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Optical sound

Quality:

Sound-on-film (optical) - storing sound recordings on film. Article “Optical sound” in English Wikipedia has 49.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 references and 11 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Optical sound” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Optical sound”, its content was written by 36 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 194 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 47 times in English Wikipedia and cited 353 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #74694 in July 2013
  • Global: #34819 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #458842 in January 2022
  • Global: #218731 in September 2013

There are 8 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
1Russian (ru)
Оптическая звукозапись
49.8123
2English (en)
Optical sound
49.6528
3German (de)
Lichttonverfahren
27.4234
4Spanish (es)
Sonido óptico
16.6899
5Hungarian (hu)
Fényhang
14.2479
6Norwegian (no)
Filmlyd
10.5915
7Japanese (ja)
オプティカル・サウンド
5.2391
8Ukrainian (uk)
Оптичний запис звуку
4.4194
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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 "Optical sound" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Optical sound
188 003
2German (de)
Lichttonverfahren
183 137
3Russian (ru)
Оптическая звукозапись
119 038
4Spanish (es)
Sonido óptico
52 625
5Japanese (ja)
オプティカル・サウンド
44 432
6Norwegian (no)
Filmlyd
36 153
7Hungarian (hu)
Fényhang
5 968
8Ukrainian (uk)
Оптичний запис звуку
2 042
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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 "Optical sound" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Optical sound
1 219
2Russian (ru)
Оптическая звукозапись
447
3German (de)
Lichttonverfahren
388
4Japanese (ja)
オプティカル・サウンド
313
5Spanish (es)
Sonido óptico
96
6Hungarian (hu)
Fényhang
20
7Norwegian (no)
Filmlyd
11
8Ukrainian (uk)
Оптичний запис звуку
11
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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 "Optical sound" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Lichttonverfahren
90
2English (en)
Optical sound
36
3Norwegian (no)
Filmlyd
20
4Russian (ru)
Оптическая звукозапись
15
5Spanish (es)
Sonido óptico
14
6Japanese (ja)
オプティカル・サウンド
10
7Hungarian (hu)
Fényhang
5
8Ukrainian (uk)
Оптичний запис звуку
4
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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 "Optical sound" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Optical sound
1
2German (de)
Lichttonverfahren
0
3Spanish (es)
Sonido óptico
0
4Hungarian (hu)
Fényhang
0
5Japanese (ja)
オプティカル・サウンド
0
6Norwegian (no)
Filmlyd
0
7Russian (ru)
Оптическая звукозапись
0
8Ukrainian (uk)
Оптичний запис звуку
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 "Optical sound" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Lichttonverfahren
113
2Russian (ru)
Оптическая звукозапись
113
3English (en)
Optical sound
47
4Japanese (ja)
オプティカル・サウンド
30
5Spanish (es)
Sonido óptico
27
6Norwegian (no)
Filmlyd
13
7Ukrainian (uk)
Оптичний запис звуку
8
8Hungarian (hu)
Fényhang
2
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Lichttonverfahren
enEnglish
Optical sound
esSpanish
Sonido óptico
huHungarian
Fényhang
jaJapanese
オプティカル・サウンド
noNorwegian
Filmlyd
ruRussian
Оптическая звукозапись
ukUkrainian
Оптичний запис звуку

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#458842
01.2022
Global:
#218731
09.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#74694
07.2013
Global:
#34819
05.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Sound-on-film (optical) from Wikipedia articles about Sound-on-film, Sound film, Super 35, 35 mm film and Dolby Stereo. Whereas reading the article about Sound-on-film (optical) people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Sound-on-film, Optigan, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Photophone and Movietone sound system.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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