Road salt

Road salt - salt applied to road surfaces to lower the freezing point of water in order to prevent ice or snow buildup. Article “Road salt” in English Wikipedia has 44.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 9 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Road salt” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Road salt”, its content was written by 20 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 346 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 210 times in English Wikipedia and cited 553 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #31902 in February 2025
• Global: #21213 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #294553 in February 2025
• Global: #14310 in December 2010

There are 10 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	German (de) Auftausalz		57.5087
2	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Vegsalt		48.7856
3	English (en) Road salt		44.0517
4	French (fr) Fondant routier		39.018
5	Polish (pl) Sól drogowa		28.0947
6	Swedish (sv) Vägsalt		25.8833
7	Danish (da) Vejsalt		24.8788
8	Norwegian (no) Veisalting		24.1092
9	Dutch (nl) Strooizout		16.7252
10	Finnish (fi) Tiesuola		12.357

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Road salt" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Auftausalz		947 533
2	Dutch (nl) Strooizout		217 077
3	Finnish (fi) Tiesuola		132 914
4	Polish (pl) Sól drogowa		107 292
5	French (fr) Fondant routier		87 122
6	Swedish (sv) Vägsalt		72 454
7	English (en) Road salt		35 206
8	Norwegian (no) Veisalting		18 334
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Vegsalt		967
10	Danish (da) Vejsalt		546

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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 "Road salt" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Road salt		1 243
2	German (de) Auftausalz		537
3	Finnish (fi) Tiesuola		129
4	Polish (pl) Sól drogowa		123
5	French (fr) Fondant routier		83
6	Swedish (sv) Vägsalt		82
7	Dutch (nl) Strooizout		81
8	Norwegian (no) Veisalting		48
9	Danish (da) Vejsalt		23
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Vegsalt		19

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Auftausalz		167
2	Dutch (nl) Strooizout		66
3	Finnish (fi) Tiesuola		27
4	French (fr) Fondant routier		27
5	English (en) Road salt		20
6	Swedish (sv) Vägsalt		17
7	Polish (pl) Sól drogowa		10
8	Norwegian (no) Veisalting		9
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Vegsalt		2
10	Danish (da) Vejsalt		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 "Road salt" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Road salt		1
2	Danish (da) Vejsalt		0
3	German (de) Auftausalz		0
4	Finnish (fi) Tiesuola		0
5	French (fr) Fondant routier		0
6	Dutch (nl) Strooizout		0
7	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Vegsalt		0
8	Norwegian (no) Veisalting		0
9	Polish (pl) Sól drogowa		0
10	Swedish (sv) Vägsalt		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 "Road salt" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Road salt		210
2	German (de) Auftausalz		143
3	French (fr) Fondant routier		98
4	Dutch (nl) Strooizout		30
5	Finnish (fi) Tiesuola		23
6	Swedish (sv) Vägsalt		14
7	Polish (pl) Sól drogowa		13
8	Norwegian (no) Veisalting		12
9	Danish (da) Vejsalt		7
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Vegsalt		3

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#	Language	Value
da	Danish Vejsalt
de	German Auftausalz
en	English Road salt
fi	Finnish Tiesuola
fr	French Fondant routier
nl	Dutch Strooizout
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Vegsalt
no	Norwegian Veisalting
pl	Polish Sól drogowa
sv	Swedish Vägsalt

Best Rank

English: #294553 02.2025

Global: #14310 12.2010

Best Rank

English: #31902 02.2025

Global: #21213 01.2005

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