Shadow biosphere

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Shadow biosphere

Quality:

Shadow biosphere - hypothetical microbial biosphere of Earth that would use radically different biochemical and molecular processes from that of currently known life. Article “Shadow biosphere” in English Wikipedia has 28.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Shadow biosphere”, its content was written by 80 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 105 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 19 times in English Wikipedia and cited 33 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #18901 in July 2019
  • Global: #84616 in July 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #37150 in July 2019
  • Global: #75950 in July 2019

There are 7 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
1Estonian (et)
Varibiosfäär
31.9862
2Chinese (zh)
影子生物圈
31.7563
3English (en)
Shadow biosphere
28.7437
4Italian (it)
Biosfera ombra
27.3981
5Portuguese (pt)
Biosfera oculta
23.8268
6Arabic (ar)
محيط حيوي خفي
22.3942
7Russian (ru)
Теневая биосфера
8.3147
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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 "Shadow biosphere" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shadow biosphere
537 922
2Chinese (zh)
影子生物圈
15 652
3Russian (ru)
Теневая биосфера
10 019
4Estonian (et)
Varibiosfäär
1 281
5Arabic (ar)
محيط حيوي خفي
740
6Italian (it)
Biosfera ombra
388
7Portuguese (pt)
Biosfera oculta
335
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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 "Shadow biosphere" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shadow biosphere
2 260
2Chinese (zh)
影子生物圈
76
3Russian (ru)
Теневая биосфера
69
4Arabic (ar)
محيط حيوي خفي
30
5Italian (it)
Biosfera ombra
18
6Estonian (et)
Varibiosfäär
11
7Portuguese (pt)
Biosfera oculta
7
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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 "Shadow biosphere" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shadow biosphere
80
2Italian (it)
Biosfera ombra
6
3Estonian (et)
Varibiosfäär
5
4Russian (ru)
Теневая биосфера
5
5Chinese (zh)
影子生物圈
5
6Arabic (ar)
محيط حيوي خفي
2
7Portuguese (pt)
Biosfera oculta
2
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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 "Shadow biosphere" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
محيط حيوي خفي
0
2English (en)
Shadow biosphere
0
3Estonian (et)
Varibiosfäär
0
4Italian (it)
Biosfera ombra
0
5Portuguese (pt)
Biosfera oculta
0
6Russian (ru)
Теневая биосфера
0
7Chinese (zh)
影子生物圈
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 "Shadow biosphere" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shadow biosphere
19
2Chinese (zh)
影子生物圈
7
3Estonian (et)
Varibiosfäär
3
4Russian (ru)
Теневая биосфера
2
5Arabic (ar)
محيط حيوي خفي
1
6Portuguese (pt)
Biosfera oculta
1
7Italian (it)
Biosfera ombra
0
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Scores

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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
محيط حيوي خفي
enEnglish
Shadow biosphere
etEstonian
Varibiosfäär
itItalian
Biosfera ombra
ptPortuguese
Biosfera oculta
ruRussian
Теневая биосфера
zhChinese
影子生物圈

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#37150
07.2019
Global:
#75950
07.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#18901
07.2019
Global:
#84616
07.2019

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shadow biosphere from Wikipedia articles about Hypothetical types of biochemistry, Abiogenesis, Desert varnish, Microbial dark matter and Helen Sharman. Whereas reading the article about Shadow biosphere people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Desert varnish, Biological dark matter, Purple Earth hypothesis, GFAJ-1 and RNA world hypothesis.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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