Photic zone

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Photic zone

Quality:

Photic zone - uppermost layer of water in a lake or ocean that is exposed to sunlight more than 1% of surface illumination. Article “Photic zone” in English Wikipedia has 59.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 33 references and 9 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.

In June 2025 the article “Photic zone” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Photic zone”, its content was written by 125 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 420 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 819 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2383 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2972 in September 2002
  • Global: #4907 in September 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #75611 in April 2010
  • Global: #42242 in June 2019

There are 28 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
1English (en)
Photic zone
59.3318
2Indonesian (id)
Zona fotik
39.8053
3Portuguese (pt)
Zona eufótica
33.4984
4Vietnamese (vi)
Dải sáng rõ
28.2923
5Italian (it)
Zona eufotica
27.725
6Arabic (ar)
منطقة مضاءة
25.9268
7Basque (eu)
Zona fotiko
23.5755
8Chinese (zh)
透光帶
22.7125
9Norwegian (no)
Eufotisk
22.4226
10Swedish (sv)
Eufotisk zon
22.0221
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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 "Photic zone" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Photic zone
1 484 061
2Spanish (es)
Zona fótica
685 664
3Portuguese (pt)
Zona eufótica
102 086
4French (fr)
Zone photique
91 577
5German (de)
Euphotische Zone
86 849
6Chinese (zh)
透光帶
65 860
7Russian (ru)
Эвфотическая зона
54 327
8Italian (it)
Zona eufotica
48 575
9Polish (pl)
Strefa eufotyczna
46 378
10Japanese (ja)
有光層
41 375
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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 "Photic zone" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Photic zone
5 768
2Chinese (zh)
透光帶
497
3French (fr)
Zone photique
348
4Russian (ru)
Эвфотическая зона
334
5German (de)
Euphotische Zone
314
6Spanish (es)
Zona fótica
178
7Indonesian (id)
Zona fotik
150
8Italian (it)
Zona eufotica
149
9Portuguese (pt)
Zona eufótica
142
10Japanese (ja)
有光層
137
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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 "Photic zone" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Photic zone
125
2German (de)
Euphotische Zone
37
3Spanish (es)
Zona fótica
29
4Danish (da)
Fotiske zone
27
5French (fr)
Zone photique
27
6Dutch (nl)
Fotische zone
23
7Italian (it)
Zona eufotica
20
8Norwegian (no)
Eufotisk
19
9Portuguese (pt)
Zona eufótica
15
10Chinese (zh)
透光帶
13
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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 "Photic zone" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Photic zone
4
2Indonesian (id)
Zona fotik
1
3Arabic (ar)
منطقة مضاءة
0
4Bulgarian (bg)
Еуфотична зона
0
5Catalan (ca)
Zona fòtica
0
6Danish (da)
Fotiske zone
0
7German (de)
Euphotische Zone
0
8Spanish (es)
Zona fótica
0
9Estonian (et)
Eufootne vöönd
0
10Basque (eu)
Zona fotiko
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 "Photic zone" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Photic zone
819
2Persian (fa)
ناحیه نورگیر
239
3Arabic (ar)
منطقة مضاءة
212
4French (fr)
Zone photique
182
5Russian (ru)
Эвфотическая зона
120
6Ukrainian (uk)
Фотична зона
115
7Chinese (zh)
透光帶
81
8Thai (th)
เขตมีแสง
79
9Spanish (es)
Zona fótica
71
10Portuguese (pt)
Zona eufótica
61
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
منطقة مضاءة
bgBulgarian
Еуфотична зона
caCatalan
Zona fòtica
daDanish
Fotiske zone
deGerman
Euphotische Zone
enEnglish
Photic zone
esSpanish
Zona fótica
etEstonian
Eufootne vöönd
euBasque
Zona fotiko
faPersian
ناحیه نورگیر
frFrench
Zone photique
glGalician
Zona fótica
idIndonesian
Zona fotik
itItalian
Zona eufotica
jaJapanese
有光層
koKorean
유광층
nlDutch
Fotische zone
noNorwegian
Eufotisk
plPolish
Strefa eufotyczna
ptPortuguese
Zona eufótica
ruRussian
Эвфотическая зона
srSerbian
Еуфотична зона
svSwedish
Eufotisk zon
taTamil
சூரிய ஒளி மண்டலம்
thThai
เขตมีแสง
ukUkrainian
Фотична зона
viVietnamese
Dải sáng rõ
zhChinese
透光帶

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#75611
04.2010
Global:
#42242
06.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2972
09.2002
Global:
#4907
09.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Photic zone from Wikipedia articles about Deep-sea fish, Regalecidae, Mesopelagic zone, Pelagic zone and Megalodon. Whereas reading the article about Photic zone people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Aphotic zone, Pelagic zone, Hadal zone, Mesopelagic zone and Benthic zone.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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