Variable cataclysmique		65
8	Polish (pl) Układ kataklizmiczny		65
9	Spanish (es) Estrella variable cataclísmica		56
10	Portuguese (pt) Variável cataclísmica		32

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Cataclysmic variable star		87
2	German (de) Kataklysmisch veränderlicher Stern		48
3	Russian (ru) Катаклизмическая переменная		33
4	Japanese (ja) 激変星		31
5	Italian (it) Variabile cataclismica		25
6	French (fr) Variable cataclysmique		23
7	Polish (pl) Układ kataklizmiczny		16
8	Finnish (fi) Kataklysminen muuttuja		15
9	Turkish (tr) Kataklizmik değişen yıldızlar		14
10	Lithuanian (lt) Sproginėjanti kintamoji žvaigždė		12

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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 "Cataclysmic variable star" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) نجم متغير كارثي		0
2	Catalan (ca) Estrella variable cataclísmica		0
3	German (de) Kataklysmisch veränderlicher Stern		0
4	Greek (el) Κατακλυσμικοί μεταβλητοί αστέρες		0
5	English (en) Cataclysmic variable star		0
6	Spanish (es) Estrella variable cataclísmica		0
7	Basque (eu) Izar aldakor kataklismiko		0
8	Persian (fa) دوتایی انفجاری		0
9	Finnish (fi) Kataklysminen muuttuja		0
10	French (fr) Variable cataclysmique		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 "Cataclysmic variable star" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Variable cataclysmique		344
2	English (en) Cataclysmic variable star		277
3	Russian (ru) Катаклизмическая переменная		176
4	Chinese (zh) 激變變星		132
5	Catalan (ca) Estrella variable cataclísmica		127
6	Italian (it) Variabile cataclismica		108
7	Arabic (ar) نجم متغير كارثي		105
8	Ukrainian (uk) Катаклізмічні змінні зорі		105
9	Japanese (ja) 激変星		104
10	Dutch (nl) Cataclysmisch variabele ster		102

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نجم متغير كارثي
ca	Catalan Estrella variable cataclísmica
de	German Kataklysmisch veränderlicher Stern
el	Greek Κατακλυσμικοί μεταβλητοί αστέρες
en	English Cataclysmic variable star
es	Spanish Estrella variable cataclísmica
eu	Basque Izar aldakor kataklismiko
fa	Persian دوتایی انفجاری
fi	Finnish Kataklysminen muuttuja
fr	French Variable cataclysmique
it	Italian Variabile cataclismica
ja	Japanese 激変星
ko	Korean 격변변광성
la	Latin Stella variabilis cataclysmica
lt	Lithuanian Sproginėjanti kintamoji žvaigždė
nl	Dutch Cataclysmisch variabele ster
pl	Polish Układ kataklizmiczny
pt	Portuguese Variável cataclísmica
ro	Romanian Variabilă cataclismică
ru	Russian Катаклизмическая переменная
tr	Turkish Kataklizmik değişen yıldızlar
uk	Ukrainian Катаклізмічні змінні зорі
uz	Uzbek Kataklizm o'zgaruvchilari
zh	Chinese 激變變星

Best Rank

English: #211891 02.2016

Global: #246994 11.2009

Best Rank

English: #9519 05.2003

Global: #16970 05.2003

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