Loop device

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Loop device

Quality:

Loop device - Unix device node that allows a file to be mounted as if it were a device. Article “Loop device” in English Wikipedia has 21.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Loop device”, its content was written by 79 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 142 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 25 times in English Wikipedia and cited 56 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #54523 in January 2004
  • Global: #79035 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #131292 in July 2008
  • Global: #190297 in November 2009

There are 7 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Loop device
22.9674
2English (en)
Loop device
21.6403
3Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
21.152
4Spanish (es)
Loop device
19.917
5Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
11.9706
6Italian (it)
Loop device
2.0407
7Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
1.3504
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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 "Loop device" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Loop device
907 106
2German (de)
Loop device
132 145
3Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
36 910
4Spanish (es)
Loop device
28 181
5Italian (it)
Loop device
19 365
6Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
7 389
7Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
1 700
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Loop device" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Loop device
1 137
2German (de)
Loop device
651
3Spanish (es)
Loop device
408
4Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
142
5Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
81
6Italian (it)
Loop device
21
7Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
0
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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 "Loop device" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Loop device
79
2German (de)
Loop device
33
3Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
14
4Italian (it)
Loop device
7
5Spanish (es)
Loop device
4
6Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
3
7Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
2
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Loop device" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Loop device
1
2Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
0
3English (en)
Loop device
0
4Spanish (es)
Loop device
0
5Italian (it)
Loop device
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
0
7Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
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 "Loop device" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Loop device
25
2German (de)
Loop device
13
3Spanish (es)
Loop device
7
4Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
6
5Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
2
6Italian (it)
Loop device
2
7Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
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أداة التحلق
deGerman
Loop device
enEnglish
Loop device
esSpanish
Loop device
itItalian
Loop device
ptPortuguese
Loop device
zhChinese
Loop设备

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#131292
07.2008
Global:
#190297
11.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#54523
01.2004
Global:
#79035
01.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Loop device from Wikipedia articles about Loopback, Network block device, Util-linux, Disk image and Mount. Whereas reading the article about Loop device people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Device file, Cloop, Loopback, Wikipedia article and Network block device.

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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