Figure-eight knot (mathematics)

Figure-eight knot - unique knot with a crossing number of four. Article “Figure-eight knot (mathematics)” in English Wikipedia has 34.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 8 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 “Figure-eight knot (mathematics)”, its content was written by 55 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 142 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 113 times in English Wikipedia and cited 342 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7190 in September 2002
• Global: #9874 in September 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #307312 in December 2008
• Global: #474837 in March 2010

There are 9 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) Figure-eight knot (mathematics)		34.7469
2	German (de) Achterknoten (Mathematik)		33.976
3	Portuguese (pt) Nó figura oito		24.4522
4	Italian (it) Nodo a otto		19.3553
5	Russian (ru) Восьмёрка (теория узлов)		18.154
6	Ukrainian (uk) Вісімка (теорія вузлів)		17.0922
7	Japanese (ja) 8の字結び目		10.1417
8	Dutch (nl) Cijfer-8-knoop (knopentheorie)		2.2254
9	Simple English (simple) Figure-eight		0.385

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Figure-eight knot (mathematics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Figure-eight knot (mathematics)		232 879
2	Russian (ru) Восьмёрка (теория узлов)		35 297
3	Japanese (ja) 8の字結び目		26 441
4	Italian (it) Nodo a otto		17 145
5	German (de) Achterknoten (Mathematik)		15 757
6	Dutch (nl) Cijfer-8-knoop (knopentheorie)		6 282
7	Portuguese (pt) Nó figura oito		1 740
8	Simple English (simple) Figure-eight		1 188
9	Ukrainian (uk) Вісімка (теорія вузлів)		892

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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 "Figure-eight knot (mathematics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Figure-eight knot (mathematics)		2 296
2	Simple English (simple) Figure-eight		266
3	Russian (ru) Восьмёрка (теория узлов)		123
4	Japanese (ja) 8の字結び目		109
5	Italian (it) Nodo a otto		61
6	Ukrainian (uk) Вісімка (теорія вузлів)		23
7	German (de) Achterknoten (Mathematik)		22
8	Portuguese (pt) Nó figura oito		18
9	Dutch (nl) Cijfer-8-knoop (knopentheorie)		7

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

Language versions of the article "Figure-eight knot (mathematics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Figure-eight knot (mathematics)		55
2	German (de) Achterknoten (Mathematik)		22
3	Russian (ru) Восьмёрка (теория узлов)		22
4	Italian (it) Nodo a otto		17
5	Japanese (ja) 8の字結び目		7
6	Dutch (nl) Cijfer-8-knoop (knopentheorie)		7
7	Portuguese (pt) Nó figura oito		7
8	Simple English (simple) Figure-eight		4
9	Ukrainian (uk) Вісімка (теорія вузлів)		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 "Figure-eight knot (mathematics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Achterknoten (Mathematik)		0
2	English (en) Figure-eight knot (mathematics)		0
3	Italian (it) Nodo a otto		0
4	Japanese (ja) 8の字結び目		0
5	Dutch (nl) Cijfer-8-knoop (knopentheorie)		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Nó figura oito		0
7	Russian (ru) Восьмёрка (теория узлов)		0
8	Simple English (simple) Figure-eight		0
9	Ukrainian (uk) Вісімка (теорія вузлів)		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 "Figure-eight knot (mathematics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Figure-eight knot (mathematics)		113
2	Russian (ru) Восьмёрка (теория узлов)		65
3	Ukrainian (uk) Вісімка (теорія вузлів)		59
4	Japanese (ja) 8の字結び目		32
5	Portuguese (pt) Nó figura oito		31
6	German (de) Achterknoten (Mathematik)		24
7	Italian (it) Nodo a otto		8
8	Dutch (nl) Cijfer-8-knoop (knopentheorie)		7
9	Simple English (simple) Figure-eight		3

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#	Language	Value
de	German Achterknoten (Mathematik)
en	English Figure-eight knot (mathematics)
it	Italian Nodo a otto
ja	Japanese 8の字結び目
nl	Dutch Cijfer-8-knoop (knopentheorie)
pt	Portuguese Nó figura oito
ru	Russian Восьмёрка (теория узлов)
simple	Simple English Figure-eight
uk	Ukrainian Вісімка (теорія вузлів)

Best Rank

English: #307312 12.2008

Global: #474837 03.2010

Best Rank

English: #7190 09.2002

Global: #9874 09.2002

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