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Distress signal

Quality:

Distress signal - internationally recognized means for obtaining help. Article “Distress signal” in English Wikipedia has 57.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 13 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.04 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.

In June 2025 the article “Distress signal” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Distress signal”, its content was written by 174 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 507 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 371 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1309 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7056 in August 2003
  • Global: #14323 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #24310 in February 2025
  • Global: #42905 in February 2025

There are 23 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)
Distress signal
57.6882
2Thai (th)
สัญญาณแจ้งเหตุร้าย
34.886
3Hebrew (he)
אות מצוקה
31.0129
4Tamil (ta)
அவசர உதவி சமிக்ஞை
30.2831
5Turkish (tr)
Tehlike sinyali
29.4871
6Bulgarian (bg)
Сигнал за бедствие
26.0736
7Slovak (sk)
Núdzový signál
25.9508
8French (fr)
Signal de détresse
23.8204
9Japanese (ja)
遭難信号
23.1419
10Italian (it)
Chiamata di emergenza
18.1723
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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 "Distress signal" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Distress signal
1 947 733
2Japanese (ja)
遭難信号
364 112
3Russian (ru)
Сигнал бедствия
307 065
4French (fr)
Signal de détresse
191 708
5Spanish (es)
Señal de socorro
161 695
6Italian (it)
Chiamata di emergenza
135 152
7German (de)
Notsignal
103 193
8Arabic (ar)
نداء استغاثة
66 239
9Bulgarian (bg)
Сигнал за бедствие
45 328
10Finnish (fi)
Hätämerkki
32 753
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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 "Distress signal" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Distress signal
19 419
2Russian (ru)
Сигнал бедствия
1 231
3Japanese (ja)
遭難信号
1 081
4French (fr)
Signal de détresse
569
5Italian (it)
Chiamata di emergenza
273
6Spanish (es)
Señal de socorro
270
7German (de)
Notsignal
209
8Arabic (ar)
نداء استغاثة
171
9Tamil (ta)
அவசர உதவி சமிக்ஞை
161
10Bulgarian (bg)
Сигнал за бедствие
141
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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 "Distress signal" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Distress signal
174
2French (fr)
Signal de détresse
60
3Italian (it)
Chiamata di emergenza
51
4German (de)
Notsignal
47
5Japanese (ja)
遭難信号
28
6Spanish (es)
Señal de socorro
20
7Norwegian (no)
Nødsignal
20
8Russian (ru)
Сигнал бедствия
19
9Ukrainian (uk)
Сигнал лиха
15
10Finnish (fi)
Hätämerkki
13
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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 "Distress signal" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Distress signal
2
2Slovak (sk)
Núdzový signál
1
3Tamil (ta)
அவசர உதவி சமிக்ஞை
1
4Arabic (ar)
نداء استغاثة
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Сигнал за бедствие
0
6German (de)
Notsignal
0
7Spanish (es)
Señal de socorro
0
8Estonian (et)
Hädasignaal
0
9Basque (eu)
Sorospen seinale
0
10Finnish (fi)
Hätämerkki
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 "Distress signal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Distress signal
371
2French (fr)
Signal de détresse
153
3Italian (it)
Chiamata di emergenza
151
4Turkish (tr)
Tehlike sinyali
118
5Japanese (ja)
遭難信号
96
6Hebrew (he)
אות מצוקה
74
7Russian (ru)
Сигнал бедствия
53
8Spanish (es)
Señal de socorro
49
9Ukrainian (uk)
Сигнал лиха
46
10German (de)
Notsignal
39
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نداء استغاثة
bgBulgarian
Сигнал за бедствие
deGerman
Notsignal
enEnglish
Distress signal
esSpanish
Señal de socorro
etEstonian
Hädasignaal
euBasque
Sorospen seinale
fiFinnish
Hätämerkki
frFrench
Signal de détresse
heHebrew
אות מצוקה
idIndonesian
Sinyal mara bahaya
itItalian
Chiamata di emergenza
jaJapanese
遭難信号
koKorean
조난 신호
msMalay
Isyarat kecemasan
noNorwegian
Nødsignal
ruRussian
Сигнал бедствия
skSlovak
Núdzový signál
svSwedish
Nödmeddelande
taTamil
அவசர உதவி சமிக்ஞை
thThai
สัญญาณแจ้งเหตุร้าย
trTurkish
Tehlike sinyali
ukUkrainian
Сигнал лиха

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#24310
02.2025
Global:
#42905
02.2025

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7056
08.2003
Global:
#14323
08.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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