Proximity effect (audio)

Proximity effect - increase in bass or low frequency response when a sound source is close to a microphone. Article “Proximity effect (audio)” in English Wikipedia has 16.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Proximity effect (audio)”, its content was written by 33 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 98 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 20 times in English Wikipedia and cited 58 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #101649 in July 2010
• Global: #52890 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #178210 in January 2025
• Global: #273657 in November 2013

There are 6 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	Swedish (sv) Närhetseffekten		24.5757
2	Catalan (ca) Efecte de proximitat		23.5504
3	French (fr) Effet de proximité (audio)		17.8301
4	English (en) Proximity effect (audio)		16.8768
5	German (de) Nahbesprechungseffekt		7.6905
6	Spanish (es) Efecto proximidad		1.3063

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Proximity effect (audio)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Proximity effect (audio)		326 538
2	German (de) Nahbesprechungseffekt		86 431
3	Spanish (es) Efecto proximidad		78 338
4	Swedish (sv) Närhetseffekten		8 337
5	French (fr) Effet de proximité (audio)		581
6	Catalan (ca) Efecte de proximitat		439

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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 "Proximity effect (audio)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Proximity effect (audio)		1 599
2	German (de) Nahbesprechungseffekt		161
3	Spanish (es) Efecto proximidad		22
4	French (fr) Effet de proximité (audio)		22
5	Swedish (sv) Närhetseffekten		10
6	Catalan (ca) Efecte de proximitat		7

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Nahbesprechungseffekt		38
2	English (en) Proximity effect (audio)		33
3	Swedish (sv) Närhetseffekten		14
4	Spanish (es) Efecto proximidad		8
5	Catalan (ca) Efecte de proximitat		4
6	French (fr) Effet de proximité (audio)		1

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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 "Proximity effect (audio)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Efecte de proximitat		0
2	German (de) Nahbesprechungseffekt		0
3	English (en) Proximity effect (audio)		0
4	Spanish (es) Efecto proximidad		0
5	French (fr) Effet de proximité (audio)		0
6	Swedish (sv) Närhetseffekten		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 "Proximity effect (audio)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Nahbesprechungseffekt		22
2	English (en) Proximity effect (audio)		20
3	Catalan (ca) Efecte de proximitat		8
4	Spanish (es) Efecto proximidad		6
5	French (fr) Effet de proximité (audio)		1
6	Swedish (sv) Närhetseffekten		1

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Efecte de proximitat
de	German Nahbesprechungseffekt
en	English Proximity effect (audio)
es	Spanish Efecto proximidad
fr	French Effet de proximité (audio)
sv	Swedish Närhetseffekten

Best Rank

English: #178210 01.2025

Global: #273657 11.2013

Best Rank

English: #101649 07.2010

Global: #52890 07.2004

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