Votive candle

Votive candle - type of votive offering in Christianity. Article “Votive candle” in English Wikipedia has 57.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 16 references and 14 sections.

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 2025 the article “Votive candle” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Votive candle”, its content was written by 99 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 199 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 264 times in English Wikipedia and cited 716 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #60822 in October 2014
• Global: #29075 in April 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #45871 in November 2012
• Global: #78208 in November 2012

There are 11 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	English (en) Votive candle		57.5784
2	Portuguese (pt) Vela votiva		43.7189
3	Russian (ru) Церковная свеча		27.6986
4	German (de) Opferkerze		26.6559
5	Indonesian (id) Lilin nazar		25.3463
6	Catalan (ca) Ciri		22.5721
7	Dutch (nl) Devotielicht		21.5817
8	French (fr) Cierge (bougie)		17.339
9	Basque (eu) Xirio		14.7516
10	Spanish (es) Cirio (vela)		5.6281

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Votive candle" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Votive candle		1 093 104
2	Spanish (es) Cirio (vela)		227 479
3	French (fr) Cierge (bougie)		141 167
4	Russian (ru) Церковная свеча		101 380
5	German (de) Opferkerze		79 964
6	Catalan (ca) Ciri		17 412
7	Portuguese (pt) Vela votiva		8 333
8	Dutch (nl) Devotielicht		7 271
9	Armenian (hy) Կերոն		2 332
10	Indonesian (id) Lilin nazar		567

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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 "Votive candle" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Votive candle		2 810
2	Spanish (es) Cirio (vela)		415
3	Russian (ru) Церковная свеча		349
4	French (fr) Cierge (bougie)		341
5	German (de) Opferkerze		293
6	Portuguese (pt) Vela votiva		154
7	Catalan (ca) Ciri		46
8	Dutch (nl) Devotielicht		30
9	Armenian (hy) Կերոն		28
10	Indonesian (id) Lilin nazar		14

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Votive candle		99
2	German (de) Opferkerze		22
3	French (fr) Cierge (bougie)		22
4	Spanish (es) Cirio (vela)		16
5	Dutch (nl) Devotielicht		11
6	Catalan (ca) Ciri		10
7	Russian (ru) Церковная свеча		8
8	Armenian (hy) Կերոն		7
9	Portuguese (pt) Vela votiva		2
10	Basque (eu) Xirio		1

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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 "Votive candle" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Votive candle		1
2	Catalan (ca) Ciri		0
3	German (de) Opferkerze		0
4	Spanish (es) Cirio (vela)		0
5	Basque (eu) Xirio		0
6	French (fr) Cierge (bougie)		0
7	Armenian (hy) Կերոն		0
8	Indonesian (id) Lilin nazar		0
9	Dutch (nl) Devotielicht		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Vela votiva		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 "Votive candle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Votive candle		264
2	French (fr) Cierge (bougie)		157
3	German (de) Opferkerze		147
4	Spanish (es) Cirio (vela)		55
5	Armenian (hy) Կերոն		35
6	Catalan (ca) Ciri		28
7	Russian (ru) Церковная свеча		17
8	Basque (eu) Xirio		5
9	Dutch (nl) Devotielicht		5
10	Indonesian (id) Lilin nazar		2

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Ciri
de	German Opferkerze
en	English Votive candle
es	Spanish Cirio (vela)
eu	Basque Xirio
fr	French Cierge (bougie)
hy	Armenian Կերոն
id	Indonesian Lilin nazar
nl	Dutch Devotielicht
pt	Portuguese Vela votiva
ru	Russian Церковная свеча

Best Rank

English: #45871 11.2012

Global: #78208 11.2012

Best Rank

English: #60822 10.2014

Global: #29075 04.2018

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