Velcro

Quality:

Hook and loop fastener - system for repeated quick opening and closing between two (usually flexible) surfaces. Article “Velcro” in English Wikipedia has 66.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 61 references and 11 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 7.42 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.

Since the creation of article “Velcro”, its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 827 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 645 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1831 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6925 in November 2025
• Global: #4978 in November 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #375 in October 2013
• Global: #1917 in October 2013

There are 34 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Velcro		66.7755
2	Tamil (ta) வெல்க்ரோ		48.0224
3	Hungarian (hu) Tépőzár		47.0994
4	Spanish (es) Cierre de gancho y bucle		46.0109
5	Catalan (ca) Veta adherent		42.3471
6	Serbian (sr) Чичак трака		41.4113
7	French (fr) Fermeture autoagrippante		38.4489
8	German (de) Klettverschluss		38.1686
9	Czech (cs) Suchý zip		36.3946
10	Italian (it) Chiusura a strappo		33.723

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Velcro		6 899 777
2	Japanese (ja) 面ファスナー		1 015 069
3	German (de) Klettverschluss		672 158
4	Russian (ru) Текстильная застёжка		440 738
5	Chinese (zh) 尼龙搭扣		224 756
6	Dutch (nl) Klittenband		157 254
7	Polish (pl) Velcro		134 867
8	Spanish (es) Cierre de gancho y bucle		123 830
9	Swedish (sv) Kardborrband		83 291
10	Czech (cs) Suchý zip		79 808

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Velcro		11 574
2	German (de) Klettverschluss		1 412
3	Japanese (ja) 面ファスナー		1 352
4	Russian (ru) Текстильная застёжка		1 097
5	Chinese (zh) 尼龙搭扣		963
6	French (fr) Fermeture autoagrippante		660
7	Spanish (es) Cierre de gancho y bucle		552
8	Dutch (nl) Klittenband		295
9	Italian (it) Chiusura a strappo		241
10	Polish (pl) Velcro		211

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Klettverschluss		172
2	English (en) Velcro		127
3	Dutch (nl) Klittenband		84
4	Russian (ru) Текстильная застёжка		68
5	Japanese (ja) 面ファスナー		40
6	Hebrew (he) צמדן		36
7	Hungarian (hu) Tépőzár		36
8	Swedish (sv) Kardborrband		24
9	Czech (cs) Suchý zip		19
10	Spanish (es) Cierre de gancho y bucle		19

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Klettverschluss		1
2	Basque (eu) Kako eta begizta itxiera		1
3	Korean (ko) 찍찍이		1
4	Serbian (sr) Чичак трака		1
5	Chinese (zh) 尼龙搭扣		1
6	Arabic (ar) لاصق فيلكرو		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Текстилна закопчалка		0
8	Catalan (ca) Veta adherent		0
9	Czech (cs) Suchý zip		0
10	English (en) Velcro		0

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

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