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 94 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 143 references and 26 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 “Effects unit” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Effects unit”, its content was written by 463 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 863 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1037 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2737 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1016 in November 2001
• Global: #1140 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #13955 in January 2008
• Global: #16997 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, 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) Effects unit		93.9778
2	Chinese (zh) 效果器		92.4535
3	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		91.7082
4	Ukrainian (uk) Процесор ефектів		38.4748
5	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		32.3986
6	Russian (ru) Блок эффектов		26.4712
7	Thai (th) กลุ่มเอฟเฟกต์		24.255
8	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		23.2686
9	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		22.1133
10	Arabic (ar) وحدة المؤثرات		19.8499

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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		3 182 481
2	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		1 077 543
3	Russian (ru) Блок эффектов		344 641
4	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		338 715
5	Chinese (zh) 效果器		148 066
6	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		136 451
7	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		68 741
8	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		36 140
9	Korean (ko) 이펙터		26 528
10	Thai (th) กลุ่มเอฟเฟกต์		18 575

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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 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Effects unit		7 648
2	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		1 204
3	Chinese (zh) 效果器		552
4	Russian (ru) Блок эффектов		444
5	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		333
6	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		202
7	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		88
8	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		73
9	Italian (it) Effetto musicale (chitarra)		48
10	Korean (ko) 이펙터		40

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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		463
2	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		93
3	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		68
4	Russian (ru) Блок эффектов		55
5	Hebrew (he) מעבד צליל		34
6	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		32
7	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		21
8	Portuguese (pt) Unidade de efeitos		20
9	Bulgarian (bg) Ефект педали		15
10	Galician (gl) Procesador de efectos		11

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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 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Effects unit		3
2	Arabic (ar) وحدة المؤثرات		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Ефект педали		0
4	Czech (cs) Efektová jednotka		0
5	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Efektaparato (muziko)		0
7	Spanish (es) Unidad de efectos		0
8	Galician (gl) Procesador de efectos		0
9	Hebrew (he) מעבד צליל		0
10	Italian (it) Effetto musicale (chitarra)		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		1 037
2	Japanese (ja) エフェクター		449
3	German (de) Effektgerät (Musik)		349
4	Russian (ru) Блок эффектов		278
5	Italian (it) Effetto musicale (chitarra)		117
6	Chinese (zh) 效果器		95
7	Hebrew (he) מעבד צליל		90
8	Polish (pl) Efekt gitarowy		66
9	Arabic (ar) وحدة المؤثرات		55
10	Ukrainian (uk) Процесор ефектів		55

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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 Блок эффектов
th	Thai กลุ่มเอฟเฟกต์
uk	Ukrainian Процесор ефектів
zh	Chinese 效果器

Best Rank

English: #13955 01.2008

Global: #16997 01.2008

Best Rank

English: #1016 11.2001

Global: #1140 11.2001

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