Global illumination

Global illumination - algorithms used in 3D computer graphics. Article “Global illumination” in English Wikipedia has 52.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 43 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.75 points.

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 “Global illumination”, its content was written by 108 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 313 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 282 times in English Wikipedia and cited 836 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1650 in September 2001
• Global: #1965 in September 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #54569 in May 2011
• Global: #81906 in May 2011

There are 19 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) Global illumination		52.2983
2	Ukrainian (uk) Глобальне освітлення		25.3528
3	Japanese (ja) グローバル・イルミネーション		18.9651
4	Spanish (es) Iluminación global		13.6479
5	French (fr) Illumination globale		12.7421
6	Arabic (ar) الإضاءة الشاملة		12.3155
7	Korean (ko) 글로벌 일루미네이션		9.742
8	Italian (it) Illuminazione globale		9.687
9	Chinese (zh) 全局光照		9.1043
10	Persian (fa) نورپردازی سراسری		8.7461

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global illumination		957 142
2	Japanese (ja) グローバル・イルミネーション		112 710
3	Russian (ru) Глобальное освещение		90 632
4	German (de) Globale Beleuchtung		90 064
5	Polish (pl) Oświetlenie globalne		50 157
6	French (fr) Illumination globale		48 548
7	Italian (it) Illuminazione globale		31 796
8	Korean (ko) 글로벌 일루미네이션		18 076
9	Spanish (es) Iluminación global		13 972
10	Thai (th) โกลบอลอิลลูมิเนชัน		8 690

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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 "Global illumination" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global illumination		1 925
2	Japanese (ja) グローバル・イルミネーション		169
3	Russian (ru) Глобальное освещение		127
4	Chinese (zh) 全局光照		120
5	German (de) Globale Beleuchtung		95
6	French (fr) Illumination globale		66
7	Polish (pl) Oświetlenie globalne		48
8	Spanish (es) Iluminación global		42
9	Czech (cs) Globální osvětlení		28
10	Korean (ko) 글로벌 일루미네이션		18

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Global illumination		108
2	Italian (it) Illuminazione globale		31
3	French (fr) Illumination globale		29
4	German (de) Globale Beleuchtung		25
5	Russian (ru) Глобальное освещение		22
6	Croatian (hr) Globalno osvjetljenje		17
7	Polish (pl) Oświetlenie globalne		14
8	Japanese (ja) グローバル・イルミネーション		12
9	Arabic (ar) الإضاءة الشاملة		11
10	Vietnamese (vi) Sự chiếu sáng tổng thể		8

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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 "Global illumination" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الإضاءة الشاملة		1
2	French (fr) Illumination globale		1
3	Japanese (ja) グローバル・イルミネーション		1
4	Russian (ru) Глобальное освещение		1
5	Czech (cs) Globální osvětlení		0
6	German (de) Globale Beleuchtung		0
7	English (en) Global illumination		0
8	Spanish (es) Iluminación global		0
9	Persian (fa) نورپردازی سراسری		0
10	Croatian (hr) Globalno osvjetljenje		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 "Global illumination" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Global illumination		282
2	Japanese (ja) グローバル・イルミネーション		85
3	Korean (ko) 글로벌 일루미네이션		83
4	Arabic (ar) الإضاءة الشاملة		68
5	Chinese (zh) 全局光照		45
6	German (de) Globale Beleuchtung		42
7	Russian (ru) Глобальное освещение		42
8	Ukrainian (uk) Глобальне освітлення		35
9	French (fr) Illumination globale		32
10	Spanish (es) Iluminación global		21

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الإضاءة الشاملة
cs	Czech Globální osvětlení
de	German Globale Beleuchtung
en	English Global illumination
es	Spanish Iluminación global
fa	Persian نورپردازی سراسری
fr	French Illumination globale
hr	Croatian Globalno osvjetljenje
it	Italian Illuminazione globale
ja	Japanese グローバル・イルミネーション
ko	Korean 글로벌 일루미네이션
pl	Polish Oświetlenie globalne
ru	Russian Глобальное освещение
sh	Serbo-Croatian Globalno osvjetljenje
th	Thai โกลบอลอิลลูมิเนชัน
tr	Turkish Küresel ışıklandırma
uk	Ukrainian Глобальне освітлення
vi	Vietnamese Sự chiếu sáng tổng thể
zh	Chinese 全局光照

Best Rank

English: #54569 05.2011

Global: #81906 05.2011

Best Rank

English: #1650 09.2001

Global: #1965 09.2001

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