Effects unit

Audio effects unit - electronic or digital device that alters how a musical instrument or other audio source sounds. Article “Effects unit” in English Wikipedia has 95.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 157 references and 26 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Effects unit” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Effects unit”, its content was written by 469 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 885 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1060 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2821 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1018 in November 2001
• Global: #1140 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #14080 in January 2008
• Global: #17094 in January 2008

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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Korean (ko) 이펙터		97.6321
2	English (en) Effects unit		95.1556
3	Chinese (zh) 效果器		92.4255
4	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		90.0882
5	Ukrainian (uk) Процесор ефектів		37.8281
6	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		31.6517
7	Russian (ru) Устройство эффектов		25.0999
8	Thai (th) กลุ่มเอฟเฟกต์		24.1796
9	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		23.1555
10	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		21.8281

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Effects unit" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Effects unit		3 244 421
2	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		1 092 112
3	Russian (ru) Устройство эффектов		363 693
4	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		345 121
5	Chinese (zh) 效果器		154 325
6	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		138 009
7	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		69 714
8	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		37 825
9	Korean (ko) 이펙터		27 399
10	Thai (th) กลุ่มเอฟเฟกต์		18 918

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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 "Effects unit" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Effects unit		5 178
2	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		798
3	Chinese (zh) 效果器		568
4	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		358
5	Russian (ru) Устройство эффектов		341
6	Italian (it) Effetto musicale (chitarra)		143
7	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		85
8	Korean (ko) 이펙터		78
9	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		77
10	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		48

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Effects unit		469
2	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		95
3	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		71
4	Russian (ru) Устройство эффектов		57
5	Hebrew (he) מעבד צליל		36
6	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		33
7	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		22
8	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		20
9	Bulgarian (bg) Ефект педали		15
10	Chinese (zh) 效果器		12

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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 "Effects unit" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Effects unit		1
2	Hebrew (he) מעבד צליל		1
3	Korean (ko) 이펙터		1
4	Arabic (ar) وحدة المؤثرات		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Ефект педали		0
6	Czech (cs) Efektová jednotka		0
7	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Efektaparato (muziko)		0
9	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		0
10	Galician (gl) Procesador de efectos		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 "Effects unit" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Effects unit		1 060
2	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		461
3	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		360
4	Russian (ru) Устройство эффектов		280
5	Italian (it) Effetto musicale (chitarra)		119
6	Chinese (zh) 效果器		96
7	Hebrew (he) מעבד צליל		94
8	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		67
9	Arabic (ar) وحدة المؤثرات		59
10	Ukrainian (uk) Процесор ефектів		58

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وحدة المؤثرات
bg	Bulgarian Ефект педали
cs	Czech Efektová jednotka
de	German Effektgerät (Musik)
en	English Effects unit
eo	Esperanto Efektaparato (muziko)
es	Spanish Unidad de efectos
gl	Galician Procesador de efectos
he	Hebrew מעבד צליל
it	Italian Effetto musicale (chitarra)
ja	Japanese エフェクター
ko	Korean 이펙터
pl	Polish Efekt gitarowy
pt	Portuguese Unidade de efeitos
ru	Russian Устройство эффектов
th	Thai กลุ่มเอฟเฟกต์
uk	Ukrainian Процесор ефектів
zh	Chinese 效果器

Best Rank

English: #14080 01.2008

Global: #17094 01.2008

Best Rank

English: #1018 11.2001

Global: #1140 11.2001

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