HowStuffWorks

Quality:

HowStuffWorks - American media company. This company is the 5111th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of business and the 742nd most popular website in English Wikipedia. Article "HowStuffWorks" in English Wikipedia has 34.4 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 24 references and 5 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Achievements in all the time:
English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 5111th most popular in business.
The 1053rd most popular in websites.

In July 2024 the article "HowStuffWorks" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "HowStuffWorks", its content was written by 226 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 340 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

HowStuffWorks is on the 5111th place in global ranking of business on Wikipedia in all the time.

HowStuffWorks is on the 742nd place in local ranking of websites in English Wikipedia and on the 1053rd place in global ranking of websites in all the time.

The article is cited 1507 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1762 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12820 in October 2019
  • Global: #35445 in August 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #61587 in April 2009
  • Global: #97555 in April 2009

There are 12 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 August 1, 2024 (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)
HowStuffWorks
34.352
2Arabic (ar)
هاو ستف ووركس
22.4681
3Finnish (fi)
HowStuffWorks
19.6776
4Polish (pl)
HowStuffWorks
19.4202
5Chinese (zh)
博闻网
17.5397
6Korean (ko)
HowStuffWorks
11.6088
7Portuguese (pt)
HowStuffWorks
10.9023
8French (fr)
HowStuffWorks
9.5449
9Turkish (tr)
HowStuffWorks
4.8887
10Persian (fa)
وسایل چگونه کار می‌کنند
4.8737
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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 "HowStuffWorks" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
HowStuffWorks
1 287 719
2Portuguese (pt)
HowStuffWorks
46 454
3Chinese (zh)
博闻网
32 169
4French (fr)
HowStuffWorks
16 191
5Polish (pl)
HowStuffWorks
15 090
6Persian (fa)
وسایل چگونه کار می‌کنند
9 259
7Turkish (tr)
HowStuffWorks
9 248
8Finnish (fi)
HowStuffWorks
6 537
9Danish (da)
HowStuffWorks
6 374
10Korean (ko)
HowStuffWorks
4 690
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "HowStuffWorks" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
HowStuffWorks
2 852
2Chinese (zh)
博闻网
82
3Portuguese (pt)
HowStuffWorks
54
4French (fr)
HowStuffWorks
22
5Persian (fa)
وسایل چگونه کار می‌کنند
16
6Korean (ko)
HowStuffWorks
13
7Tamil (ta)
எப்படிப் பொருட்கள் இயங்குகின்றன
11
8Danish (da)
HowStuffWorks
9
9Polish (pl)
HowStuffWorks
7
10Arabic (ar)
هاو ستف ووركس
6
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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 "HowStuffWorks" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
HowStuffWorks
226
2French (fr)
HowStuffWorks
23
3Portuguese (pt)
HowStuffWorks
19
4Turkish (tr)
HowStuffWorks
17
5Danish (da)
HowStuffWorks
14
6Persian (fa)
وسایل چگونه کار می‌کنند
11
7Polish (pl)
HowStuffWorks
8
8Chinese (zh)
博闻网
8
9Finnish (fi)
HowStuffWorks
7
10Tamil (ta)
எப்படிப் பொருட்கள் இயங்குகின்றன
4
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "HowStuffWorks" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
HowStuffWorks
1
2Arabic (ar)
هاو ستف ووركس
0
3Danish (da)
HowStuffWorks
0
4Persian (fa)
وسایل چگونه کار می‌کنند
0
5Finnish (fi)
HowStuffWorks
0
6French (fr)
HowStuffWorks
0
7Korean (ko)
HowStuffWorks
0
8Polish (pl)
HowStuffWorks
0
9Portuguese (pt)
HowStuffWorks
0
10Tamil (ta)
எப்படிப் பொருட்கள் இயங்குகின்றன
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 "HowStuffWorks" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
HowStuffWorks
1 507
2Portuguese (pt)
HowStuffWorks
101
3French (fr)
HowStuffWorks
37
4Chinese (zh)
博闻网
35
5Arabic (ar)
هاو ستف ووركس
17
6Persian (fa)
وسایل چگونه کار می‌کنند
17
7Korean (ko)
HowStuffWorks
17
8Turkish (tr)
HowStuffWorks
14
9Danish (da)
HowStuffWorks
7
10Tamil (ta)
எப்படிப் பொருட்கள் இயங்குகின்றன
5
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in July 2024:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in July 2024:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
هاو ستف ووركس
daDanish
HowStuffWorks
enEnglish
HowStuffWorks
faPersian
وسایل چگونه کار می‌کنند
fiFinnish
HowStuffWorks
frFrench
HowStuffWorks
koKorean
HowStuffWorks
plPolish
HowStuffWorks
ptPortuguese
HowStuffWorks
taTamil
எப்படிப் பொருட்கள் இயங்குகின்றன
trTurkish
HowStuffWorks
zhChinese
博闻网

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#61587
04.2009
Global:
#97555
04.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12820
10.2019
Global:
#35445
08.2008

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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