Firewalking

Firewalking - ritual or performance where a person walks on a hot surface. Article “Firewalking” in English Wikipedia has 41.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 27 references and 9 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 “Firewalking”, its content was written by 231 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 644 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 509 times in English Wikipedia and cited 948 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8628 in July 2012
• Global: #17760 in November 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #27259 in June 2016
• Global: #51932 in June 2016

There are 25 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	English (en) Firewalking		41.2266
2	Italian (it) Pirobazìa		36.9816
3	Korean (ko) 불 위 걷기		36.076
4	Spanish (es) Caminata sobre fuego		34.7757
5	Hebrew (he) הליכה על גחלים		33.1255
6	German (de) Feuerlauf		32.0462
7	Russian (ru) Хождение по горящим углям		30.011
8	Chinese (zh) 踏火		29.3002
9	Tamil (ta) தீ மிதித்தல்		27.5154
10	Finnish (fi) Hiililläkävely		26.3263

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Firewalking		1 579 307
2	German (de) Feuerlauf		249 456
3	Japanese (ja) 火渡り		134 032
4	French (fr) Marche sur le feu		100 652
5	Russian (ru) Хождение по горящим углям		91 023
6	Polish (pl) Chodzenie po ogniu		54 667
7	Greek (el) Πυροβασία		31 052
8	Dutch (nl) Vuurlopen		29 143
9	Spanish (es) Caminata sobre fuego		26 643
10	Italian (it) Pirobazìa		26 135

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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 "Firewalking" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Firewalking		10 389
2	French (fr) Marche sur le feu		1 051
3	German (de) Feuerlauf		563
4	Japanese (ja) 火渡り		391
5	Spanish (es) Caminata sobre fuego		238
6	Russian (ru) Хождение по горящим углям		218
7	Italian (it) Pirobazìa		163
8	Chinese (zh) 踏火		131
9	Hungarian (hu) Tűzön járás		95
10	Polish (pl) Chodzenie po ogniu		90

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Firewalking		231
2	German (de) Feuerlauf		112
3	Hebrew (he) הליכה על גחלים		38
4	French (fr) Marche sur le feu		34
5	Dutch (nl) Vuurlopen		34
6	Hungarian (hu) Tűzön járás		25
7	Italian (it) Pirobazìa		23
8	Polish (pl) Chodzenie po ogniu		22
9	Japanese (ja) 火渡り		17
10	Czech (cs) Chůze po žhavém uhlí		13

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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 "Firewalking" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Caminata sobre fuego		2
2	Greek (el) Πυροβασία		1
3	Italian (it) Pirobazìa		1
4	Arabic (ar) السير على النار		0
5	Czech (cs) Chůze po žhavém uhlí		0
6	German (de) Feuerlauf		0
7	English (en) Firewalking		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Surardaĵa promeno		0
9	Estonian (et) Sütelkõnd		0
10	Persian (fa) آتش‌روی		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 "Firewalking" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Firewalking		509
2	French (fr) Marche sur le feu		201
3	Tamil (ta) தீ மிதித்தல்		66
4	Japanese (ja) 火渡り		45
5	German (de) Feuerlauf		27
6	Chinese (zh) 踏火		14
7	Czech (cs) Chůze po žhavém uhlí		10
8	Finnish (fi) Hiililläkävely		8
9	Russian (ru) Хождение по горящим углям		8
10	Dutch (nl) Vuurlopen		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic السير على النار
cs	Czech Chůze po žhavém uhlí
de	German Feuerlauf
el	Greek Πυροβασία
en	English Firewalking
eo	Esperanto Surardaĵa promeno
es	Spanish Caminata sobre fuego
et	Estonian Sütelkõnd
fa	Persian آتش‌روی
fi	Finnish Hiililläkävely
fr	French Marche sur le feu
he	Hebrew הליכה על גחלים
hr	Croatian Hod po vatri
hu	Hungarian Tűzön járás
it	Italian Pirobazìa
ja	Japanese 火渡り
ko	Korean 불 위 걷기
nl	Dutch Vuurlopen
no	Norwegian Kullvandring
pl	Polish Chodzenie po ogniu
pt	Portuguese Andar sobre fogo
ru	Russian Хождение по горящим углям
sv	Swedish Kolvandring
ta	Tamil தீ மிதித்தல்
zh	Chinese 踏火

Best Rank

English: #27259 06.2016

Global: #51932 06.2016

Best Rank

English: #8628 07.2012

Global: #17760 11.2004

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