Rock climbing

Rock climbing - sporting activity that involves climbing natural rock formations using physical strength, technique and balance, with hands and feet, and employing safety systems according to the type of climbing practised. Article “Rock climbing” in English Wikipedia has 98.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 348 references and 49 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 2026 the article “Rock climbing” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Rock climbing”, its content was written by 631 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1249 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1987 times in English Wikipedia and cited 7558 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3362 in September 2001
• Global: #2474 in July 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #27459 in April 2008
• Global: #36365 in April 2008

There are 30 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	English (en) Rock climbing		98.2986
2	Finnish (fi) Kalliokiipeily		64.4553
3	Persian (fa) سنگ‌نوردی		49.5919
4	Chinese (zh) 攀岩		42.3501
5	Russian (ru) Скалолазание		40.9822
6	Hebrew (he) טיפוס מצוקים		36.7168
7	Ukrainian (uk) Скелелазіння		34.8983
8	Norwegian (no) Fjellklatring		33.036
9	Indonesian (id) Panjat tebing		27.8281
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Fjellklatring		27.5909

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rock climbing" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rock climbing		3 727 980
2	Russian (ru) Скалолазание		710 717
3	Japanese (ja) ロッククライミング		492 475
4	Chinese (zh) 攀岩		340 112
5	Indonesian (id) Panjat tebing		212 308
6	Czech (cs) Horolezectví		205 390
7	Persian (fa) سنگ‌نوردی		187 167
8	Polish (pl) Wspinaczka skalna		117 105
9	Ukrainian (uk) Скелелазіння		52 064
10	Korean (ko) 암벽등반		36 330

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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 "Rock climbing" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rock climbing		5 402
2	Russian (ru) Скалолазание		1 263
3	Chinese (zh) 攀岩		743
4	Japanese (ja) ロッククライミング		576
5	Persian (fa) سنگ‌نوردی		497
6	Czech (cs) Horolezectví		314
7	Indonesian (id) Panjat tebing		209
8	Polish (pl) Wspinaczka skalna		153
9	Ukrainian (uk) Скелелазіння		116
10	Finnish (fi) Kalliokiipeily		62

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rock climbing		631
2	Russian (ru) Скалолазание		119
3	Chinese (zh) 攀岩		65
4	Czech (cs) Horolezectví		61
5	Persian (fa) سنگ‌نوردی		45
6	Japanese (ja) ロッククライミング		38
7	Ukrainian (uk) Скелелазіння		32
8	Polish (pl) Wspinaczka skalna		30
9	Norwegian (no) Fjellklatring		26
10	Finnish (fi) Kalliokiipeily		25

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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 "Rock climbing" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rock climbing		3
2	Polish (pl) Wspinaczka skalna		2
3	Basque (eu) Harkaitz-eskalada		1
4	Finnish (fi) Kalliokiipeily		1
5	Simple English (simple) Rock climbing		1
6	Arabic (ar) تسلق الصخور		0
7	Belarusian (be) Скалалажанне		0
8	Bulgarian (bg) Скално катерене		0
9	Catalan (ca) Escalada en roca		0
10	Czech (cs) Horolezectví		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 "Rock climbing" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Rock climbing		1 987
2	Polish (pl) Wspinaczka skalna		1 066
3	Russian (ru) Скалолазание		826
4	Czech (cs) Horolezectví		785
5	Japanese (ja) ロッククライミング		735
6	Norwegian (no) Fjellklatring		369
7	Chinese (zh) 攀岩		301
8	Ukrainian (uk) Скелелазіння		273
9	Persian (fa) سنگ‌نوردی		233
10	Arabic (ar) تسلق الصخور		163

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تسلق الصخور
be	Belarusian Скалалажанне
bg	Bulgarian Скално катерене
ca	Catalan Escalada en roca
cs	Czech Horolezectví
el	Greek Αναρρίχηση σε βράχο
en	English Rock climbing
eo	Esperanto Rokogrimpado
et	Estonian Kaljuronimine
eu	Basque Harkaitz-eskalada
fa	Persian سنگ‌نوردی
fi	Finnish Kalliokiipeily
he	Hebrew טיפוס מצוקים
hy	Armenian Ժայռամագլցում
id	Indonesian Panjat tebing
ja	Japanese ロッククライミング
ko	Korean 암벽등반
nl	Dutch Rotsklimmen
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Fjellklatring
no	Norwegian Fjellklatring
pl	Polish Wspinaczka skalna
ru	Russian Скалолазание
simple	Simple English Rock climbing
sl	Slovenian Skalno plezanje
tr	Turkish Kaya tırmanışı
uk	Ukrainian Скелелазіння
uz	Uzbek Qoyaga ko‘tarilish
vi	Vietnamese Leo núi đá
zh	Chinese 攀岩
zhminnan	Min Nan Peh-chio̍h

Best Rank

English: #27459 04.2008

Global: #36365 04.2008

Best Rank

English: #3362 09.2001

Global: #2474 07.2002

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