Handline fishing

Handline fishing - a fishing method that uses a single fishing line operated entirely by hand, without a rod or reel, sometimes using weights to reach deeper water. Article “Handline fishing” in English Wikipedia has 19.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Handline fishing”, its content was written by 24 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 87 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 596 times in English Wikipedia and cited 690 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #76449 in January 2011
• Global: #55647 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #262104 in June 2010
• Global: #357618 in June 2010

There are 10 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	Norwegian (no) Pilk		23.4053
2	Swedish (sv) Pilkning		22.1451
3	English (en) Handline fishing		19.795
4	Chinese (zh) 手线捕鱼		14.1516
5	Portuguese (pt) Pesca à linha		7.4774
6	Malay (ms) Koyan		5.4836
7	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Pilk		4.5498
8	Serbian (sr) Риболов из руке		2.6342
9	German (de) Pilkrute		1.2446
10	Danish (da) Pirk		0.0795

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Handline fishing		282 102
2	German (de) Pilkrute		45 003
3	Swedish (sv) Pilkning		32 164
4	Portuguese (pt) Pesca à linha		31 980
5	Norwegian (no) Pilk		25 964
6	Chinese (zh) 手线捕鱼		6 741
7	Danish (da) Pirk		5 514
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Pilk		4 653
9	Serbian (sr) Риболов из руке		2 770
10	Malay (ms) Koyan		350

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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 "Handline fishing" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Handline fishing		599
2	Chinese (zh) 手线捕鱼		118
3	German (de) Pilkrute		60
4	Swedish (sv) Pilkning		47
5	Norwegian (no) Pilk		33
6	Portuguese (pt) Pesca à linha		27
7	Malay (ms) Koyan		15
8	Serbian (sr) Риболов из руке		11
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Pilk		2
10	Danish (da) Pirk		1

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Handline fishing		24
2	German (de) Pilkrute		20
3	Swedish (sv) Pilkning		9
4	Danish (da) Pirk		7
5	Norwegian (no) Pilk		7
6	Portuguese (pt) Pesca à linha		6
7	Serbian (sr) Риболов из руке		6
8	Chinese (zh) 手线捕鱼		5
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Pilk		2
10	Malay (ms) Koyan		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 "Handline fishing" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Danish (da) Pirk		0
2	German (de) Pilkrute		0
3	English (en) Handline fishing		0
4	Malay (ms) Koyan		0
5	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Pilk		0
6	Norwegian (no) Pilk		0
7	Portuguese (pt) Pesca à linha		0
8	Serbian (sr) Риболов из руке		0
9	Swedish (sv) Pilkning		0
10	Chinese (zh) 手线捕鱼		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 "Handline fishing" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Handline fishing		596
2	Chinese (zh) 手线捕鱼		42
3	Portuguese (pt) Pesca à linha		18
4	Norwegian (no) Pilk		13
5	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Pilk		8
6	Danish (da) Pirk		6
7	Swedish (sv) Pilkning		4
8	German (de) Pilkrute		2
9	Serbian (sr) Риболов из руке		1
10	Malay (ms) Koyan		0

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#	Language	Value
da	Danish Pirk
de	German Pilkrute
en	English Handline fishing
ms	Malay Koyan
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Pilk
no	Norwegian Pilk
pt	Portuguese Pesca à linha
sr	Serbian Риболов из руке
sv	Swedish Pilkning
zh	Chinese 手线捕鱼

Best Rank

English: #262104 06.2010

Global: #357618 06.2010

Best Rank

English: #76449 01.2011

Global: #55647 05.2004

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