Whale fall

Whale fall - temporary ecosystem resulting from the fall of a whale carcass to the ocean floor. Article “Whale fall” in Estonian Wikipedia has 22 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Estonian) language version.

Since the creation of article “Whale fall”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Estonian Wikipedia and edited by 356 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Estonian Wikipedia and cited 482 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Estonian): #11626 in August 2025
• Global: #7280 in April 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Estonian): #54092 in June 2026
• Global: #532 in August 2016

There are 13 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) Whale fall		89.4345
2	German (de) Walsturz		73.6492
3	Korean (ko) 고래 낙하		62.8494
4	Spanish (es) Caída de ballenas		52.6686
5	French (fr) Carcasse de baleine		51.9233
6	Arabic (ar) سقوط الحوت		51.2764
7	Portuguese (pt) Queda de baleias		46.5868
8	Vietnamese (vi) Kình lạc		43.5989
9	Indonesian (id) Runtuhan paus		25.0038
10	Japanese (ja) 鯨骨生物群集		24.8207

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Whale fall" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Whale fall		3 558 283
2	Japanese (ja) 鯨骨生物群集		439 894
3	Chinese (zh) 鯨落		229 515
4	French (fr) Carcasse de baleine		108 024
5	German (de) Walsturz		104 116
6	Vietnamese (vi) Kình lạc		18 473
7	Spanish (es) Caída de ballenas		13 509
8	Portuguese (pt) Queda de baleias		8 918
9	Korean (ko) 고래 낙하		4 617
10	Arabic (ar) سقوط الحوت		3 755

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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 "Whale fall" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Whale fall		19 404
2	German (de) Walsturz		3 803
3	Japanese (ja) 鯨骨生物群集		2 242
4	Chinese (zh) 鯨落		1 182
5	Spanish (es) Caída de ballenas		623
6	French (fr) Carcasse de baleine		417
7	Korean (ko) 고래 낙하		361
8	Portuguese (pt) Queda de baleias		113
9	Vietnamese (vi) Kình lạc		82
10	Estonian (et) Whale fall		16

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Whale fall		148
2	French (fr) Carcasse de baleine		74
3	German (de) Walsturz		45
4	Japanese (ja) 鯨骨生物群集		30
5	Chinese (zh) 鯨落		15
6	Spanish (es) Caída de ballenas		11
7	Portuguese (pt) Queda de baleias		11
8	Vietnamese (vi) Kình lạc		11
9	Arabic (ar) سقوط الحوت		3
10	Indonesian (id) Runtuhan paus		3

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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 "Whale fall" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Whale fall		4
2	German (de) Walsturz		3
3	French (fr) Carcasse de baleine		2
4	Arabic (ar) سقوط الحوت		0
5	Catalan (ca) Carcanada de cetaci		0
6	Spanish (es) Caída de ballenas		0
7	Estonian (et) Whale fall		0
8	Indonesian (id) Runtuhan paus		0
9	Japanese (ja) 鯨骨生物群集		0
10	Korean (ko) 고래 낙하		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 "Whale fall" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Whale fall		235
2	Arabic (ar) سقوط الحوت		109
3	Vietnamese (vi) Kình lạc		39
4	German (de) Walsturz		21
5	French (fr) Carcasse de baleine		21
6	Japanese (ja) 鯨骨生物群集		20
7	Chinese (zh) 鯨落		18
8	Spanish (es) Caída de ballenas		5
9	Indonesian (id) Runtuhan paus		4
10	Catalan (ca) Carcanada de cetaci		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic سقوط الحوت
ca	Catalan Carcanada de cetaci
de	German Walsturz
en	English Whale fall
es	Spanish Caída de ballenas
et	Estonian Whale fall
fr	French Carcasse de baleine
id	Indonesian Runtuhan paus
ja	Japanese 鯨骨生物群集
ko	Korean 고래 낙하
pt	Portuguese Queda de baleias
vi	Vietnamese Kình lạc
zh	Chinese 鯨落

Best Rank

Estonian: #54092 06.2026

Global: #532 08.2016

Best Rank

Estonian: #11626 08.2025

Global: #7280 04.2023

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