Superluminal motion

Superluminal motion - apparent faster-than-light motion of distant astronomical objects. Article “Superluminal motion” in English Wikipedia has 32.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 26 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5.81 points.

This article has the best quality in Russian Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Superluminal motion”, its content was written by 106 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 423 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 170 times in English Wikipedia and cited 581 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4032 in February 2004
• Global: #14846 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #95369 in July 2023
• Global: #82383 in November 2014

There are 17 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	Russian (ru) Сверхсветовое движение		45.7843
2	Armenian (hy) Գերլուսային շարժում		45.5908
3	Chinese (zh) 超光速運動		38.1355
4	Ukrainian (uk) Надсвітловий рух		34.9492
5	English (en) Superluminal motion		32.8958
6	Greek (el) Υπερφωτεινή κίνηση		27.1587
7	French (fr) Mouvement supraluminique		25.3106
8	Turkish (tr) Işıktan hızlı hareket		20.98
9	Arabic (ar) حركة مفرطة اللمعية		20.7357
10	Japanese (ja) 超光速運動		19.3619

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Superluminal motion" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Russian (ru) Сверхсветовое движение		1 804 890
2	English (en) Superluminal motion		631 487
3	Japanese (ja) 超光速運動		50 155
4	Chinese (zh) 超光速運動		44 261
5	Spanish (es) Movimiento superlumínico		24 492
6	Italian (it) Moto superluminale		20 906
7	Ukrainian (uk) Надсвітловий рух		10 930
8	French (fr) Mouvement supraluminique		10 505
9	Korean (ko) 초광속 운동		6 395
10	Turkish (tr) Işıktan hızlı hareket		6 053

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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 "Superluminal motion" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Russian (ru) Сверхсветовое движение		4 370
2	English (en) Superluminal motion		2 995
3	Japanese (ja) 超光速運動		315
4	Chinese (zh) 超光速運動		204
5	French (fr) Mouvement supraluminique		81
6	Armenian (hy) Գերլուսային շարժում		66
7	Turkish (tr) Işıktan hızlı hareket		41
8	Ukrainian (uk) Надсвітловий рух		36
9	Korean (ko) 초광속 운동		34
10	Portuguese (pt) Movimento superluminal		32

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Russian (ru) Сверхсветовое движение		184
2	English (en) Superluminal motion		106
3	Italian (it) Moto superluminale		35
4	Chinese (zh) 超光速運動		24
5	Turkish (tr) Işıktan hızlı hareket		13
6	Ukrainian (uk) Надсвітловий рух		9
7	Spanish (es) Movimiento superlumínico		8
8	French (fr) Mouvement supraluminique		8
9	Korean (ko) 초광속 운동		7
10	Catalan (ca) Moviment superlumínic		5

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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 "Superluminal motion" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Armenian (hy) Գերլուսային շարժում		2
2	Korean (ko) 초광속 운동		1
3	Arabic (ar) حركة مفرطة اللمعية		0
4	Catalan (ca) Moviment superlumínic		0
5	Greek (el) Υπερφωτεινή κίνηση		0
6	English (en) Superluminal motion		0
7	Spanish (es) Movimiento superlumínico		0
8	Persian (fa) حرکت ورای سرعت نور		0
9	French (fr) Mouvement supraluminique		0
10	Indonesian (id) Gerakan superluminal		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 "Superluminal motion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Superluminal motion		170
2	Russian (ru) Сверхсветовое движение		163
3	Portuguese (pt) Movimento superluminal		95
4	Ukrainian (uk) Надсвітловий рух		77
5	Chinese (zh) 超光速運動		13
6	French (fr) Mouvement supraluminique		9
7	Japanese (ja) 超光速運動		9
8	Spanish (es) Movimiento superlumínico		8
9	Catalan (ca) Moviment superlumínic		7
10	Indonesian (id) Gerakan superluminal		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حركة مفرطة اللمعية
ca	Catalan Moviment superlumínic
el	Greek Υπερφωτεινή κίνηση
en	English Superluminal motion
es	Spanish Movimiento superlumínico
fa	Persian حرکت ورای سرعت نور
fr	French Mouvement supraluminique
hy	Armenian Գերլուսային շարժում
id	Indonesian Gerakan superluminal
it	Italian Moto superluminale
ja	Japanese 超光速運動
ko	Korean 초광속 운동
pt	Portuguese Movimento superluminal
ru	Russian Сверхсветовое движение
tr	Turkish Işıktan hızlı hareket
uk	Ukrainian Надсвітловий рух
zh	Chinese 超光速運動

Best Rank

English: #95369 07.2023

Global: #82383 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #4032 02.2004

Global: #14846 02.2004

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