Major third

Major third - musical interval encompassing three staff positions and four semitones, with a frequency ratio of approximately 5:4=1.25 (∛2 = 1.260… in equal temperament). Article “Major third” in English Wikipedia has 23 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.21 points.

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 “Major third”, its content was written by 76 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 152 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 438 times in English Wikipedia and cited 928 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #33609 in June 2020
• Global: #40692 in May 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #136299 in December 2008
• Global: #200116 in December 2008

There are 10 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) Major third		22.9994
2	Chinese (zh) 大三度		16.4087
3	French (fr) Tierce majeure		8.1994
4	Estonian (et) Suur terts		4.5432
5	Persian (fa) سوم بزرگ		4.1442
6	Italian (it) Terza maggiore		2.9457
7	Portuguese (pt) Terça maior		2.1944
8	Japanese (ja) 長三度		2.091
9	Slovenian (sl) Velika terca		1.9276
10	Lithuanian (lt) Didžioji tercija		0.508

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Major third" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Major third		1 026 065
2	Japanese (ja) 長三度		83 558
3	Chinese (zh) 大三度		82 540
4	Italian (it) Terza maggiore		60 211
5	Portuguese (pt) Terça maior		52 660
6	Persian (fa) سوم بزرگ		24 736
7	Slovenian (sl) Velika terca		18 906
8	French (fr) Tierce majeure		13 780
9	Lithuanian (lt) Didžioji tercija		13 714
10	Estonian (et) Suur terts		6 233

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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 "Major third" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Major third		4 274
2	Chinese (zh) 大三度		367
3	Japanese (ja) 長三度		261
4	French (fr) Tierce majeure		223
5	Portuguese (pt) Terça maior		89
6	Italian (it) Terza maggiore		56
7	Persian (fa) سوم بزرگ		47
8	Slovenian (sl) Velika terca		46
9	Lithuanian (lt) Didžioji tercija		32
10	Estonian (et) Suur terts		15

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Major third		76
2	Italian (it) Terza maggiore		24
3	Japanese (ja) 長三度		15
4	Portuguese (pt) Terça maior		9
5	Persian (fa) سوم بزرگ		8
6	Chinese (zh) 大三度		7
7	Lithuanian (lt) Didžioji tercija		6
8	French (fr) Tierce majeure		5
9	Estonian (et) Suur terts		1
10	Slovenian (sl) Velika terca		1

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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 "Major third" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Major third		0
2	Estonian (et) Suur terts		0
3	Persian (fa) سوم بزرگ		0
4	French (fr) Tierce majeure		0
5	Italian (it) Terza maggiore		0
6	Japanese (ja) 長三度		0
7	Lithuanian (lt) Didžioji tercija		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Terça maior		0
9	Slovenian (sl) Velika terca		0
10	Chinese (zh) 大三度		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 "Major third" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Major third		438
2	Persian (fa) سوم بزرگ		90
3	Estonian (et) Suur terts		72
4	French (fr) Tierce majeure		66
5	Japanese (ja) 長三度		65
6	Chinese (zh) 大三度		54
7	Portuguese (pt) Terça maior		44
8	Italian (it) Terza maggiore		41
9	Lithuanian (lt) Didžioji tercija		32
10	Slovenian (sl) Velika terca		26

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#	Language	Value
en	English Major third
et	Estonian Suur terts
fa	Persian سوم بزرگ
fr	French Tierce majeure
it	Italian Terza maggiore
ja	Japanese 長三度
lt	Lithuanian Didžioji tercija
pt	Portuguese Terça maior
sl	Slovenian Velika terca
zh	Chinese 大三度

Best Rank

English: #136299 12.2008

Global: #200116 12.2008

Best Rank

English: #33609 06.2020

Global: #40692 05.2011

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