Obsolescence

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Obsolescence

Quality:

Obsolescence - state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer wanted even though it may still be in good working order. Article “Obsolescence” in English Wikipedia has 32.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 9 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5.78 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Obsolescence”, its content was written by 179 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 667 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 295 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1857 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7978 in March 2005
  • Global: #14509 in April 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #44285 in May 2013
  • Global: #11083 in January 2015

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Obsoleszenz
48.8618
2English (en)
Obsolescence
32.7631
3Hebrew (he)
התיישנות (כלכלה)
32.4461
4Spanish (es)
Obsolescencia
31.884
5Kazakh (kk)
Бедерсіздену
25.63
6Portuguese (pt)
Obsolescência
22.7178
7French (fr)
Obsolescence
22.313
8Italian (it)
Obsolescenza
22.0518
9Persian (fa)
منسوخ
21.6415
10Korean (ko)
진부화
15.681
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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 "Obsolescence" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Obsolescence
2 280 558
2German (de)
Obsoleszenz
2 046 387
3Spanish (es)
Obsolescencia
1 410 300
4Portuguese (pt)
Obsolescência
529 157
5French (fr)
Obsolescence
470 136
6Italian (it)
Obsolescenza
142 245
7Russian (ru)
Устаревание
125 578
8Swedish (sv)
Obsolescens
98 923
9Ukrainian (uk)
Моральний знос
36 156
10Arabic (ar)
تقادم
30 974
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Obsolescence" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Obsolescence
4 523
2German (de)
Obsoleszenz
2 266
3French (fr)
Obsolescence
734
4Spanish (es)
Obsolescencia
693
5Portuguese (pt)
Obsolescência
535
6Russian (ru)
Устаревание
292
7Italian (it)
Obsolescenza
221
8Persian (fa)
منسوخ
179
9Korean (ko)
진부화
168
10Swedish (sv)
Obsolescens
154
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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 "Obsolescence" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Obsoleszenz
205
2English (en)
Obsolescence
179
3French (fr)
Obsolescence
66
4Spanish (es)
Obsolescencia
41
5Portuguese (pt)
Obsolescência
30
6Russian (ru)
Устаревание
28
7Italian (it)
Obsolescenza
26
8Swedish (sv)
Obsolescens
23
9Hebrew (he)
התיישנות (כלכלה)
16
10Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència
11
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Obsolescence" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Obsoleszenz
3
2Hebrew (he)
התיישנות (כלכלה)
1
3Italian (it)
Obsolescenza
1
4Arabic (ar)
تقادم
0
5Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència
0
6Danish (da)
Forældelse
0
7English (en)
Obsolescence
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Obsoleto
0
9Spanish (es)
Obsolescencia
0
10Persian (fa)
منسوخ
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 "Obsolescence" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Obsoleszenz
825
2English (en)
Obsolescence
295
3French (fr)
Obsolescence
283
4Portuguese (pt)
Obsolescência
102
5Spanish (es)
Obsolescencia
75
6Italian (it)
Obsolescenza
65
7Russian (ru)
Устаревание
60
8Swedish (sv)
Obsolescens
34
9Catalan (ca)
Obsolescència
30
10Ukrainian (uk)
Моральний знос
29
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تقادم
caCatalan
Obsolescència
daDanish
Forældelse
deGerman
Obsoleszenz
enEnglish
Obsolescence
eoEsperanto
Obsoleto
esSpanish
Obsolescencia
faPersian
منسوخ
frFrench
Obsolescence
glGalician
Obsolescencia
heHebrew
התיישנות (כלכלה)
itItalian
Obsolescenza
kkKazakh
Бедерсіздену
koKorean
진부화
ptPortuguese
Obsolescência
ruRussian
Устаревание
svSwedish
Obsolescens
ukUkrainian
Моральний знос

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#44285
05.2013
Global:
#11083
01.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7978
03.2005
Global:
#14509
04.2013

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Obsolescence from Wikipedia articles about Ian Curtis, Raphus cucullatus, Enemy Clauses, Planned obsolescence and Deprecation. Whereas reading the article about Obsolescence people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Planned obsolescence, Obsolete, List of archaic technological nomenclature, Digital obsolescence and Stone washing.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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