Rayleigh–Taylor instability

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Rayleigh–Taylor instability

Quality:

Rayleigh–Taylor instability - unstable behavior of two contacting fluids of different densities. Article "Rayleigh–Taylor instability" in English Wikipedia has 54.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 28 references and 11 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Rayleigh–Taylor instability", its content was written by 84 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 237 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 98 times in English Wikipedia and cited 571 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #57369 in April 2025
  • Global: #42543 in February 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #14512 in December 2024
  • Global: #31012 in December 2024

There are 15 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)
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
54.2755
2Arabic (ar)
عدم الاستقرار رايلي - تايلور
26.3785
3Italian (it)
Instabilità di Rayleigh-Taylor
25.7148
4Norwegian (no)
Rayleigh-Taylor-ustabilitet
23.0304
5French (fr)
Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor
21.2496
6Chinese (zh)
瑞利-泰勒不穩定性
17.5996
7Portuguese (pt)
Instabilidade de Rayleigh-Taylor
15.5059
8German (de)
Rayleigh-Taylor-Instabilität
11.9323
9Spanish (es)
Inestabilidad Rayleigh-Taylor
10.3894
10Japanese (ja)
レイリー・テイラー不安定性
10.2359
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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 "Rayleigh–Taylor instability" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
995 737
2Japanese (ja)
レイリー・テイラー不安定性
128 063
3Russian (ru)
Неустойчивость Рэлея — Тейлора
107 926
4French (fr)
Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor
76 265
5Chinese (zh)
瑞利-泰勒不穩定性
53 506
6German (de)
Rayleigh-Taylor-Instabilität
49 211
7Spanish (es)
Inestabilidad Rayleigh-Taylor
41 113
8Italian (it)
Instabilità di Rayleigh-Taylor
29 971
9Korean (ko)
레일리-테일러 불안정
12 683
10Portuguese (pt)
Instabilidade de Rayleigh-Taylor
6 564
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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 "Rayleigh–Taylor instability" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
4 419
2Japanese (ja)
レイリー・テイラー不安定性
536
3Russian (ru)
Неустойчивость Рэлея — Тейлора
485
4French (fr)
Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor
295
5Chinese (zh)
瑞利-泰勒不穩定性
236
6Spanish (es)
Inestabilidad Rayleigh-Taylor
196
7German (de)
Rayleigh-Taylor-Instabilität
128
8Italian (it)
Instabilità di Rayleigh-Taylor
118
9Korean (ko)
레일리-테일러 불안정
45
10Portuguese (pt)
Instabilidade de Rayleigh-Taylor
27
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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 "Rayleigh–Taylor instability" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
84
2German (de)
Rayleigh-Taylor-Instabilität
34
3Italian (it)
Instabilità di Rayleigh-Taylor
24
4French (fr)
Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor
23
5Japanese (ja)
レイリー・テイラー不安定性
14
6Russian (ru)
Неустойчивость Рэлея — Тейлора
14
7Chinese (zh)
瑞利-泰勒不穩定性
12
8Spanish (es)
Inestabilidad Rayleigh-Taylor
9
9Hungarian (hu)
Rayleigh–Taylor-instabilitás
6
10Korean (ko)
레일리-테일러 불안정
5
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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 "Rayleigh–Taylor instability" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
عدم الاستقرار رايلي - تايلور
0
2German (de)
Rayleigh-Taylor-Instabilität
0
3English (en)
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
0
4Spanish (es)
Inestabilidad Rayleigh-Taylor
0
5Persian (fa)
ناپایداری ریلی–تیلور
0
6French (fr)
Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor
0
7Hungarian (hu)
Rayleigh–Taylor-instabilitás
0
8Italian (it)
Instabilità di Rayleigh-Taylor
0
9Japanese (ja)
レイリー・テイラー不安定性
0
10Korean (ko)
레일리-테일러 불안정
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 "Rayleigh–Taylor instability" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor
304
2English (en)
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
98
3Italian (it)
Instabilità di Rayleigh-Taylor
24
4Spanish (es)
Inestabilidad Rayleigh-Taylor
23
5Russian (ru)
Неустойчивость Рэлея — Тейлора
22
6Chinese (zh)
瑞利-泰勒不穩定性
21
7Japanese (ja)
レイリー・テイラー不安定性
20
8German (de)
Rayleigh-Taylor-Instabilität
16
9Ukrainian (uk)
Нестійкість Релея — Тейлора
15
10Portuguese (pt)
Instabilidade de Rayleigh-Taylor
9
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
عدم الاستقرار رايلي - تايلور
deGerman
Rayleigh-Taylor-Instabilität
enEnglish
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
esSpanish
Inestabilidad Rayleigh-Taylor
faPersian
ناپایداری ریلی–تیلور
frFrench
Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor
huHungarian
Rayleigh–Taylor-instabilitás
itItalian
Instabilità di Rayleigh-Taylor
jaJapanese
レイリー・テイラー不安定性
koKorean
레일리-테일러 불안정
noNorwegian
Rayleigh-Taylor-ustabilitet
ptPortuguese
Instabilidade de Rayleigh-Taylor
ruRussian
Неустойчивость Рэлея — Тейлора
ukUkrainian
Нестійкість Релея — Тейлора
zhChinese
瑞利-泰勒不穩定性

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#14512
12.2024
Global:
#31012
12.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#57369
04.2025
Global:
#42543
02.2010

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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