Cathode ray

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Cathode ray

Quality:

Cathode ray - stream of electrons observed in vacuum tubes. Article “Cathode ray” in English Wikipedia has 61.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 29 references and 20 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.24 points.

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 “Cathode ray”, its content was written by 228 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1005 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 195 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1986 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2108 in October 2001
  • Global: #2360 in October 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #45837 in September 2014
  • Global: #24464 in September 2012

There are 42 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)
Cathode ray
61.6088
2Croatian (hr)
Katodno zračenje
49.4408
3Ukrainian (uk)
Електронний промінь
49.1071
4Greek (el)
Καθοδικές ακτίνες
37.7838
5Finnish (fi)
Katodisäde
35.1738
6Hebrew (he)
שפופרת קרן קתודית
34.8117
7German (de)
Elektronenstrahl
27.0916
8Tamil (ta)
எதிர்முனைக் கதிர்கள்
25.3851
9Turkish (tr)
Elektron demeti
24.0849
10Belarusian (be)
Катоднае выпраменьванне
23.5135
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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 "Cathode ray" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Spanish (es)
Rayos catódicos
2 630 629
2English (en)
Cathode ray
2 139 355
3Portuguese (pt)
Raio catódico
471 347
4Japanese (ja)
陰極線
374 890
5German (de)
Elektronenstrahl
356 921
6Arabic (ar)
أشعة مهبطية
302 525
7Italian (it)
Raggio catodico
244 858
8Chinese (zh)
陰極射線
224 420
9Russian (ru)
Катодные лучи
199 579
10Thai (th)
รังสีแคโทด
139 981
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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 "Cathode ray" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cathode ray
3 468
2Spanish (es)
Rayos catódicos
515
3Japanese (ja)
陰極線
508
4Russian (ru)
Катодные лучи
484
5German (de)
Elektronenstrahl
430
6Chinese (zh)
陰極射線
326
7Korean (ko)
음극선
208
8Portuguese (pt)
Raio catódico
161
9Hebrew (he)
שפופרת קרן קתודית
120
10Italian (it)
Raggio catodico
116
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Cathode ray" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cathode ray
228
2German (de)
Elektronenstrahl
99
3Spanish (es)
Rayos catódicos
79
4Hebrew (he)
שפופרת קרן קתודית
58
5Italian (it)
Raggio catodico
56
6Portuguese (pt)
Raio catódico
48
7Russian (ru)
Катодные лучи
43
8Japanese (ja)
陰極線
40
9Arabic (ar)
أشعة مهبطية
36
10French (fr)
Rayon cathodique
33
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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 "Cathode ray" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
أشعة مهبطية
0
2Belarusian (be)
Катоднае выпраменьванне
0
3Bulgarian (bg)
Катоден лъч
0
4Catalan (ca)
Raigs catòdics
0
5Czech (cs)
Katodové záření
0
6German (de)
Elektronenstrahl
0
7Greek (el)
Καθοδικές ακτίνες
0
8English (en)
Cathode ray
0
9Spanish (es)
Rayos catódicos
0
10Estonian (et)
Elektronkiir
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Cathode ray" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Elektronenstrahl
238
2English (en)
Cathode ray
195
3Japanese (ja)
陰極線
190
4Russian (ru)
Катодные лучи
141
5Portuguese (pt)
Raio catódico
101
6Chinese (zh)
陰極射線
95
7Spanish (es)
Rayos catódicos
91
8Ukrainian (uk)
Електронний промінь
91
9Catalan (ca)
Raigs catòdics
89
10Hebrew (he)
שפופרת קרן קתודית
74
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أشعة مهبطية
beBelarusian
Катоднае выпраменьванне
bgBulgarian
Катоден лъч
caCatalan
Raigs catòdics
csCzech
Katodové záření
deGerman
Elektronenstrahl
elGreek
Καθοδικές ακτίνες
enEnglish
Cathode ray
esSpanish
Rayos catódicos
etEstonian
Elektronkiir
euBasque
Izpi katodiko
faPersian
پرتو کاتدی
fiFinnish
Katodisäde
frFrench
Rayon cathodique
glGalician
Raios catódicos
heHebrew
שפופרת קרן קתודית
hiHindi
कैथोड किरणें
hrCroatian
Katodno zračenje
huHungarian
Katódsugárzás
idIndonesian
Sinar katode
itItalian
Raggio catodico
jaJapanese
陰極線
koKorean
음극선
ltLithuanian
Katodiniai spinduliai
nlDutch
Kathodestraal
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Katodestråle
noNorwegian
Katodestråle
ptPortuguese
Raio catódico
roRomanian
Radiație catodică
ruRussian
Катодные лучи
shSerbo-Croatian
Katodni zrak
simpleSimple English
Cathode ray
slSlovenian
Elektronski snop
srSerbian
Katodni zrak
taTamil
எதிர்முனைக் கதிர்கள்
thThai
รังสีแคโทด
trTurkish
Elektron demeti
ukUkrainian
Електронний промінь
uzUzbek
Katod nurlari
viVietnamese
Tia âm cực
zhChinese
陰極射線
zhminnanMin Nan
Im-ke̍k-sòaⁿ

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#45837
09.2014
Global:
#24464
09.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2108
10.2001
Global:
#2360
10.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Cathode ray from Wikipedia articles about Cathode ray tube, Joseph John Thomson, Crookes tube, Philipp Lenard and X-ray. Whereas reading the article about Cathode ray people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Cathode ray tube, Cathode, Crookes tube, Vacuum tube and Joseph John Thomson.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Cathode ray

News from 1 July 2026

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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.

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