Magic number (physics)

Magic number - number of protons or neutrons that make a nucleus particularly stable. Article “Magic number (physics)” in English Wikipedia has 38.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 24 references and 6 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 “Magic number (physics)”, its content was written by 158 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 629 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 161 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1012 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #11536 in March 2004
• Global: #9731 in July 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #53429 in November 2019
• Global: #44491 in May 2009

There are 31 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) Magic number (physics)		38.8627
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		30.9872
3	Portuguese (pt) Números mágicos (física)		30.1662
4	Swedish (sv) Magiskt tal (fysik)		28.4922
5	Hungarian (hu) Mágikus szám		25.9
6	Tamil (ta) இயற்பியலின் விந்தை எண்கள்		25.3383
7	Ukrainian (uk) Магічні ядра		24.7561
8	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		23.3925
9	Indonesian (id) Bilangan ajaib (fisika nuklir)		22.9618
10	Malay (ms) Bilangan ajaib		22.8256

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Magic number (physics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magic number (physics)		1 552 104
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		459 590
3	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		455 905
4	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		385 070
5	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		185 868
6	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		93 739
7	Italian (it) Numero magico (fisica)		87 991
8	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		72 451
9	Arabic (ar) عدد سحري		37 199
10	Korean (ko) 마법수		18 487

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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 "Magic number (physics)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magic number (physics)		4 864
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		1 272
3	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		943
4	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		711
5	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		419
6	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		301
7	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		255
8	Italian (it) Numero magico (fisica)		166
9	Persian (fa) عدد جادویی (فیزیک)		48
10	Swedish (sv) Magiskt tal (fysik)		47

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Magic number (physics)		158
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		113
3	Italian (it) Numero magico (fisica)		51
4	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		48
5	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		40
6	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		29
7	Hebrew (he) מספר קסם (מדע)		27
8	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		25
9	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		14
10	Korean (ko) 마법수		13

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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 "Magic number (physics)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Tamil (ta) இயற்பியலின் விந்தை எண்கள்		1
2	Arabic (ar) عدد سحري		0
3	Catalan (ca) Núclid màgic		0
4	Czech (cs) Magické číslo (fyzika)		0
5	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		0
6	English (en) Magic number (physics)		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Magia nombro (fiziko)		0
8	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		0
9	Persian (fa) عدد جادویی (فیزیک)		0
10	Finnish (fi) Maagiset luvut		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 "Magic number (physics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		181
2	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		179
3	English (en) Magic number (physics)		161
4	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		67
5	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		62
6	Slovenian (sl) Magično število (fizika)		39
7	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		36
8	Catalan (ca) Núclid màgic		29
9	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		29
10	Ukrainian (uk) Магічні ядра		26

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عدد سحري
ca	Catalan Núclid màgic
cs	Czech Magické číslo (fyzika)
de	German Magische Zahl (Physik)
en	English Magic number (physics)
eo	Esperanto Magia nombro (fiziko)
es	Spanish Número mágico (física)
fa	Persian عدد جادویی (فیزیک)
fi	Finnish Maagiset luvut
fr	French Nombre magique (physique)
he	Hebrew מספר קסם (מדע)
hr	Croatian Magični broj
hu	Hungarian Mágikus szám
hy	Armenian Մոգական թվեր (ֆիզիկա)
id	Indonesian Bilangan ajaib (fisika nuklir)
it	Italian Numero magico (fisica)
ja	Japanese 魔法数
ko	Korean 마법수
ms	Malay Bilangan ajaib
no	Norwegian Magisk tall
pt	Portuguese Números mágicos (física)
ro	Romanian Număr magic (fizică)
ru	Russian Магические числа (физика)
sk	Slovak Magické čísla
sl	Slovenian Magično število (fizika)
sv	Swedish Magiskt tal (fysik)
ta	Tamil இயற்பியலின் விந்தை எண்கள்
uk	Ukrainian Магічні ядра
ur	Urdu ڈبل میجک
uz	Uzbek Sehrli yadrolar
zh	Chinese 幻数 (物理学)

Best Rank

English: #53429 11.2019

Global: #44491 05.2009

Best Rank

English: #11536 03.2004

Global: #9731 07.2025

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