Snowball sampling

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Snowball sampling

Quality:

Snowball sampling - nonprobability sampling technique. Article “Snowball sampling” in English Wikipedia has 47.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 34 references and 20 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 “Snowball sampling”, its content was written by 85 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 138 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 35 times in English Wikipedia and cited 159 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #20482 in April 2017
  • Global: #82056 in April 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #52902 in April 2015
  • Global: #102046 in April 2015

There are 11 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)
Snowball sampling
47.2512
2Czech (cs)
Metoda sněhové koule
29.862
3Turkish (tr)
Kartopu örneklemesi
26.4759
4Swedish (sv)
Snöbollsmetod
24.7713
5Portuguese (pt)
Amostragem por bola de neve
23.6425
6Polish (pl)
Metoda kuli śnieżnej
23.092
7Spanish (es)
Muestreo de bola de nieve
22.4909
8German (de)
Schneeballauswahl
22.2504
9French (fr)
Échantillonnage boule de neige
17.0348
10Persian (fa)
نمونه‌گیری گلوله‌برفی
13.432
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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 "Snowball sampling" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Snowball sampling
1 844 582
2Persian (fa)
نمونه‌گیری گلوله‌برفی
60 927
3Polish (pl)
Metoda kuli śnieżnej
58 395
4German (de)
Schneeballauswahl
39 558
5Czech (cs)
Metoda sněhové koule
37 415
6Korean (ko)
눈덩이 표집
26 741
7Spanish (es)
Muestreo de bola de nieve
21 579
8French (fr)
Échantillonnage boule de neige
16 948
9Turkish (tr)
Kartopu örneklemesi
9 637
10Portuguese (pt)
Amostragem por bola de neve
3 011
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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 "Snowball sampling" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Snowball sampling
1 899
2French (fr)
Échantillonnage boule de neige
207
3Polish (pl)
Metoda kuli śnieżnej
189
4German (de)
Schneeballauswahl
161
5Persian (fa)
نمونه‌گیری گلوله‌برفی
152
6Turkish (tr)
Kartopu örneklemesi
145
7Korean (ko)
눈덩이 표집
138
8Portuguese (pt)
Amostragem por bola de neve
125
9Spanish (es)
Muestreo de bola de nieve
114
10Czech (cs)
Metoda sněhové koule
111
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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 "Snowball sampling" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Snowball sampling
85
2German (de)
Schneeballauswahl
15
3Czech (cs)
Metoda sněhové koule
9
4Persian (fa)
نمونه‌گیری گلوله‌برفی
9
5Polish (pl)
Metoda kuli śnieżnej
5
6Korean (ko)
눈덩이 표집
4
7Portuguese (pt)
Amostragem por bola de neve
3
8Swedish (sv)
Snöbollsmetod
3
9Turkish (tr)
Kartopu örneklemesi
3
10Spanish (es)
Muestreo de bola de nieve
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 "Snowball sampling" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Metoda sněhové koule
0
2German (de)
Schneeballauswahl
0
3English (en)
Snowball sampling
0
4Spanish (es)
Muestreo de bola de nieve
0
5Persian (fa)
نمونه‌گیری گلوله‌برفی
0
6French (fr)
Échantillonnage boule de neige
0
7Korean (ko)
눈덩이 표집
0
8Polish (pl)
Metoda kuli śnieżnej
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Amostragem por bola de neve
0
10Swedish (sv)
Snöbollsmetod
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 "Snowball sampling" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Korean (ko)
눈덩이 표집
78
2English (en)
Snowball sampling
35
3French (fr)
Échantillonnage boule de neige
15
4Persian (fa)
نمونه‌گیری گلوله‌برفی
10
5Czech (cs)
Metoda sněhové koule
9
6Spanish (es)
Muestreo de bola de nieve
6
7German (de)
Schneeballauswahl
2
8Turkish (tr)
Kartopu örneklemesi
2
9Polish (pl)
Metoda kuli śnieżnej
1
10Portuguese (pt)
Amostragem por bola de neve
1
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Metoda sněhové koule
deGerman
Schneeballauswahl
enEnglish
Snowball sampling
esSpanish
Muestreo de bola de nieve
faPersian
نمونه‌گیری گلوله‌برفی
frFrench
Échantillonnage boule de neige
koKorean
눈덩이 표집
plPolish
Metoda kuli śnieżnej
ptPortuguese
Amostragem por bola de neve
svSwedish
Snöbollsmetod
trTurkish
Kartopu örneklemesi

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#52902
04.2015
Global:
#102046
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#20482
04.2017
Global:
#82056
04.2017

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Snowball sampling from Wikipedia articles about Reza Pahlavi, Religion in Iran, Polyamory, Nonprobability sampling and Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. Whereas reading the article about Snowball sampling people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Nonprobability sampling, Sampling frame, Snowball, Sampling and Asymptotic analysis.

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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