Snowball effect

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Snowball effect

Quality:

Snowball effect - metaphorical term for a process of gradual growth. Article “Snowball effect” in English Wikipedia has 9.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.5 points.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Snowball effect”, its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 311 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 61 times in English Wikipedia and cited 259 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5962 in November 2002
  • Global: #9968 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #47436 in July 2017
  • Global: #70186 in March 2009

There are 20 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
1Hebrew (he)
אפקט כדור השלג
26.8217
2Indonesian (id)
Efek bola salju
23.4649
3Polish (pl)
Efekt kuli śnieżnej
20.7418
4Ukrainian (uk)
Ефект снігової кулі
18.8888
5Chinese (zh)
雪球效應
14.073
6Swedish (sv)
Snöbollseffekt
13.7215
7Russian (ru)
Эффект снежного кома
13.4979
8Korean (ko)
눈덩이 효과
13.3929
9Thai (th)
ปฏิกิริยาสโนว์บอล
12.431
10Arabic (ar)
تأثير كرة الثلج
10.172
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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 effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Snowball effect
969 831
2French (fr)
Effet boule de neige
217 139
3German (de)
Schneeballeffekt
170 342
4Polish (pl)
Efekt kuli śnieżnej
134 189
5Dutch (nl)
Sneeuwbaleffect
56 190
6Russian (ru)
Эффект снежного кома
43 631
7Arabic (ar)
تأثير كرة الثلج
28 774
8Korean (ko)
눈덩이 효과
27 084
9Hebrew (he)
אפקט כדור השלג
25 894
10Swedish (sv)
Snöbollseffekt
24 931
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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 effect" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Snowball effect
2 317
2French (fr)
Effet boule de neige
346
3German (de)
Schneeballeffekt
180
4Polish (pl)
Efekt kuli śnieżnej
178
5Russian (ru)
Эффект снежного кома
137
6Chinese (zh)
雪球效應
131
7Dutch (nl)
Sneeuwbaleffect
108
8Korean (ko)
눈덩이 효과
106
9Swedish (sv)
Snöbollseffekt
54
10Persian (fa)
اثر گلوله برفی
52
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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 effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Snowball effect
102
2French (fr)
Effet boule de neige
35
3German (de)
Schneeballeffekt
31
4Hebrew (he)
אפקט כדור השלג
21
5Polish (pl)
Efekt kuli śnieżnej
17
6Arabic (ar)
تأثير كرة الثلج
14
7Finnish (fi)
Lumipalloilmiö
13
8Dutch (nl)
Sneeuwbaleffect
13
9Swedish (sv)
Snöbollseffekt
12
10Danish (da)
Sneboldeffekt
11
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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 effect" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
تأثير كرة الثلج
0
2Azerbaijani (az)
Qartopu effekti
0
3Danish (da)
Sneboldeffekt
0
4German (de)
Schneeballeffekt
0
5English (en)
Snowball effect
0
6Persian (fa)
اثر گلوله برفی
0
7Finnish (fi)
Lumipalloilmiö
0
8French (fr)
Effet boule de neige
0
9Hebrew (he)
אפקט כדור השלג
0
10Indonesian (id)
Efek bola salju
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 effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Snowball effect
61
2French (fr)
Effet boule de neige
37
3Hebrew (he)
אפקט כדור השלג
18
4German (de)
Schneeballeffekt
17
5Dutch (nl)
Sneeuwbaleffect
16
6Swedish (sv)
Snöbollseffekt
13
7Korean (ko)
눈덩이 효과
12
8Polish (pl)
Efekt kuli śnieżnej
12
9Arabic (ar)
تأثير كرة الثلج
9
10Persian (fa)
اثر گلوله برفی
8
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تأثير كرة الثلج
azAzerbaijani
Qartopu effekti
daDanish
Sneboldeffekt
deGerman
Schneeballeffekt
enEnglish
Snowball effect
faPersian
اثر گلوله برفی
fiFinnish
Lumipalloilmiö
frFrench
Effet boule de neige
heHebrew
אפקט כדור השלג
idIndonesian
Efek bola salju
koKorean
눈덩이 효과
nlDutch
Sneeuwbaleffect
plPolish
Efekt kuli śnieżnej
ptPortuguese
Efeito bola de neve
ruRussian
Эффект снежного кома
svSwedish
Snöbollseffekt
thThai
ปฏิกิริยาสโนว์บอล
trTurkish
Kartopu etkisi
ukUkrainian
Ефект снігової кулі
zhChinese
雪球效應

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#47436
07.2017
Global:
#70186
03.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5962
11.2002
Global:
#9968
11.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Snowball effect from Wikipedia articles about Butterfly effect, Slippery slope, Domino effect, Ponzi scheme and Dunkirk. Whereas reading the article about Snowball effect people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Butterfly effect, Vicious circle, Positive feedback, Streisand effect and Domino effect.

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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