Observation balloon

Observation balloon - aeronautical balloon used for reconnaissance or espionage. Article “Observation balloon” in English Wikipedia has 43.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 17 references and 5 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 “Observation balloon”, its content was written by 119 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 328 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 505 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1093 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #686 in February 2023
• Global: #2871 in February 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #10103 in February 2023
• Global: #18747 in February 2023

There are 18 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) Observation balloon		43.0736
2	Ukrainian (uk) Аеростат спостереження		41.3404
3	Polish (pl) Balon obserwacyjny		38.2238
4	Chinese (zh) 觀測氣球		33.5177
5	Korean (ko) 관측 풍선		32.6593
6	Greek (el) Αερόστατο παρατήρησης		30.9586
7	Slovenian (sl) Nadzorni balon		29.6934
8	Portuguese (pt) Balão de observação		28.47
9	Italian (it) Pallone d'osservazione		27.1189
10	German (de) Feldluftschiffer		26.9427

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Observation balloon" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Observation balloon		579 351
2	German (de) Feldluftschiffer		132 457
3	Hebrew (he) בלון תצפית		42 346
4	Polish (pl) Balon obserwacyjny		31 685
5	Spanish (es) Globo de observación		28 707
6	French (fr) Ballon d'observation		27 934
7	Chinese (zh) 觀測氣球		24 377
8	Arabic (ar) منطاد استطلاع		15 372
9	Ukrainian (uk) Аеростат спостереження		9 054
10	Finnish (fi) Tähystyspallo		6 773

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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 "Observation balloon" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Observation balloon		3 909
2	German (de) Feldluftschiffer		338
3	Hebrew (he) בלון תצפית		206
4	French (fr) Ballon d'observation		186
5	Chinese (zh) 觀測氣球		169
6	Spanish (es) Globo de observación		137
7	Polish (pl) Balon obserwacyjny		107
8	Arabic (ar) منطاد استطلاع		74
9	Portuguese (pt) Balão de observação		58
10	Ukrainian (uk) Аеростат спостереження		57

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Observation balloon		119
2	German (de) Feldluftschiffer		79
3	French (fr) Ballon d'observation		24
4	Hebrew (he) בלון תצפית		23
5	Ukrainian (uk) Аеростат спостереження		17
6	Polish (pl) Balon obserwacyjny		9
7	Spanish (es) Globo de observación		8
8	Chinese (zh) 觀測氣球		8
9	Finnish (fi) Tähystyspallo		7
10	Italian (it) Pallone d'osservazione		7

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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 "Observation balloon" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Korean (ko) 관측 풍선		2
2	Ukrainian (uk) Аеростат спостереження		1
3	Arabic (ar) منطاد استطلاع		0
4	German (de) Feldluftschiffer		0
5	Greek (el) Αερόστατο παρατήρησης		0
6	English (en) Observation balloon		0
7	Spanish (es) Globo de observación		0
8	Estonian (et) Vaatlusõhupall		0
9	Persian (fa) بالون شناسایی		0
10	Finnish (fi) Tähystyspallo		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 "Observation balloon" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Observation balloon		505
2	Polish (pl) Balon obserwacyjny		120
3	French (fr) Ballon d'observation		104
4	German (de) Feldluftschiffer		98
5	Hebrew (he) בלון תצפית		54
6	Italian (it) Pallone d'osservazione		54
7	Chinese (zh) 觀測氣球		31
8	Ukrainian (uk) Аеростат спостереження		30
9	Spanish (es) Globo de observación		19
10	Greek (el) Αερόστατο παρατήρησης		18

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic منطاد استطلاع
de	German Feldluftschiffer
el	Greek Αερόστατο παρατήρησης
en	English Observation balloon
es	Spanish Globo de observación
et	Estonian Vaatlusõhupall
fa	Persian بالون شناسایی
fi	Finnish Tähystyspallo
fr	French Ballon d'observation
he	Hebrew בלון תצפית
it	Italian Pallone d'osservazione
ko	Korean 관측 풍선
pl	Polish Balon obserwacyjny
pt	Portuguese Balão de observação
ro	Romanian Balon de observație
sl	Slovenian Nadzorni balon
uk	Ukrainian Аеростат спостереження
zh	Chinese 觀測氣球

Best Rank

English: #10103 02.2023

Global: #18747 02.2023

Best Rank

English: #686 02.2023

Global: #2871 02.2023

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