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Sponge city

Quality:

Sponge city - city that has the capacity to mainstream urban water management into the urban planning policies and designs. Article “Sponge city” in English Wikipedia has 84.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 110 references and 15 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.

In June 2025 the article “Sponge city” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 9 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Sponge city”, its content was written by 48 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 133 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 27 times in English Wikipedia and cited 282 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #11002 in March 2022
  • Global: #37611 in March 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #247171 in November 2021
  • Global: #139409 in July 2021

There are 7 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)
Sponge city
84.8225
2French (fr)
Ville éponge
47.6262
3German (de)
Schwammstadt
46.9455
4Ukrainian (uk)
Місто-губка
42.3876
5Chinese (zh)
海绵城市
41.8508
6Portuguese (pt)
Cidade esponja
30.9142
7Arabic (ar)
المدينة الاسفنجية
20.0478
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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 "Sponge city" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sponge city
160 791
2German (de)
Schwammstadt
112 713
3Chinese (zh)
海绵城市
97 873
4French (fr)
Ville éponge
11 227
5Portuguese (pt)
Cidade esponja
9 879
6Ukrainian (uk)
Місто-губка
1 094
7Arabic (ar)
المدينة الاسفنجية
33
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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 "Sponge city" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sponge city
3 596
2German (de)
Schwammstadt
1 670
3Chinese (zh)
海绵城市
569
4French (fr)
Ville éponge
248
5Portuguese (pt)
Cidade esponja
112
6Arabic (ar)
المدينة الاسفنجية
33
7Ukrainian (uk)
Місто-губка
19
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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 "Sponge city" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sponge city
48
2German (de)
Schwammstadt
37
3French (fr)
Ville éponge
24
4Chinese (zh)
海绵城市
16
5Portuguese (pt)
Cidade esponja
4
6Arabic (ar)
المدينة الاسفنجية
2
7Ukrainian (uk)
Місто-губка
2
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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 "Sponge city" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
المدينة الاسفنجية
4
2English (en)
Sponge city
4
3Chinese (zh)
海绵城市
1
4German (de)
Schwammstadt
0
5French (fr)
Ville éponge
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Cidade esponja
0
7Ukrainian (uk)
Місто-губка
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 "Sponge city" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Chinese (zh)
海绵城市
174
2French (fr)
Ville éponge
42
3German (de)
Schwammstadt
31
4English (en)
Sponge city
27
5Portuguese (pt)
Cidade esponja
7
6Ukrainian (uk)
Місто-губка
1
7Arabic (ar)
المدينة الاسفنجية
0
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
المدينة الاسفنجية
deGerman
Schwammstadt
enEnglish
Sponge city
frFrench
Ville éponge
ptPortuguese
Cidade esponja
ukUkrainian
Місто-губка
zhChinese
海绵城市

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#247171
11.2021
Global:
#139409
07.2021

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#11002
03.2022
Global:
#37611
03.2022

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Sponge city from Wikipedia articles about Yanjin County, Harbin, Swale, Kongjian Yu and Copenhagen. Whereas reading the article about Sponge city people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Low-impact development, Nature-based solutions, Water-sensitive urban design, Green infrastructure and Permeable paving.

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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