Protected cruiser

Protected cruiser - type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from fragments caused by exploding shells above. Article “Protected cruiser” in English Wikipedia has 53.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 18 references and 23 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.82 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Protected cruiser”, its content was written by 97 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 574 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2304 times in English Wikipedia and cited 9320 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #20342 in April 2003
• Global: #22272 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #90567 in July 2015
• Global: #101320 in July 2015

There are 26 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, 2026 (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	Russian (ru) Бронепалубный крейсер		100
2	Bulgarian (bg) Бронепалубен крайцер		95
3	Ukrainian (uk) Бронепалубний крейсер		95
4	English (en) Protected cruiser		53.6505
5	Japanese (ja) 防護巡洋艦		39.7434
6	Czech (cs) Chráněný křižník		29.8136
7	Polish (pl) Krążownik pancernopokładowy		26.6183
8	German (de) Geschützter Kreuzer		25.1521
9	Italian (it) Incrociatore protetto		20.9113
10	French (fr) Croiseur protégé		18.544

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Protected cruiser" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Protected cruiser		1 049 769
2	Russian (ru) Бронепалубный крейсер		299 693
3	Japanese (ja) 防護巡洋艦		286 576
4	German (de) Geschützter Kreuzer		248 467
5	Polish (pl) Krążownik pancernopokładowy		101 720
6	Spanish (es) Crucero protegido		100 221
7	Chinese (zh) 防护巡洋舰		56 731
8	Italian (it) Incrociatore protetto		50 976
9	French (fr) Croiseur protégé		49 393
10	Czech (cs) Chráněný křižník		29 606

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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 "Protected cruiser" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Protected cruiser		4 011
2	Japanese (ja) 防護巡洋艦		924
3	Russian (ru) Бронепалубный крейсер		823
4	German (de) Geschützter Kreuzer		505
5	Spanish (es) Crucero protegido		251
6	Chinese (zh) 防护巡洋舰		234
7	Polish (pl) Krążownik pancernopokładowy		230
8	French (fr) Croiseur protégé		176
9	Italian (it) Incrociatore protetto		95
10	Czech (cs) Chráněný křižník		64

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Protected cruiser		97
2	German (de) Geschützter Kreuzer		75
3	Russian (ru) Бронепалубный крейсер		57
4	Italian (it) Incrociatore protetto		37
5	Japanese (ja) 防護巡洋艦		36
6	French (fr) Croiseur protégé		32
7	Polish (pl) Krążownik pancernopokładowy		26
8	Czech (cs) Chráněný křižník		20
9	Spanish (es) Crucero protegido		19
10	Finnish (fi) Panssarikansiristeilijä		19

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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 "Protected cruiser" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Geschützter Kreuzer		1
2	Portuguese (pt) Cruzador protegido		1
3	Belarusian (be) Браняпалубны крэйсер		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) Бронепалубен крайцер		0
5	Czech (cs) Chráněný křižník		0
6	Danish (da) Beskyttet krydser		0
7	English (en) Protected cruiser		0
8	Spanish (es) Crucero protegido		0
9	Finnish (fi) Panssarikansiristeilijä		0
10	French (fr) Croiseur protégé		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 "Protected cruiser" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Protected cruiser		2 304
2	French (fr) Croiseur protégé		1 044
3	Polish (pl) Krążownik pancernopokładowy		730
4	Italian (it) Incrociatore protetto		675
5	Japanese (ja) 防護巡洋艦		656
6	Russian (ru) Бронепалубный крейсер		635
7	Chinese (zh) 防护巡洋舰		631
8	German (de) Geschützter Kreuzer		432
9	Ukrainian (uk) Бронепалубний крейсер		372
10	Bulgarian (bg) Бронепалубен крайцер		324

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#	Language	Value
be	Belarusian Браняпалубны крэйсер
bg	Bulgarian Бронепалубен крайцер
cs	Czech Chráněný křižník
da	Danish Beskyttet krydser
de	German Geschützter Kreuzer
en	English Protected cruiser
es	Spanish Crucero protegido
fi	Finnish Panssarikansiristeilijä
fr	French Croiseur protégé
he	Hebrew סיירת ממוגנת
hr	Croatian Zaštićena krstarica
it	Italian Incrociatore protetto
ja	Japanese 防護巡洋艦
ko	Korean 방호순양함
lt	Lithuanian Šarvuotadenis kreiseris
nl	Dutch Pantserdekschip
no	Norwegian Armert krysser
pl	Polish Krążownik pancernopokładowy
pt	Portuguese Cruzador protegido
ru	Russian Бронепалубный крейсер
sh	Serbo-Croatian Zaštićena krstarica
sr	Serbian Заштићена крстарица
tr	Turkish Korumalı kruvazör
uk	Ukrainian Бронепалубний крейсер
vi	Vietnamese Tàu tuần dương bảo vệ
zh	Chinese 防护巡洋舰

Best Rank

English: #90567 07.2015

Global: #101320 07.2015

Best Rank

English: #20342 04.2003

Global: #22272 09.2003

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