Paddle wheel

Paddle wheel - wheel with a number of paddles installed around the periphery of the wheel; part of a boat, fan or other machine. Article “Paddle wheel” in English Wikipedia has 15.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Paddle wheel”, its content was written by 31 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 166 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 279 times in English Wikipedia and cited 740 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #63598 in December 2012
• Global: #118923 in December 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #196272 in June 2011
• Global: #276043 in June 2011

There are 14 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	Arabic (ar) عجلة تغديف		22.4513
2	Ukrainian (uk) Гребне колесо		21.5951
3	Russian (ru) Гребное колесо		20.7995
4	Turkish (tr) Kanatlı çark		17.2459
5	English (en) Paddle wheel		15.8315
6	Persian (fa) چرخ پره‌ای		11.6314
7	Norwegian (no) Skovlhjul		11.007
8	Italian (it) Ruota a pale		7.4247
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Skovlhjul		7.1088
10	Spanish (es) Rueda de paletas		6.1835

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Paddle wheel" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Paddle wheel		349 431
2	Russian (ru) Гребное колесо		95 206
3	Polish (pl) Koło łopatkowe		50 764
4	Italian (it) Ruota a pale		40 538
5	Spanish (es) Rueda de paletas		30 281
6	Swedish (sv) Skovelhjul		25 468
7	Norwegian (no) Skovlhjul		14 978
8	Dutch (nl) Hekwiel		5 998
9	Romanian (ro) Zbat		5 530
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Skovlhjul		2 096

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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 "Paddle wheel" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Paddle wheel		1 644
2	Russian (ru) Гребное колесо		394
3	Spanish (es) Rueda de paletas		134
4	Italian (it) Ruota a pale		116
5	Polish (pl) Koło łopatkowe		75
6	Norwegian (no) Skovlhjul		42
7	Swedish (sv) Skovelhjul		38
8	Dutch (nl) Hekwiel		21
9	Romanian (ro) Zbat		21
10	Turkish (tr) Kanatlı çark		16

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Russian (ru) Гребное колесо		32
2	English (en) Paddle wheel		31
3	Italian (it) Ruota a pale		22
4	Dutch (nl) Hekwiel		17
5	Norwegian (no) Skovlhjul		16
6	Swedish (sv) Skovelhjul		13
7	Spanish (es) Rueda de paletas		11
8	Polish (pl) Koło łopatkowe		9
9	Ukrainian (uk) Гребне колесо		5
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Skovlhjul		3

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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 "Paddle wheel" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) عجلة تغديف		0
2	English (en) Paddle wheel		0
3	Spanish (es) Rueda de paletas		0
4	Persian (fa) چرخ پره‌ای		0
5	Italian (it) Ruota a pale		0
6	Dutch (nl) Hekwiel		0
7	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Skovlhjul		0
8	Norwegian (no) Skovlhjul		0
9	Polish (pl) Koło łopatkowe		0
10	Romanian (ro) Zbat		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 "Paddle wheel" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Paddle wheel		279
2	Russian (ru) Гребное колесо		148
3	Italian (it) Ruota a pale		94
4	Spanish (es) Rueda de paletas		44
5	Swedish (sv) Skovelhjul		44
6	Polish (pl) Koło łopatkowe		40
7	Ukrainian (uk) Гребне колесо		32
8	Norwegian (no) Skovlhjul		23
9	Romanian (ro) Zbat		13
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Skovlhjul		9

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عجلة تغديف
en	English Paddle wheel
es	Spanish Rueda de paletas
fa	Persian چرخ پره‌ای
it	Italian Ruota a pale
nl	Dutch Hekwiel
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Skovlhjul
no	Norwegian Skovlhjul
pl	Polish Koło łopatkowe
ro	Romanian Zbat
ru	Russian Гребное колесо
sv	Swedish Skovelhjul
tr	Turkish Kanatlı çark
uk	Ukrainian Гребне колесо

Best Rank

English: #196272 06.2011

Global: #276043 06.2011

Best Rank

English: #63598 12.2012

Global: #118923 12.2012

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