Terminal velocity

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Terminal velocity

Quality:

Terminal velocity - highest velocity attainable by an object as it falls through a fluid. Article “Terminal velocity” in English Wikipedia has 34.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 12 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.81 points.

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 2026 the article “Terminal velocity” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Terminal velocity”, its content was written by 347 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 671 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 163 times in English Wikipedia and cited 528 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4153 in October 2012
  • Global: #8883 in November 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #2087 in October 2012
  • Global: #5750 in October 2012

There are 29 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, 2026 (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)
Terminal velocity
34.2965
2Turkish (tr)
Terminal hızı
34.0971
3Chinese (zh)
終端速度
31.1125
4Japanese (ja)
終端速度
27.5939
5Malay (ms)
Halaju terminal
21.0263
6Swedish (sv)
Gränshastighet
20.3629
7Simple English (simple)
Terminal velocity
20.245
8Catalan (ca)
Velocitat límit
19.1703
9Finnish (fi)
Rajanopeus
18.1607
10Croatian (hr)
Terminalna brzina
16.2033
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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 "Terminal velocity" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Terminal velocity
8 149 259
2Spanish (es)
Velocidad límite
638 514
3Polish (pl)
Prędkość graniczna
303 358
4Japanese (ja)
終端速度
276 459
5Chinese (zh)
終端速度
244 936
6French (fr)
Vitesse terminale
215 718
7Italian (it)
Velocità limite (fluidodinamica)
191 000
8Dutch (nl)
Eindsnelheid
145 671
9Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade terminal
138 883
10Arabic (ar)
سرعة حدية
86 045
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Terminal velocity" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Terminal velocity
10 844
2French (fr)
Vitesse terminale
646
3Japanese (ja)
終端速度
595
4Chinese (zh)
終端速度
556
5Polish (pl)
Prędkość graniczna
332
6Spanish (es)
Velocidad límite
324
7Italian (it)
Velocità limite (fluidodinamica)
227
8Korean (ko)
종단속도
175
9Norwegian (no)
Terminalfart
144
10Dutch (nl)
Eindsnelheid
128
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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 "Terminal velocity" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Terminal velocity
347
2Dutch (nl)
Eindsnelheid
35
3Spanish (es)
Velocidad límite
27
4Italian (it)
Velocità limite (fluidodinamica)
25
5Simple English (simple)
Terminal velocity
22
6Polish (pl)
Prędkość graniczna
21
7French (fr)
Vitesse terminale
20
8Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade terminal
18
9Swedish (sv)
Gränshastighet
16
10Persian (fa)
سرعت حد
15
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Terminal velocity" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Terminal velocity
4
2Spanish (es)
Velocidad límite
2
3Arabic (ar)
سرعة حدية
1
4Catalan (ca)
Velocitat límit
0
5Basque (eu)
Abiadura muga
0
6Persian (fa)
سرعت حد
0
7Finnish (fi)
Rajanopeus
0
8French (fr)
Vitesse terminale
0
9Hindi (hi)
अंतिम गति
0
10Croatian (hr)
Terminalna brzina
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 "Terminal velocity" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Terminal velocity
163
2Spanish (es)
Velocidad límite
46
3Italian (it)
Velocità limite (fluidodinamica)
37
4French (fr)
Vitesse terminale
29
5Japanese (ja)
終端速度
27
6Dutch (nl)
Eindsnelheid
25
7Chinese (zh)
終端速度
25
8Persian (fa)
سرعت حد
20
9Catalan (ca)
Velocitat límit
16
10Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade terminal
16
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
سرعة حدية
caCatalan
Velocitat límit
enEnglish
Terminal velocity
esSpanish
Velocidad límite
euBasque
Abiadura muga
faPersian
سرعت حد
fiFinnish
Rajanopeus
frFrench
Vitesse terminale
hiHindi
अंतिम गति
hrCroatian
Terminalna brzina
idIndonesian
Kelajuan terminal
itItalian
Velocità limite (fluidodinamica)
jaJapanese
終端速度
koKorean
종단속도
msMalay
Halaju terminal
nlDutch
Eindsnelheid
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Terminalfart
noNorwegian
Terminalfart
plPolish
Prędkość graniczna
ptPortuguese
Velocidade terminal
ruRussian
Скорость витания
shSerbo-Croatian
Konačna brzina
simpleSimple English
Terminal velocity
srSerbian
Konačna brzina
svSwedish
Gränshastighet
trTurkish
Terminal hızı
ukUkrainian
Гранична швидкість
viVietnamese
Vận tốc cuối
zhChinese
終端速度

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2087
10.2012
Global:
#5750
10.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4153
10.2012
Global:
#8883
11.2009

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Terminal velocity from Wikipedia articles about Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Free fall, Hoba meteorite, Total body disruption and Skydiving. Whereas reading the article about Terminal velocity people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Drag coefficient, Terminal velocity, Drag, Free fall and Felix Baumgartner.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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