Sponge (tool)

Sponge - cleaning tool made from soft and porous usually synthetic or rarely natural material. Article “Sponge (tool)” in English Wikipedia has 56.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 9 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Sponge (tool)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Sponge (tool)”, its content was written by 210 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 679 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 123 times in English Wikipedia and cited 8518 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #10754 in November 2016
• Global: #16222 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #129134 in February 2013
• Global: #94357 in September 2008

There are 31 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Portuguese (pt) Esponja (objeto)		62.9143
2	Turkish (tr) Sünger (alet)		56.9387
3	English (en) Sponge (tool)		56.303
4	Malay (ms) Span		39.6054
5	German (de) Badeschwamm		34.3999
6	French (fr) Éponge (objet)		33.3323
7	Serbian (sr) Сунђер за прање		32.1266
8	Italian (it) Spugna (oggetto)		31.3417
9	Korean (ko) 스펀지		30.7628
10	Russian (ru) Губка (изделие)		29.5607

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Sponge (tool)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sponge (tool)		1 241 710
2	Japanese (ja) スポンジ		469 793
3	French (fr) Éponge (objet)		329 008
4	German (de) Badeschwamm		316 013
5	Chinese (zh) 海绵 (材料)		152 792
6	Russian (ru) Губка (изделие)		127 235
7	Polish (pl) Gąbka		116 907
8	Arabic (ar) إسفنج (أداة)		84 045
9	Dutch (nl) Spons (huishouden)		64 730
10	Swedish (sv) Svamp (redskap)		60 382

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Sponge (tool)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sponge (tool)		4 444
2	Japanese (ja) スポンジ		711
3	French (fr) Éponge (objet)		649
4	Russian (ru) Губка (изделие)		440
5	Chinese (zh) 海绵 (材料)		341
6	German (de) Badeschwamm		305
7	Simple English (simple) Sponge (tool)		302
8	Spanish (es) Esponja de baño		242
9	Portuguese (pt) Esponja (objeto)		212
10	Korean (ko) 스펀지		186

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Sponge (tool)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sponge (tool)		210
2	German (de) Badeschwamm		75
3	French (fr) Éponge (objet)		69
4	Japanese (ja) スポンジ		39
5	Spanish (es) Esponja de baño		28
6	Hebrew (he) ספוג		25
7	Dutch (nl) Spons (huishouden)		23
8	Simple English (simple) Sponge (tool)		22
9	Russian (ru) Губка (изделие)		21
10	Italian (it) Spugna (oggetto)		18

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Sponge (tool)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Esponja de bany		2
2	English (en) Sponge (tool)		1
3	Arabic (ar) إسفنج (أداة)		0
4	Czech (cs) Houbička		0
5	Danish (da) Svamp (redskab)		0
6	German (de) Badeschwamm		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Spongo (ilo)		0
8	Spanish (es) Esponja de baño		0
9	Basque (eu) Belaki (garbitzeko tresna)		0
10	Persian (fa) اسفنج (ابزار)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Sponge (tool)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Indonesian (id) Spons		7 433
2	Persian (fa) اسفنج (ابزار)		174
3	Japanese (ja) スポンジ		170
4	English (en) Sponge (tool)		123
5	Simple English (simple) Sponge (tool)		87
6	Hebrew (he) ספוג		67
7	French (fr) Éponge (objet)		53
8	Korean (ko) 스펀지		43
9	German (de) Badeschwamm		40
10	Swedish (sv) Svamp (redskap)		38

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic إسفنج (أداة)
ca	Catalan Esponja de bany
cs	Czech Houbička
da	Danish Svamp (redskab)
de	German Badeschwamm
en	English Sponge (tool)
eo	Esperanto Spongo (ilo)
es	Spanish Esponja de baño
eu	Basque Belaki (garbitzeko tresna)
fa	Persian اسفنج (ابزار)
fr	French Éponge (objet)
he	Hebrew ספוג
hy	Armenian Սպունգ (առարկա)
id	Indonesian Spons
it	Italian Spugna (oggetto)
ja	Japanese スポンジ
ko	Korean 스펀지
lt	Lithuanian Kempinė
ms	Malay Span
nl	Dutch Spons (huishouden)
pl	Polish Gąbka
pt	Portuguese Esponja (objeto)
ro	Romanian Burete (obiect)
ru	Russian Губка (изделие)
simple	Simple English Sponge (tool)
sr	Serbian Сунђер за прање
sv	Swedish Svamp (redskap)
tr	Turkish Sünger (alet)
uk	Ukrainian Губка для посуду
zh	Chinese 海绵 (材料)
zhminnan	Min Nan Hái-mî (châi-liāu)

Best Rank

English: #129134 02.2013

Global: #94357 09.2008

Best Rank

English: #10754 11.2016

Global: #16222 01.2004

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