Grappling hook

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Grappling hook

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Grappling hook - device with multiple hooks attached to one end of a rope, generally used to temporarily secure one end of a rope, or to dredge for submerged objects. Article “Grappling hook” in English Wikipedia has 54.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 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.

In June 2025 the article “Grappling hook” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Grappling hook”, its content was written by 193 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 372 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 508 times in English Wikipedia and cited 905 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #27089 in December 2005
  • Global: #57103 in May 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #68302 in June 2010
  • Global: #93603 in June 2010

There are 14 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Grappling hook
54.2175
2Swedish (sv)
Änterhake
29.8272
3German (de)
Enterhaken
27.6675
4Russian (ru)
Абордажная кошка
26.9663
5Japanese (ja)
鉤縄
26.4239
6Italian (it)
Rampino (attrezzo)
24.5853
7Ukrainian (uk)
Абордажна кішка
24.0393
8Arabic (ar)
مخطاف قابض
17.0099
9Spanish (es)
Arpeo
15.4157
10French (fr)
Grappin
10.362
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Grappling hook" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Grappling hook
1 209 767
2Japanese (ja)
鉤縄
147 711
3Russian (ru)
Абордажная кошка
125 805
4German (de)
Enterhaken
102 620
5French (fr)
Grappin
83 996
6Spanish (es)
Arpeo
41 475
7Italian (it)
Rampino (attrezzo)
24 008
8Swedish (sv)
Änterhake
20 747
9Dutch (nl)
Enterhaak
18 328
10Finnish (fi)
Heittokoukku
6 608
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Grappling hook" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Grappling hook
3 993
2Russian (ru)
Абордажная кошка
680
3Japanese (ja)
鉤縄
594
4German (de)
Enterhaken
234
5French (fr)
Grappin
209
6Spanish (es)
Arpeo
119
7Italian (it)
Rampino (attrezzo)
104
8Swedish (sv)
Änterhake
89
9Ukrainian (uk)
Абордажна кішка
40
10Dutch (nl)
Enterhaak
39
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Grappling hook" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Grappling hook
193
2German (de)
Enterhaken
47
3French (fr)
Grappin
25
4Russian (ru)
Абордажная кошка
21
5Japanese (ja)
鉤縄
20
6Swedish (sv)
Änterhake
18
7Dutch (nl)
Enterhaak
16
8Finnish (fi)
Heittokoukku
8
9Italian (it)
Rampino (attrezzo)
6
10Ukrainian (uk)
Абордажна кішка
6
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Grappling hook" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
مخطاف قابض
1
2English (en)
Grappling hook
1
3German (de)
Enterhaken
0
4Spanish (es)
Arpeo
0
5Finnish (fi)
Heittokoukku
0
6French (fr)
Grappin
0
7Italian (it)
Rampino (attrezzo)
0
8Japanese (ja)
鉤縄
0
9Dutch (nl)
Enterhaak
0
10Russian (ru)
Абордажная кошка
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Grappling hook" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Grappling hook
508
2French (fr)
Grappin
104
3Russian (ru)
Абордажная кошка
55
4Italian (it)
Rampino (attrezzo)
42
5German (de)
Enterhaken
41
6Spanish (es)
Arpeo
30
7Japanese (ja)
鉤縄
29
8Dutch (nl)
Enterhaak
29
9Swedish (sv)
Änterhake
25
10Ukrainian (uk)
Абордажна кішка
23
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مخطاف قابض
deGerman
Enterhaken
enEnglish
Grappling hook
esSpanish
Arpeo
fiFinnish
Heittokoukku
frFrench
Grappin
itItalian
Rampino (attrezzo)
jaJapanese
鉤縄
nlDutch
Enterhaak
ruRussian
Абордажная кошка
shSerbo-Croatian
Kuka za hvatanje
simpleSimple English
Grappling hook
svSwedish
Änterhake
ukUkrainian
Абордажна кішка

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#68302
06.2010
Global:
#93603
06.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#27089
12.2005
Global:
#57103
05.2006

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Grappling hook from Wikipedia articles about Michelangelo, Ninja, Booby trap, Crossbow and Naval boarding. Whereas reading the article about Grappling hook people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Kaginawa, Grapple, Line thrower, Dragon beard hook and Plumett AL-52.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

ja: 鉤縄
es: Arpeo

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