Digital obsolescence

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Digital obsolescence

Quality:

Digital obsolescence - situation where a digital resource is no longer readable because of its archaic format. Article “Digital obsolescence” in English Wikipedia has 66.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 66 references and 8 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.

In June 2025 the article “Digital obsolescence” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Digital obsolescence”, its content was written by 67 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 143 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 45 times in English Wikipedia and cited 122 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #61493 in November 2023
  • Global: #49472 in December 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #315322 in September 2012
  • Global: #491210 in September 2012

There are 5 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Digital obsolescence
66.7632
2Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència digital
42.1346
3German (de)
Informationsverlust
27.1395
4Italian (it)
Obsolescenza digitale
17.0478
5Arabic (ar)
تقادم رقمي
13.1764
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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 "Digital obsolescence" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Digital obsolescence
185 696
2German (de)
Informationsverlust
42 515
3Italian (it)
Obsolescenza digitale
25 083
4Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència digital
2 704
5Arabic (ar)
تقادم رقمي
2 066
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Digital obsolescence" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Digital obsolescence
1 208
2Italian (it)
Obsolescenza digitale
87
3German (de)
Informationsverlust
55
4Arabic (ar)
تقادم رقمي
11
5Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència digital
4
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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 "Digital obsolescence" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Digital obsolescence
67
2German (de)
Informationsverlust
34
3Italian (it)
Obsolescenza digitale
20
4Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència digital
17
5Arabic (ar)
تقادم رقمي
5
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Digital obsolescence" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Digital obsolescence
2
2Arabic (ar)
تقادم رقمي
0
3Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència digital
0
4German (de)
Informationsverlust
0
5Italian (it)
Obsolescenza digitale
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 "Digital obsolescence" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Digital obsolescence
45
2German (de)
Informationsverlust
34
3Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència digital
18
4Italian (it)
Obsolescenza digitale
15
5Arabic (ar)
تقادم رقمي
10
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تقادم رقمي
caCatalan
Obsolescència digital
deGerman
Informationsverlust
enEnglish
Digital obsolescence
itItalian
Obsolescenza digitale

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#315322
09.2012
Global:
#491210
09.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#61493
11.2023
Global:
#49472
12.2015

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Digital obsolescence from Wikipedia articles about BBC Domesday Project, Digital dark age, Obsolescence, Vint Cerf and Product life-cycle. Whereas reading the article about Digital obsolescence people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Digital dark age, BBC Domesday Project, Disc rot, Obsolescence and Video game preservation.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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