String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)

String Quartet No. 8 - composition for string quartet by Dmitri Shostakovich. Article “String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)” in English Wikipedia has 18 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.17 points.

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

Since the creation of article “String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)”, its content was written by 57 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 225 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 151 times in English Wikipedia and cited 429 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #26441 in May 2003
• Global: #25721 in September 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #253357 in March 2023
• Global: #297049 in March 2023

There are 14 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	Catalan (ca) Quartet de corda núm. 8 (Xostakóvitx)		30.9104
2	Ukrainian (uk) Струнний квартет № 8 (Шостакович)		24.0517
3	Bulgarian (bg) Струнен квартет № 8 (Дмитрий Шостакович)		21.8316
4	Italian (it) Quartetto per archi n. 8 (Šostakovič)		21.0722
5	Chinese (zh) 第8号弦乐四重奏 (肖斯塔科维奇)		21.0716
6	French (fr) Quatuor à cordes no 8 de Chostakovitch		19.3417
7	English (en) String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)		17.9798
8	Spanish (es) Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 (Shostakóvich)		13.7692
9	German (de) Streichquartett Nr. 8 (Schostakowitsch)		12.6153
10	Russian (ru) Струнный квартет № 8 (Шостакович)		7.3143

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

The most popular language versions of the article "String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)		555 419
2	Japanese (ja) 弦楽四重奏曲第8番 (ショスタコーヴィチ)		85 082
3	Russian (ru) Струнный квартет № 8 (Шостакович)		64 818
4	French (fr) Quatuor à cordes no 8 de Chostakovitch		54 691
5	German (de) Streichquartett Nr. 8 (Schostakowitsch)		46 594
6	Spanish (es) Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 (Shostakóvich)		33 342
7	Dutch (nl) Strijkkwartet nr. 8 (Sjostakovitsj)		15 761
8	Italian (it) Quartetto per archi n. 8 (Šostakovič)		10 933
9	Chinese (zh) 第8号弦乐四重奏 (肖斯塔科维奇)		9 666
10	Hebrew (he) הרביעייה מספר 8 בדו מינור של דמיטרי שוסטקוביץ'		2 499

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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 "String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)		2 488
2	Japanese (ja) 弦楽四重奏曲第8番 (ショスタコーヴィチ)		531
3	Russian (ru) Струнный квартет № 8 (Шостакович)		385
4	German (de) Streichquartett Nr. 8 (Schostakowitsch)		359
5	French (fr) Quatuor à cordes no 8 de Chostakovitch		246
6	Italian (it) Quartetto per archi n. 8 (Šostakovič)		216
7	Spanish (es) Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 (Shostakóvich)		167
8	Chinese (zh) 第8号弦乐四重奏 (肖斯塔科维奇)		92
9	Dutch (nl) Strijkkwartet nr. 8 (Sjostakovitsj)		33
10	Catalan (ca) Quartet de corda núm. 8 (Xostakóvitx)		27

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

Language versions of the article "String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)		57
2	French (fr) Quatuor à cordes no 8 de Chostakovitch		37
3	Japanese (ja) 弦楽四重奏曲第8番 (ショスタコーヴィチ)		20
4	Dutch (nl) Strijkkwartet nr. 8 (Sjostakovitsj)		19
5	German (de) Streichquartett Nr. 8 (Schostakowitsch)		18
6	Spanish (es) Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 (Shostakóvich)		17
7	Russian (ru) Струнный квартет № 8 (Шостакович)		17
8	Hebrew (he) הרביעייה מספר 8 בדו מינור של דמיטרי שוסטקוביץ'		13
9	Italian (it) Quartetto per archi n. 8 (Šostakovič)		8
10	Latin (la) Quadricinium fidium 8 (Šostakovič)		7

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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 "String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Bulgarian (bg) Струнен квартет № 8 (Дмитрий Шостакович)		0
2	Catalan (ca) Quartet de corda núm. 8 (Xostakóvitx)		0
3	German (de) Streichquartett Nr. 8 (Schostakowitsch)		0
4	English (en) String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)		0
5	Spanish (es) Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 (Shostakóvich)		0
6	French (fr) Quatuor à cordes no 8 de Chostakovitch		0
7	Hebrew (he) הרביעייה מספר 8 בדו מינור של דמיטרי שוסטקוביץ'		0
8	Italian (it) Quartetto per archi n. 8 (Šostakovič)		0
9	Japanese (ja) 弦楽四重奏曲第8番 (ショスタコーヴィチ)		0
10	Latin (la) Quadricinium fidium 8 (Šostakovič)		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 "String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)		151
2	Catalan (ca) Quartet de corda núm. 8 (Xostakóvitx)		66
3	Italian (it) Quartetto per archi n. 8 (Šostakovič)		44
4	French (fr) Quatuor à cordes no 8 de Chostakovitch		42
5	Japanese (ja) 弦楽四重奏曲第8番 (ショスタコーヴィチ)		30
6	Dutch (nl) Strijkkwartet nr. 8 (Sjostakovitsj)		24
7	Russian (ru) Струнный квартет № 8 (Шостакович)		23
8	Spanish (es) Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 (Shostakóvich)		17
9	Chinese (zh) 第8号弦乐四重奏 (肖斯塔科维奇)		9
10	German (de) Streichquartett Nr. 8 (Schostakowitsch)		8

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Струнен квартет № 8 (Дмитрий Шостакович)
ca	Catalan Quartet de corda núm. 8 (Xostakóvitx)
de	German Streichquartett Nr. 8 (Schostakowitsch)
en	English String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)
es	Spanish Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 (Shostakóvich)
fr	French Quatuor à cordes no 8 de Chostakovitch
he	Hebrew הרביעייה מספר 8 בדו מינור של דמיטרי שוסטקוביץ'
it	Italian Quartetto per archi n. 8 (Šostakovič)
ja	Japanese 弦楽四重奏曲第8番 (ショスタコーヴィチ)
la	Latin Quadricinium fidium 8 (Šostakovič)
nl	Dutch Strijkkwartet nr. 8 (Sjostakovitsj)
ru	Russian Струнный квартет № 8 (Шостакович)
uk	Ukrainian Струнний квартет № 8 (Шостакович)
zh	Chinese 第8号弦乐四重奏 (肖斯塔科维奇)

Best Rank

English: #253357 03.2023

Global: #297049 03.2023

Best Rank

English: #26441 05.2003

Global: #25721 09.2014

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