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Slashdot effect

Quality:

Slashdot effect - effect that occurs when a popular website links to a smaller website, causing a massive increase in traffic. Article “Slashdot effect” in English Wikipedia has 29.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 14 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Slashdot effect”, its content was written by 289 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 585 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 175 times in English Wikipedia and cited 303 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #430 in July 2001
  • Global: #454 in July 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #20561 in January 2012
  • Global: #38814 in January 2012

There are 18 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Slashdoteffekten
44.3137
2Chinese (zh)
Slashdot效应
33.0858
3Catalan (ca)
Efecte Slashdot
32.8157
4Indonesian (id)
Efek Slashdot
30.7175
5English (en)
Slashdot effect
29.1743
6German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
25.9346
7Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
19.3617
8Korean (ko)
슬래시닷 효과
18.5609
9French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
15.5617
10Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
14.9683
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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 "Slashdot effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
1 482 929
2Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
151 884
3German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
105 567
4Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
78 554
5Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
48 861
6Polish (pl)
Efekt Slashdota
30 327
7Portuguese (pt)
Efeito Digg
23 204
8Finnish (fi)
Slashdot-vaikutus
15 575
9Chinese (zh)
Slashdot效应
11 502
10Hungarian (hu)
Slashdot-hatás
10 360
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Slashdot effect" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
1 871
2Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
165
3Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
111
4German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
84
5Chinese (zh)
Slashdot效应
48
6Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
33
7Hungarian (hu)
Slashdot-hatás
30
8French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
25
9Catalan (ca)
Efecte Slashdot
16
10Persian (fa)
اثر اسلش دات
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 "Slashdot effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
289
2German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
79
3Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
40
4Finnish (fi)
Slashdot-vaikutus
28
5Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
26
6Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
24
7Danish (da)
Slashdot-effekt
19
8Hungarian (hu)
Slashdot-hatás
19
9Polish (pl)
Efekt Slashdota
19
10Portuguese (pt)
Efeito Digg
10
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Slashdot effect" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Efecte Slashdot
2
2Danish (da)
Slashdot-effekt
0
3German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
0
4English (en)
Slashdot effect
0
5Persian (fa)
اثر اسلش دات
0
6Finnish (fi)
Slashdot-vaikutus
0
7French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
0
8Hungarian (hu)
Slashdot-hatás
0
9Indonesian (id)
Efek Slashdot
0
10Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
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 "Slashdot effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
175
2Persian (fa)
اثر اسلش دات
44
3Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
11
4Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
11
5Turkish (tr)
Slashdot etkisi
11
6German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
10
7Korean (ko)
슬래시닷 효과
8
8French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
7
9Indonesian (id)
Efek Slashdot
6
10Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
5
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Efecte Slashdot
daDanish
Slashdot-effekt
deGerman
Slashdot-Effekt
enEnglish
Slashdot effect
faPersian
اثر اسلش دات
fiFinnish
Slashdot-vaikutus
frFrench
Effet Slashdot
huHungarian
Slashdot-hatás
idIndonesian
Efek Slashdot
itItalian
Effetto Slashdot
jaJapanese
スラッシュドット効果
koKorean
슬래시닷 효과
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Slashdoteffekten
plPolish
Efekt Slashdota
ptPortuguese
Efeito Digg
ruRussian
Слешдот-эффект
trTurkish
Slashdot etkisi
zhChinese
Slashdot效应

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#20561
01.2012
Global:
#38814
01.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#430
07.2001
Global:
#454
07.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Slashdot effect from Wikipedia articles about Reddit, Consistent hashing, Denial-of-service attack, Slashdot and Al Jazeera effect. Whereas reading the article about Slashdot effect people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Slashdot, Streisand effect, Eternal September, Flash Crowd and Denial-of-service attack.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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