Korean Wave

Korean Wave - increase in global popularity of South Korean culture since the 1990s. Article “Korean Wave” in English Wikipedia has 96.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 252 references and 38 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 “Korean Wave” was edited by 7 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Korean Wave”, its content was written by 740 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1732 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 991 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4037 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #422 in December 2021
• Global: #2367 in December 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #14577 in October 2021
• Global: #20488 in August 2011

There are 34 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Korean Wave		96.8784
2	Hungarian (hu) Koreai hullám		96.1905
3	Chinese (zh) 韓流		89.64
4	Italian (it) Hallyu		87.3684
5	Japanese (ja) 韓流		74.4611
6	Vietnamese (vi) Làn sóng Hàn Quốc		71.1169
7	Catalan (ca) Ona coreana		64.5427
8	Turkish (tr) Hallyu		53.8138
9	Indonesian (id) Gelombang Korea		53.3121
10	Hebrew (he) הגל הקוריאני		53.2898

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Korean Wave" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Korean Wave		5 705 423
2	Japanese (ja) 韓流		1 307 665
3	Chinese (zh) 韓流		541 761
4	Spanish (es) Ola coreana		314 758
5	Russian (ru) Корейская волна		306 281
6	Vietnamese (vi) Làn sóng Hàn Quốc		264 559
7	Indonesian (id) Gelombang Korea		257 457
8	Korean (ko) 한류		252 913
9	German (de) Koreanische Welle		202 846
10	French (fr) Hallyu		114 168

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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 "Korean Wave" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Korean Wave		27 282
2	Russian (ru) Корейская волна		2 010
3	Chinese (zh) 韓流		1 570
4	Japanese (ja) 韓流		1 236
5	Spanish (es) Ola coreana		1 071
6	German (de) Koreanische Welle		1 016
7	Vietnamese (vi) Làn sóng Hàn Quốc		787
8	French (fr) Hallyu		638
9	Korean (ko) 한류		570
10	Italian (it) Hallyu		532

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Korean Wave		740
2	Japanese (ja) 韓流		287
3	Chinese (zh) 韓流		127
4	Korean (ko) 한류		79
5	Vietnamese (vi) Làn sóng Hàn Quốc		52
6	German (de) Koreanische Welle		50
7	French (fr) Hallyu		47
8	Spanish (es) Ola coreana		44
9	Portuguese (pt) Onda coreana		41
10	Russian (ru) Корейская волна		37

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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 "Korean Wave" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Korean Wave		7
2	Hebrew (he) הגל הקוריאני		3
3	French (fr) Hallyu		1
4	Japanese (ja) 韓流		1
5	Vietnamese (vi) Làn sóng Hàn Quốc		1
6	Chinese (zh) 韓流		1
7	Arabic (ar) الموجة الكورية		0
8	Azerbaijani (az) Koreya dalğası		0
9	Belarusian (be) Карэйская хваля		0
10	Bulgarian (bg) Корейска вълна		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 "Korean Wave" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Korean Wave		991
2	Chinese (zh) 韓流		447
3	Japanese (ja) 韓流		406
4	Vietnamese (vi) Làn sóng Hàn Quốc		232
5	Arabic (ar) الموجة الكورية		176
6	Korean (ko) 한류		168
7	Indonesian (id) Gelombang Korea		163
8	Portuguese (pt) Onda coreana		161
9	Spanish (es) Ola coreana		156
10	Persian (fa) موج کره‌ای		140

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الموجة الكورية
az	Azerbaijani Koreya dalğası
be	Belarusian Карэйская хваля
bg	Bulgarian Корейска вълна
ca	Catalan Ona coreana
de	German Koreanische Welle
el	Greek Κορεατικό κύμα
en	English Korean Wave
es	Spanish Ola coreana
et	Estonian Hallyu laine
fa	Persian موج کره‌ای
fi	Finnish Hallyu
fr	French Hallyu
he	Hebrew הגל הקוריאני
hu	Hungarian Koreai hullám
hy	Armenian Կորեական ալիք
id	Indonesian Gelombang Korea
it	Italian Hallyu
ja	Japanese 韓流
ka	Georgian კორეული ტალღა
ko	Korean 한류
la	Latin Fluctus Coreanus
lt	Lithuanian Hallyu
ms	Malay Gelombang Korea
nl	Dutch Koreaanse golf
pl	Polish Koreańska fala
pt	Portuguese Onda coreana
ru	Russian Корейская волна
sv	Swedish Koreanska vågen
th	Thai กระแสเกาหลี
tr	Turkish Hallyu
uk	Ukrainian Корейська хвиля
vi	Vietnamese Làn sóng Hàn Quốc
zh	Chinese 韓流

Best Rank

English: #14577 10.2021

Global: #20488 08.2011

Best Rank

English: #422 12.2021

Global: #2367 12.2021

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