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Shamoon

Quality:

Shamoon - modular computer virus. Article “Shamoon” in English Wikipedia has 43.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 35 references and 6 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.

Since the creation of article “Shamoon”, its content was written by 76 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 100 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 246 times in English Wikipedia and cited 422 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #39094 in November 2017
  • Global: #56428 in November 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #35136 in December 2014
  • Global: #76892 in December 2014

There are 5 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)
Shamoon
43.3649
2Slovenian (sl)
Shamoon
31.1419
3Russian (ru)
Shamoon
27.6557
4Persian (fa)
شمعون (بدافزار)
20.2643
5Arabic (ar)
فيروس شمعون
14.8379
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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 "Shamoon" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shamoon
535 468
2Arabic (ar)
فيروس شمعون
59 991
3Persian (fa)
شمعون (بدافزار)
12 255
4Russian (ru)
Shamoon
4 682
5Slovenian (sl)
Shamoon
641
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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 "Shamoon" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shamoon
3 342
2Arabic (ar)
فيروس شمعون
631
3Persian (fa)
شمعون (بدافزار)
89
4Russian (ru)
Shamoon
68
5Slovenian (sl)
Shamoon
13
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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 "Shamoon" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shamoon
76
2Arabic (ar)
فيروس شمعون
12
3Persian (fa)
شمعون (بدافزار)
6
4Russian (ru)
Shamoon
3
5Slovenian (sl)
Shamoon
3
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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 "Shamoon" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
فيروس شمعون
0
2English (en)
Shamoon
0
3Persian (fa)
شمعون (بدافزار)
0
4Russian (ru)
Shamoon
0
5Slovenian (sl)
Shamoon
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 "Shamoon" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shamoon
246
2Russian (ru)
Shamoon
89
3Arabic (ar)
فيروس شمعون
56
4Persian (fa)
شمعون (بدافزار)
30
5Slovenian (sl)
Shamoon
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
فيروس شمعون
enEnglish
Shamoon
faPersian
شمعون (بدافزار)
ruRussian
Shamoon
slSlovenian
Shamoon

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#35136
12.2014
Global:
#76892
12.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#39094
11.2017
Global:
#56428
11.2017

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shamoon from Wikipedia articles about Sony Pictures hack, Saudi Aramco, List of cyberattacks, Vault 7 and Wiper. Whereas reading the article about Shamoon people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Death of Alan Kurdi, Flame, Master boot record, Wiper and RasGas.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 21 February 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Eric Dane, Alysa Liu, Rebecca Gayheart, Jeffrey Epstein, 2026 Winter Olympics, Eileen Gu, John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Deaths in 2026, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo.

About WikiRank

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