Sustain pedal

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Sustain pedal

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Sustain pedal - piano pedal, typically the rightmost of 2 or 3 pedals, which moves all the dampers away from the strings, allowing them to vibrate freely, so that notes played continue to sound until the vibration naturally dies or the pedal is released. Article “Sustain pedal” in English Wikipedia has 24.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.29 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Sustain pedal”, its content was written by 64 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 105 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 118 times in English Wikipedia and cited 156 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #61585 in November 2014
  • Global: #125088 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #127431 in June 2014
  • Global: #213250 in December 2010

There are 6 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
1Chinese (zh)
延音踏板
24.6023
2English (en)
Sustain pedal
24.5753
3German (de)
Dämpfungsaufhebung
17.5084
4Esperanto (eo)
Dampilolevilo
2.5252
5Portuguese (pt)
Pedal de sustentação
0.3124
6Dutch (nl)
Sustainpedaal
0.1722
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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 "Sustain pedal" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sustain pedal
837 433
2Chinese (zh)
延音踏板
40 874
3Dutch (nl)
Sustainpedaal
17 267
4Portuguese (pt)
Pedal de sustentação
15 299
5German (de)
Dämpfungsaufhebung
8 353
6Esperanto (eo)
Dampilolevilo
1 198
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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 "Sustain pedal" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sustain pedal
1 830
2Chinese (zh)
延音踏板
188
3German (de)
Dämpfungsaufhebung
45
4Dutch (nl)
Sustainpedaal
28
5Portuguese (pt)
Pedal de sustentação
20
6Esperanto (eo)
Dampilolevilo
10
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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 "Sustain pedal" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sustain pedal
64
2German (de)
Dämpfungsaufhebung
14
3Dutch (nl)
Sustainpedaal
11
4Chinese (zh)
延音踏板
10
5Portuguese (pt)
Pedal de sustentação
4
6Esperanto (eo)
Dampilolevilo
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 "Sustain pedal" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Dämpfungsaufhebung
0
2English (en)
Sustain pedal
0
3Esperanto (eo)
Dampilolevilo
0
4Dutch (nl)
Sustainpedaal
0
5Portuguese (pt)
Pedal de sustentação
0
6Chinese (zh)
延音踏板
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 "Sustain pedal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Sustain pedal
118
2Chinese (zh)
延音踏板
18
3Dutch (nl)
Sustainpedaal
11
4Portuguese (pt)
Pedal de sustentação
5
5German (de)
Dämpfungsaufhebung
2
6Esperanto (eo)
Dampilolevilo
2
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Dämpfungsaufhebung
enEnglish
Sustain pedal
eoEsperanto
Dampilolevilo
nlDutch
Sustainpedaal
ptPortuguese
Pedal de sustentação
zhChinese
延音踏板

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#127431
06.2014
Global:
#213250
12.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#61585
11.2014
Global:
#125088
04.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Sustain pedal from Wikipedia articles about Piano pedal, List of musical symbols, Piano Sonata No. 14, Soft pedal and Piano. Whereas reading the article about Sustain pedal people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Piano pedal, Soft pedal, List of musical symbols, Envelope and Expression pedal.

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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