Diurnal cycle

Diel cycle - pattern that recurs every 24 hours as a result of one full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. Article “Diurnal cycle” in English Wikipedia has 36.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 5 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.

Since the creation of article “Diurnal cycle”, its content was written by 39 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 77 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 195 times in English Wikipedia and cited 302 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #68218 in December 2022
• Global: #107029 in April 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #176594 in January 2015
• Global: #307676 in January 2015

There are 11 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Diurnal cycle		36.6544
2	Chinese (zh) 晝夜循環		35.3791
3	Turkish (tr) Günlük döngü		34.7904
4	Hebrew (he) מחזור יומי		32.9511
5	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo diurno		28.2665
6	Spanish (es) Ciclo diurno		27.0888
7	French (fr) Cycle diurne		26.0218
8	Persian (fa) چرخش شبانه‌روزی		25.7896
9	Azerbaijani (az) Gündəlik dövr		22.625
10	Dutch (nl) Dagelijkse gang		4.0945

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Diurnal cycle" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Diurnal cycle		458 735
2	German (de) Tagesgang		24 011
3	Dutch (nl) Dagelijkse gang		13 205
4	French (fr) Cycle diurne		5 094
5	Spanish (es) Ciclo diurno		4 503
6	Persian (fa) چرخش شبانه‌روزی		1 246
7	Chinese (zh) 晝夜循環		1 091
8	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo diurno		564
9	Turkish (tr) Günlük döngü		338
10	Hebrew (he) מחזור יומי		169

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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 "Diurnal cycle" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Diurnal cycle		2 102
2	Chinese (zh) 晝夜循環		67
3	Spanish (es) Ciclo diurno		65
4	French (fr) Cycle diurne		57
5	Dutch (nl) Dagelijkse gang		27
6	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo diurno		26
7	German (de) Tagesgang		23
8	Turkish (tr) Günlük döngü		22
9	Persian (fa) چرخش شبانه‌روزی		19
10	Hebrew (he) מחזור יומי		10

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Diurnal cycle		39
2	German (de) Tagesgang		19
3	French (fr) Cycle diurne		4
4	Dutch (nl) Dagelijkse gang		4
5	Persian (fa) چرخش شبانه‌روزی		2
6	Hebrew (he) מחזור יומי		2
7	Turkish (tr) Günlük döngü		2
8	Chinese (zh) 晝夜循環		2
9	Azerbaijani (az) Gündəlik dövr		1
10	Spanish (es) Ciclo diurno		1

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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 "Diurnal cycle" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Azerbaijani (az) Gündəlik dövr		0
2	German (de) Tagesgang		0
3	English (en) Diurnal cycle		0
4	Spanish (es) Ciclo diurno		0
5	Persian (fa) چرخش شبانه‌روزی		0
6	French (fr) Cycle diurne		0
7	Hebrew (he) מחזור יומי		0
8	Dutch (nl) Dagelijkse gang		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo diurno		0
10	Turkish (tr) Günlük döngü		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 "Diurnal cycle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Diurnal cycle		195
2	Persian (fa) چرخش شبانه‌روزی		22
3	Dutch (nl) Dagelijkse gang		19
4	German (de) Tagesgang		15
5	Spanish (es) Ciclo diurno		12
6	French (fr) Cycle diurne		11
7	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo diurno		10
8	Chinese (zh) 晝夜循環		9
9	Hebrew (he) מחזור יומי		6
10	Turkish (tr) Günlük döngü		3

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#	Language	Value
az	Azerbaijani Gündəlik dövr
de	German Tagesgang
en	English Diurnal cycle
es	Spanish Ciclo diurno
fa	Persian چرخش شبانه‌روزی
fr	French Cycle diurne
he	Hebrew מחזור יומי
nl	Dutch Dagelijkse gang
pt	Portuguese Ciclo diurno
tr	Turkish Günlük döngü
zh	Chinese 晝夜循環

Best Rank

English: #176594 01.2015

Global: #307676 01.2015

Best Rank

English: #68218 12.2022

Global: #107029 04.2024

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