Water speed record

Water speed record - officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle. Article “Water speed record” in English Wikipedia has 58 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 40 references and 21 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 6.44 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 2025 the article “Water speed record” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Water speed record”, its content was written by 179 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 303 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 185 times in English Wikipedia and cited 322 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #24981 in February 2018
• Global: #36973 in June 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #3146 in October 2015
• Global: #10370 in October 2015

There are 7 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) Water speed record		57.9897
2	Spanish (es) Récord de velocidad náutico		55.305
3	German (de) Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord auf dem Wasser		39.2044
4	Chinese (zh) 水上速度記錄		27.764
5	Japanese (ja) 水上速度記録		22.0093
6	French (fr) Record de vitesse aquatique		17.8337
7	Ukrainian (uk) Рекорд швидкості на воді		8.3723

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Water speed record" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Water speed record		1 841 380
2	German (de) Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord auf dem Wasser		315 618
3	Japanese (ja) 水上速度記録		72 913
4	French (fr) Record de vitesse aquatique		67 398
5	Spanish (es) Récord de velocidad náutico		42 102
6	Chinese (zh) 水上速度記錄		34 037
7	Ukrainian (uk) Рекорд швидкості на воді		18 587

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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 "Water speed record" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Water speed record		5 371
2	German (de) Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord auf dem Wasser		846
3	Japanese (ja) 水上速度記録		358
4	French (fr) Record de vitesse aquatique		343
5	Spanish (es) Récord de velocidad náutico		287
6	Chinese (zh) 水上速度記錄		170
7	Ukrainian (uk) Рекорд швидкості на воді		20

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Water speed record		179
2	German (de) Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord auf dem Wasser		70
3	French (fr) Record de vitesse aquatique		16
4	Chinese (zh) 水上速度記錄		14
5	Japanese (ja) 水上速度記録		11
6	Ukrainian (uk) Рекорд швидкості на воді		8
7	Spanish (es) Récord de velocidad náutico		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 "Water speed record" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Water speed record		4
2	German (de) Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord auf dem Wasser		0
3	Spanish (es) Récord de velocidad náutico		0
4	French (fr) Record de vitesse aquatique		0
5	Japanese (ja) 水上速度記録		0
6	Ukrainian (uk) Рекорд швидкості на воді		0
7	Chinese (zh) 水上速度記錄		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 "Water speed record" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Water speed record		185
2	German (de) Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord auf dem Wasser		46
3	French (fr) Record de vitesse aquatique		29
4	Japanese (ja) 水上速度記録		21
5	Spanish (es) Récord de velocidad náutico		19
6	Chinese (zh) 水上速度記錄		18
7	Ukrainian (uk) Рекорд швидкості на воді		4

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#	Language	Value
de	German Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord auf dem Wasser
en	English Water speed record
es	Spanish Récord de velocidad náutico
fr	French Record de vitesse aquatique
ja	Japanese 水上速度記録
uk	Ukrainian Рекорд швидкості на воді
zh	Chinese 水上速度記錄

Best Rank

English: #3146 10.2015

Global: #10370 10.2015

Best Rank

English: #24981 02.2018

Global: #36973 06.2005

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