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Siege engine

Quality:

Siege engine - device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. Article “Siege engine” in English Wikipedia has 47.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 10 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 “Siege engine”, its content was written by 252 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 711 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 740 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2669 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1813 in November 2001
  • Global: #1942 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #25157 in May 2008
  • Global: #36450 in May 2008

There are 33 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)
Siege engine
47.5033
2Turkish (tr)
Kuşatma makinesi
44.1621
3Chinese (zh)
攻城武器
42.7741
4Korean (ko)
공성무기
38.3383
5Slovenian (sl)
Oblegovalna naprava
34.6696
6Catalan (ca)
Maquinària de setge
31.3495
7Vietnamese (vi)
Vũ khí công thành
27.4796
8Ukrainian (uk)
Облогові машини
23.9749
9Serbian (sr)
Опсадна техника
22.5284
10Indonesian (id)
Mesin kepung
22.2897
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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 "Siege engine" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Siege engine
2 035 005
2Spanish (es)
Arma de asedio
477 709
3German (de)
Belagerungsgerät
274 369
4French (fr)
Engin de siège
237 172
5Japanese (ja)
攻城兵器
208 191
6Russian (ru)
Осадные орудия
175 961
7Polish (pl)
Machina oblężnicza
92 185
8Portuguese (pt)
Arma de cerco
55 222
9Chinese (zh)
攻城武器
42 960
10Finnish (fi)
Piirityskone
27 140
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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 "Siege engine" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Siege engine
7 704
2Spanish (es)
Arma de asedio
836
3Japanese (ja)
攻城兵器
697
4French (fr)
Engin de siège
652
5Russian (ru)
Осадные орудия
538
6German (de)
Belagerungsgerät
520
7Chinese (zh)
攻城武器
394
8Portuguese (pt)
Arma de cerco
183
9Persian (fa)
ادوات محاصره
154
10Polish (pl)
Machina oblężnicza
150
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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 "Siege engine" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Siege engine
252
2French (fr)
Engin de siège
106
3German (de)
Belagerungsgerät
55
4Norwegian (no)
Beleiringsmaskiner
34
5Spanish (es)
Arma de asedio
28
6Russian (ru)
Осадные орудия
27
7Latin (la)
Machina bellica
21
8Dutch (nl)
Belegeringswapen
18
9Catalan (ca)
Maquinària de setge
17
10Swedish (sv)
Belägringsvapen
17
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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 "Siege engine" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Maquinària de setge
2
2Danish (da)
Belejringsvåben
1
3French (fr)
Engin de siège
1
4Japanese (ja)
攻城兵器
1
5Arabic (ar)
معدة حصار
0
6German (de)
Belagerungsgerät
0
7English (en)
Siege engine
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Sieĝarmo
0
9Spanish (es)
Arma de asedio
0
10Estonian (et)
Piiramismasin
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 "Siege engine" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Siege engine
740
2Russian (ru)
Осадные орудия
259
3Japanese (ja)
攻城兵器
208
4Spanish (es)
Arma de asedio
204
5French (fr)
Engin de siège
150
6Catalan (ca)
Maquinària de setge
139
7Portuguese (pt)
Arma de cerco
136
8German (de)
Belagerungsgerät
125
9Dutch (nl)
Belegeringswapen
79
10Italian (it)
Arma d'assedio
66
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
معدة حصار
caCatalan
Maquinària de setge
daDanish
Belejringsvåben
deGerman
Belagerungsgerät
enEnglish
Siege engine
eoEsperanto
Sieĝarmo
esSpanish
Arma de asedio
etEstonian
Piiramismasin
faPersian
ادوات محاصره
fiFinnish
Piirityskone
frFrench
Engin de siège
huHungarian
Ostromgépek
idIndonesian
Mesin kepung
itItalian
Arma d'assedio
jaJapanese
攻城兵器
koKorean
공성무기
laLatin
Machina bellica
nlDutch
Belegeringswapen
noNorwegian
Beleiringsmaskiner
plPolish
Machina oblężnicza
ptPortuguese
Arma de cerco
roRomanian
Mașină de asediu
ruRussian
Осадные орудия
shSerbo-Croatian
Opsadne sprave
skSlovak
Obliehací stroj
slSlovenian
Oblegovalna naprava
srSerbian
Опсадна техника
svSwedish
Belägringsvapen
trTurkish
Kuşatma makinesi
ukUkrainian
Облогові машини
urUrdu
محاصرے کی مشین
viVietnamese
Vũ khí công thành
zhChinese
攻城武器

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#25157
05.2008
Global:
#36450
05.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1813
11.2001
Global:
#1942
11.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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