Direct reduced iron

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Direct reduced iron

Quality:

Direct reduced iron - newly mined and refined type of metal. Article “Direct reduced iron” in English Wikipedia has 38 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 11 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Direct reduced iron”, its content was written by 116 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 332 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 173 times in English Wikipedia and cited 579 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #35166 in June 2003
  • Global: #45767 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #103948 in May 2013
  • Global: #139364 in November 2023

There are 18 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
1Spanish (es)
Hierro de reducción directa
45.1643
2French (fr)
Minerai de fer préréduit
41.1554
3Indonesian (id)
Batu pasir besi
40.8385
4English (en)
Direct reduced iron
38.0268
5Russian (ru)
Горячебрикетированное железо
33.5593
6German (de)
Eisenschwamm
32.737
7Ukrainian (uk)
Гарячобрикетоване залізо
30.404
8Dutch (nl)
Direct-gereduceerd ijzer
27.1279
9Croatian (hr)
Spužvasto željezo
25.4463
10Chinese (zh)
直接还原铁
19.1277
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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 "Direct reduced iron" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Direct reduced iron
1 532 098
2German (de)
Eisenschwamm
240 720
3Russian (ru)
Горячебрикетированное железо
89 554
4Persian (fa)
آهن اسفنجی
65 325
5Arabic (ar)
حديد إسفنجي
52 257
6French (fr)
Minerai de fer préréduit
42 270
7Swedish (sv)
Direktreducerat järn
36 494
8Japanese (ja)
海綿鉄
31 522
9Spanish (es)
Hierro de reducción directa
26 609
10Dutch (nl)
Direct-gereduceerd ijzer
23 360
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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 "Direct reduced iron" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Direct reduced iron
3 626
2German (de)
Eisenschwamm
774
3Persian (fa)
آهن اسفنجی
226
4Swedish (sv)
Direktreducerat järn
220
5Russian (ru)
Горячебрикетированное железо
174
6French (fr)
Minerai de fer préréduit
171
7Chinese (zh)
直接还原铁
165
8Spanish (es)
Hierro de reducción directa
156
9Japanese (ja)
海綿鉄
125
10Dutch (nl)
Direct-gereduceerd ijzer
49
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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 "Direct reduced iron" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Direct reduced iron
116
2German (de)
Eisenschwamm
89
3Dutch (nl)
Direct-gereduceerd ijzer
17
4French (fr)
Minerai de fer préréduit
16
5Arabic (ar)
حديد إسفنجي
15
6Swedish (sv)
Direktreducerat järn
14
7Russian (ru)
Горячебрикетированное железо
12
8Persian (fa)
آهن اسفنجی
10
9Indonesian (id)
Batu pasir besi
8
10Japanese (ja)
海綿鉄
8
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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 "Direct reduced iron" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
حديد إسفنجي
1
2German (de)
Eisenschwamm
0
3English (en)
Direct reduced iron
0
4Spanish (es)
Hierro de reducción directa
0
5Persian (fa)
آهن اسفنجی
0
6French (fr)
Minerai de fer préréduit
0
7Croatian (hr)
Spužvasto željezo
0
8Armenian (hy)
Սպունգաձև երկաթ
0
9Indonesian (id)
Batu pasir besi
0
10Japanese (ja)
海綿鉄
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 "Direct reduced iron" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Direct reduced iron
173
2Russian (ru)
Горячебрикетированное железо
68
3German (de)
Eisenschwamm
54
4Dutch (nl)
Direct-gereduceerd ijzer
50
5Chinese (zh)
直接还原铁
48
6Persian (fa)
آهن اسفنجی
27
7French (fr)
Minerai de fer préréduit
25
8Turkish (tr)
Sünger demir
25
9Arabic (ar)
حديد إسفنجي
18
10Spanish (es)
Hierro de reducción directa
15
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
حديد إسفنجي
deGerman
Eisenschwamm
enEnglish
Direct reduced iron
esSpanish
Hierro de reducción directa
faPersian
آهن اسفنجی
frFrench
Minerai de fer préréduit
hrCroatian
Spužvasto željezo
hyArmenian
Սպունգաձև երկաթ
idIndonesian
Batu pasir besi
jaJapanese
海綿鉄
nlDutch
Direct-gereduceerd ijzer
ruRussian
Горячебрикетированное железо
shSerbo-Croatian
Spužvasto željezo
simpleSimple English
Direct reduced iron
svSwedish
Direktreducerat järn
trTurkish
Sünger demir
ukUkrainian
Гарячобрикетоване залізо
zhChinese
直接还原铁

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#103948
05.2013
Global:
#139364
11.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#35166
06.2003
Global:
#45767
06.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Direct reduced iron from Wikipedia articles about Bloomery, Electric arc furnace, Steelmaking, Bog iron and Blast furnace. Whereas reading the article about Direct reduced iron people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Direct reduction, Pig iron, Bloomery, Blast furnace and Krupp–Renn Process.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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