Interstellar medium

Interstellar medium - matter and radiation in the space between the star systems in a galaxy. Article “Interstellar medium” in English Wikipedia has 72.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 41 references and 17 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 2026 the article “Interstellar medium” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Interstellar medium”, its content was written by 291 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1283 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1593 times in English Wikipedia and cited 9945 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #2953 in May 2005
• Global: #1430 in November 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #20461 in September 2013
• Global: #17981 in September 2013

There are 50 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) Interstellar medium		72.2567
2	Chinese (zh) 星际物质		57.9125
3	Turkish (tr) Yıldızlararası ortam		51.0848
4	Galician (gl) Medio interestelar		40.5309
5	Russian (ru) Межзвёздная среда		33.8829
6	Finnish (fi) Tähtienvälinen aine		32.9867
7	Hebrew (he) תווך בין-כוכבי		32.4283
8	Serbian (sr) Међузвездани медијум		28.3762
9	Ukrainian (uk) Міжзоряне середовище		27.6318
10	Catalan (ca) Medi interestel·lar		26.6197

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Interstellar medium		3 388 986
2	Russian (ru) Межзвёздная среда		749 371
3	German (de) Interstellares Medium		476 423
4	French (fr) Milieu interstellaire		423 202
5	Spanish (es) Medio interestelar		405 920
6	Japanese (ja) 星間物質		308 966
7	Italian (it) Mezzo interstellare		246 571
8	Polish (pl) Ośrodek międzygwiazdowy		175 578
9	Chinese (zh) 星际物质		174 221
10	Portuguese (pt) Meio interestelar		160 470

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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 "Interstellar medium" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Interstellar medium		9 287
2	Russian (ru) Межзвёздная среда		1 136
3	German (de) Interstellares Medium		868
4	French (fr) Milieu interstellaire		766
5	Chinese (zh) 星际物质		627
6	Japanese (ja) 星間物質		587
7	Italian (it) Mezzo interstellare		515
8	Finnish (fi) Tähtienvälinen aine		369
9	Spanish (es) Medio interestelar		362
10	Polish (pl) Ośrodek międzygwiazdowy		268

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Interstellar medium		291
2	French (fr) Milieu interstellaire		100
3	German (de) Interstellares Medium		98
4	Russian (ru) Межзвёздная среда		93
5	Italian (it) Mezzo interstellare		49
6	Spanish (es) Medio interestelar		37
7	Polish (pl) Ośrodek międzygwiazdowy		36
8	Portuguese (pt) Meio interestelar		34
9	Dutch (nl) Interstellair medium		33
10	Hebrew (he) תווך בין-כוכבי		32

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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 "Interstellar medium" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Serbian (sr) Међузвездани медијум		2
2	English (en) Interstellar medium		1
3	Arabic (ar) وسط بين نجمي		0
4	Belarusian (be) Міжзорнае асяроддзе		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Междузвездна среда		0
6	Catalan (ca) Medi interestel·lar		0
7	Czech (cs) Mezihvězdné prostředí		0
8	Danish (da) Interstellart medium		0
9	German (de) Interstellares Medium		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Interstela medio		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 "Interstellar medium" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Interstellar medium		1 593
2	French (fr) Milieu interstellaire		574
3	Chinese (zh) 星际物质		532
4	Portuguese (pt) Meio interestelar		461
5	Russian (ru) Межзвёздная среда		379
6	Japanese (ja) 星間物質		378
7	Swedish (sv) Interstellära mediet		366
8	Persian (fa) محیط میان‌ستاره‌ای		355
9	Arabic (ar) وسط بين نجمي		353
10	German (de) Interstellares Medium		338

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وسط بين نجمي
be	Belarusian Міжзорнае асяроддзе
bg	Bulgarian Междузвездна среда
ca	Catalan Medi interestel·lar
cs	Czech Mezihvězdné prostředí
da	Danish Interstellart medium
de	German Interstellares Medium
en	English Interstellar medium
eo	Esperanto Interstela medio
es	Spanish Medio interestelar
et	Estonian Tähtedevaheline keskkond
eu	Basque Izarrarteko ingurune
fa	Persian محیط میان‌ستاره‌ای
fi	Finnish Tähtienvälinen aine
fr	French Milieu interstellaire
gl	Galician Medio interestelar
he	Hebrew תווך בין-כוכבי
hi	Hindi अंतरतारकीय माध्यम
hr	Croatian Međuzvjezdana tvar
hu	Hungarian Csillagközi anyag
hy	Armenian Միջաստղային միջավայր
id	Indonesian Medium antarbintang
it	Italian Mezzo interstellare
ja	Japanese 星間物質
ka	Georgian ვარსკვლავთშორისი გარემო
kk	Kazakh Жұлдызаралық орта
ko	Korean 성간매질
lt	Lithuanian Tarpžvaigždinė medžiaga
ms	Malay Medium antara najam
nl	Dutch Interstellair medium
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Interstellart stoff
no	Norwegian Interstellar materie
pl	Polish Ośrodek międzygwiazdowy
pt	Portuguese Meio interestelar
ro	Romanian Mediu interstelar
ru	Russian Межзвёздная среда
sh	Serbo-Croatian Međuzvjezdana tvar
simple	Simple English Interstellar medium
sk	Slovak Medzihviezdna hmota
sl	Slovenian Medzvezdna snov
sr	Serbian Међузвездани медијум
sv	Swedish Interstellära mediet
ta	Tamil விண்மீன்களிடை ஊடகம்
th	Thai มวลสารระหว่างดาวฤกษ์
tr	Turkish Yıldızlararası ortam
uk	Ukrainian Міжзоряне середовище
ur	Urdu بین النجمی واسطہ
vi	Vietnamese Môi trường liên sao
zh	Chinese 星际物质
zhminnan	Min Nan Seng-chè mûi-chit

Best Rank

English: #20461 09.2013

Global: #17981 09.2013

Best Rank

English: #2953 05.2005

Global: #1430 11.2012

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