Onager (weapon)

Onager - Roman siege engine. Article “Onager (weapon)” in English Wikipedia has 54.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 38 references and 8 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 “Onager (weapon)”, its content was written by 187 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 597 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 75 times in English Wikipedia and cited 781 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #11280 in March 2023
• Global: #10024 in May 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #57305 in May 2008
• Global: #60859 in May 2008

There are 25 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) Onager (weapon)		54.8472
2	Dutch (nl) Onager (wapen)		45.6381
3	Russian (ru) Онагр (метательная машина)		24.3533
4	Chinese (zh) 野驢砲		24.0888
5	Ukrainian (uk) Онагр (метальна машина)		23.3915
6	Swedish (sv) Onager		23.39
7	Polish (pl) Onager (machina wojenna)		21.416
8	Arabic (ar) منجنيق (عزم فتل)		20.1563
9	Italian (it) Onagro (arma)		16.2687
10	French (fr) Onagre (engin)		16.0354

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Onager (weapon)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Onager (weapon)		1 594 698
2	German (de) Onager (Waffe)		345 488
3	Russian (ru) Онагр (метательная машина)		317 877
4	French (fr) Onagre (engin)		226 127
5	Polish (pl) Onager (machina wojenna)		185 961
6	Spanish (es) Onagro (arma de asedio)		181 205
7	Italian (it) Onagro (arma)		137 346
8	Japanese (ja) オナガー (投石機)		91 324
9	Swedish (sv) Onager		57 741
10	Dutch (nl) Onager (wapen)		57 681

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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 "Onager (weapon)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Onager (weapon)		5 593
2	Russian (ru) Онагр (метательная машина)		1 022
3	German (de) Onager (Waffe)		669
4	French (fr) Onagre (engin)		660
5	Japanese (ja) オナガー (投石機)		424
6	Spanish (es) Onagro (arma de asedio)		421
7	Polish (pl) Onager (machina wojenna)		373
8	Italian (it) Onagro (arma)		367
9	Dutch (nl) Onager (wapen)		178
10	Finnish (fi) Onageri		107

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Onager (weapon)		187
2	German (de) Onager (Waffe)		68
3	French (fr) Onagre (engin)		53
4	Italian (it) Onagro (arma)		38
5	Russian (ru) Онагр (метательная машина)		37
6	Dutch (nl) Onager (wapen)		27
7	Polish (pl) Onager (machina wojenna)		24
8	Finnish (fi) Onageri		21
9	Norwegian (no) Onager (våpen)		21
10	Spanish (es) Onagro (arma de asedio)		16

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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 "Onager (weapon)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) منجنيق (عزم فتل)		0
2	Catalan (ca) Onagre (catapulta)		0
3	Czech (cs) Onager (zbraň)		0
4	Danish (da) Onager (kastemaskine)		0
5	German (de) Onager (Waffe)		0
6	English (en) Onager (weapon)		0
7	Spanish (es) Onagro (arma de asedio)		0
8	Basque (eu) Onagro (arma)		0
9	Persian (fa) منجنیق رومی		0
10	Finnish (fi) Onageri		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 "Onager (weapon)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Dutch (nl) Onager (wapen)		172
2	English (en) Onager (weapon)		75
3	Polish (pl) Onager (machina wojenna)		74
4	Arabic (ar) منجنيق (عزم فتل)		69
5	Ukrainian (uk) Онагр (метальна машина)		57
6	Russian (ru) Онагр (метательная машина)		44
7	French (fr) Onagre (engin)		42
8	Slovenian (sl) Onager (orožje)		42
9	Italian (it) Onagro (arma)		38
10	German (de) Onager (Waffe)		27

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic منجنيق (عزم فتل)
ca	Catalan Onagre (catapulta)
cs	Czech Onager (zbraň)
da	Danish Onager (kastemaskine)
de	German Onager (Waffe)
en	English Onager (weapon)
es	Spanish Onagro (arma de asedio)
eu	Basque Onagro (arma)
fa	Persian منجنیق رومی
fi	Finnish Onageri
fr	French Onagre (engin)
it	Italian Onagro (arma)
ja	Japanese オナガー (投石機)
ko	Korean 오나거
lt	Lithuanian Onagras (ginklas)
nl	Dutch Onager (wapen)
no	Norwegian Onager (våpen)
pl	Polish Onager (machina wojenna)
pt	Portuguese Onagro (arma)
ru	Russian Онагр (метательная машина)
sl	Slovenian Onager (orožje)
sv	Swedish Onager
tr	Turkish Onager
uk	Ukrainian Онагр (метальна машина)
zh	Chinese 野驢砲

Best Rank

English: #57305 05.2008

Global: #60859 05.2008

Best Rank

English: #11280 03.2023

Global: #10024 05.2009

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