Marine debris

Marine debris - human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway. Article “Marine debris” in English Wikipedia has 93.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 114 references and 24 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Marine debris”, its content was written by 299 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 867 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 725 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2930 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9092 in October 2019
• Global: #10530 in November 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #49117 in August 2008
• Global: #63869 in May 2015

There are 29 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	Chinese (zh) 海洋廢棄物		94.4542
2	English (en) Marine debris		93.3882
3	Portuguese (pt) Detrito marinho		89.6276
4	Arabic (ar) قمامة بحرية		86.6571
5	Italian (it) Rifiuti marini		82.8789
6	French (fr) Déchet en mer		80.0292
7	Catalan (ca) Deixalles marines		73.1109
8	Spanish (es) Desechos marinos		66.6986
9	Hebrew (he) פסולת ימית		50.6483
10	Greek (el) Θαλάσσια σκουπίδια		46.3742

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Marine debris" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Marine debris		1 396 785
2	Spanish (es) Desechos marinos		433 871
3	French (fr) Déchet en mer		243 907
4	Japanese (ja) 漂流・漂着ごみ		216 608
5	Chinese (zh) 海洋廢棄物		189 245
6	German (de) Treibgut		133 949
7	Arabic (ar) قمامة بحرية		113 355
8	Russian (ru) Морской мусор		81 796
9	Portuguese (pt) Detrito marinho		58 353
10	Korean (ko) 바다 쓰레기		44 943

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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 "Marine debris" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Marine debris		3 705
2	Chinese (zh) 海洋廢棄物		448
3	Korean (ko) 바다 쓰레기		408
4	French (fr) Déchet en mer		330
5	German (de) Treibgut		276
6	Japanese (ja) 漂流・漂着ごみ		224
7	Russian (ru) Морской мусор		212
8	Spanish (es) Desechos marinos		182
9	Portuguese (pt) Detrito marinho		108
10	Arabic (ar) قمامة بحرية		92

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Marine debris		299
2	French (fr) Déchet en mer		106
3	German (de) Treibgut		83
4	Japanese (ja) 漂流・漂着ごみ		70
5	Spanish (es) Desechos marinos		45
6	Russian (ru) Морской мусор		32
7	Chinese (zh) 海洋廢棄物		31
8	Arabic (ar) قمامة بحرية		30
9	Hebrew (he) פסולת ימית		22
10	Dutch (nl) Zeeafval		22

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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 "Marine debris" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Estonian (et) Mereprügi		1
2	Korean (ko) 바다 쓰레기		1
3	Arabic (ar) قمامة بحرية		0
4	Catalan (ca) Deixalles marines		0
5	Danish (da) Havaffald		0
6	German (de) Treibgut		0
7	Greek (el) Θαλάσσια σκουπίδια		0
8	English (en) Marine debris		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Marrubo		0
10	Spanish (es) Desechos marinos		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 "Marine debris" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Marine debris		725
2	French (fr) Déchet en mer		354
3	Russian (ru) Морской мусор		268
4	Arabic (ar) قمامة بحرية		237
5	Persian (fa) زباله دریایی		226
6	Japanese (ja) 漂流・漂着ごみ		224
7	Chinese (zh) 海洋廢棄物		192
8	Portuguese (pt) Detrito marinho		126
9	Korean (ko) 바다 쓰레기		103
10	Ukrainian (uk) Морське сміття		101

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قمامة بحرية
ca	Catalan Deixalles marines
da	Danish Havaffald
de	German Treibgut
el	Greek Θαλάσσια σκουπίδια
en	English Marine debris
eo	Esperanto Marrubo
es	Spanish Desechos marinos
et	Estonian Mereprügi
eu	Basque Hondakinak itsasoan
fa	Persian زباله دریایی
fr	French Déchet en mer
he	Hebrew פסולת ימית
hy	Armenian Ծովաղբ
id	Indonesian Sampah laut
it	Italian Rifiuti marini
ja	Japanese 漂流・漂着ごみ
kk	Kazakh Төгінділер
ko	Korean 바다 쓰레기
nl	Dutch Zeeafval
pt	Portuguese Detrito marinho
ru	Russian Морской мусор
simple	Simple English Marine debris
sl	Slovenian Morski odpadki
sv	Swedish Marint skräp
tr	Turkish Deniz atığı
uk	Ukrainian Морське сміття
vi	Vietnamese Rác thải biển
zh	Chinese 海洋廢棄物

Best Rank

English: #49117 08.2008

Global: #63869 05.2015

Best Rank

English: #9092 10.2019

Global: #10530 11.2023

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