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Light curve

Quality:

Light curve - graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region, as a function of time. Article “Light curve” in English Wikipedia has 44.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 10 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.

Since the creation of article “Light curve”, its content was written by 66 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 275 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 5869 times in English Wikipedia (3822nd place) and cited 11485 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #14714 in August 2002
  • Global: #8219 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #173922 in October 2010
  • Global: #239788 in October 2010

There are 30 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)
Light curve
44.0742
2Japanese (ja)
光度曲線
32.0591
3Persian (fa)
منحنی نور
26.7708
4Ukrainian (uk)
Крива блиску
25.2121
5Chinese (zh)
光變曲線
24.8756
6Simple English (simple)
Light curve
22.4637
7German (de)
Lichtkurve
20.9954
8Russian (ru)
Кривая блеска
18.6479
9Estonian (et)
Heleduskõver
18.2861
10Catalan (ca)
Corba de llum
16.0464
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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 "Light curve" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Light curve
320 067
2Spanish (es)
Curva de luz
37 065
3Russian (ru)
Кривая блеска
30 247
4German (de)
Lichtkurve
26 533
5Polish (pl)
Krzywa blasku
25 448
6Chinese (zh)
光變曲線
22 937
7Italian (it)
Curva di luce
20 109
8French (fr)
Courbe de lumière
16 728
9Japanese (ja)
光度曲線
9 506
10Portuguese (pt)
Curva de luz
8 507
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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 "Light curve" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Light curve
2 084
2Simple English (simple)
Light curve
650
3Russian (ru)
Кривая блеска
505
4Chinese (zh)
光變曲線
107
5French (fr)
Courbe de lumière
88
6German (de)
Lichtkurve
80
7Spanish (es)
Curva de luz
67
8Japanese (ja)
光度曲線
65
9Italian (it)
Curva di luce
58
10Korean (ko)
광도곡선
34
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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 "Light curve" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Light curve
66
2Italian (it)
Curva di luce
26
3French (fr)
Courbe de lumière
23
4German (de)
Lichtkurve
17
5Arabic (ar)
منحنى ضوئي
11
6Polish (pl)
Krzywa blasku
11
7Spanish (es)
Curva de luz
10
8Turkish (tr)
Işık eğrisi
10
9Russian (ru)
Кривая блеска
9
10Catalan (ca)
Corba de llum
7
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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 "Light curve" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
منحنى ضوئي
1
2Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Lyskurve
1
3Catalan (ca)
Corba de llum
0
4Czech (cs)
Světelná křivka
0
5German (de)
Lichtkurve
0
6Greek (el)
Καμπύλη φωτός
0
7English (en)
Light curve
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Luma kurbo
0
9Spanish (es)
Curva de luz
0
10Estonian (et)
Heleduskõver
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 "Light curve" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Light curve
5 869
2French (fr)
Courbe de lumière
888
3Slovak (sk)
Svetelná krivka
786
4German (de)
Lichtkurve
604
5Esperanto (eo)
Luma kurbo
471
6Japanese (ja)
光度曲線
337
7Russian (ru)
Кривая блеска
326
8Dutch (nl)
Lichtkromme
324
9Turkish (tr)
Işık eğrisi
310
10Persian (fa)
منحنی نور
267
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
منحنى ضوئي
caCatalan
Corba de llum
csCzech
Světelná křivka
deGerman
Lichtkurve
elGreek
Καμπύλη φωτός
enEnglish
Light curve
eoEsperanto
Luma kurbo
esSpanish
Curva de luz
etEstonian
Heleduskõver
euBasque
Argi kurba
faPersian
منحنی نور
fiFinnish
Valokäyrä
frFrench
Courbe de lumière
idIndonesian
Kurva cahaya
itItalian
Curva di luce
jaJapanese
光度曲線
koKorean
광도곡선
nlDutch
Lichtkromme
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Lyskurve
noNorwegian
Lyskurve
plPolish
Krzywa blasku
ptPortuguese
Curva de luz
roRomanian
Curbă de lumină
ruRussian
Кривая блеска
simpleSimple English
Light curve
skSlovak
Svetelná krivka
slSlovenian
Svetlobna krivulja
trTurkish
Işık eğrisi
ukUkrainian
Крива блиску
zhChinese
光變曲線

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#173922
10.2010
Global:
#239788
10.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#14714
08.2002
Global:
#8219
01.2003

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Light curve from Wikipedia articles about 1I/ʻOumuamua, Haumea, Tabby’s Star, List of curves and SN 1604. Whereas reading the article about Light curve people most often go to Wikipedia articles on 201 Penelope, Supernova, Cepheid variable, Gravitational microlensing and Binary star.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Light curve

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela, 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela, Cilia Flores, Delcy Rodríguez, Hugo Chávez, Manuel Noriega, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, María Corina Machado, USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7).

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