Shadowplay (song)

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Shadowplay (song)

Quality:

Shadowplay - 1979 single by Joy Division. Article “Shadowplay (song)” in English Wikipedia has 25.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 5 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 2025 the article “Shadowplay (song)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Shadowplay (song)”, its content was written by 72 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 117 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 132 times in English Wikipedia and cited 288 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #36901 in November 2007
  • Global: #104548 in November 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #93881 in January 2008
  • Global: #151164 in January 2008

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Shadowplay (song)
25.6537
2Portuguese (pt)
Shadowplay
24.0414
3Spanish (es)
Shadowplay
20.6182
4Russian (ru)
Shadowplay
15.4262
5Romanian (ro)
Shadowplay
15.2696
6Italian (it)
Shadowplay
15.097
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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 "Shadowplay (song)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shadowplay (song)
475 054
2Spanish (es)
Shadowplay
55 081
3Italian (it)
Shadowplay
27 825
4Russian (ru)
Shadowplay
22 740
5Portuguese (pt)
Shadowplay
15 240
6Romanian (ro)
Shadowplay
2 336
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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 "Shadowplay (song)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shadowplay (song)
1 269
2Spanish (es)
Shadowplay
95
3Russian (ru)
Shadowplay
52
4Italian (it)
Shadowplay
50
5Portuguese (pt)
Shadowplay
13
6Romanian (ro)
Shadowplay
2
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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 "Shadowplay (song)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shadowplay (song)
72
2Italian (it)
Shadowplay
15
3Spanish (es)
Shadowplay
13
4Portuguese (pt)
Shadowplay
10
5Russian (ru)
Shadowplay
6
6Romanian (ro)
Shadowplay
1
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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 "Shadowplay (song)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shadowplay (song)
2
2Spanish (es)
Shadowplay
0
3Italian (it)
Shadowplay
0
4Portuguese (pt)
Shadowplay
0
5Romanian (ro)
Shadowplay
0
6Russian (ru)
Shadowplay
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 "Shadowplay (song)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shadowplay (song)
132
2Portuguese (pt)
Shadowplay
53
3Russian (ru)
Shadowplay
42
4Romanian (ro)
Shadowplay
30
5Italian (it)
Shadowplay
19
6Spanish (es)
Shadowplay
12
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Shadowplay (song)
esSpanish
Shadowplay
itItalian
Shadowplay
ptPortuguese
Shadowplay
roRomanian
Shadowplay
ruRussian
Shadowplay

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#93881
01.2008
Global:
#151164
01.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#36901
11.2007
Global:
#104548
11.2007

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shadowplay from Wikipedia articles about Unknown Pleasures, Sawdust, For Reasons Unknown, Ian Curtis and Joy Division. Whereas reading the article about Shadowplay people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Unknown Pleasures, Tranquilize, Control, Joy Division and Sawdust.

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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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Ali Khamenei, 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, Neil Sedaka, Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran–Israel conflict, Supreme Leader of Iran, Scream 7, Elimination Chamber (2026), World War III.

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