Spoutnik (virus)

Sputnik virophage - subviral agent that reproduces in amoeba cells that are already infected by a certain helper virus. Article “Spoutnik (virus)” in French Wikipedia has 25.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 19 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Spoutnik (virus)”, its content was written by 18 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 175 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in French Wikipedia and cited 119 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #9194 in July 2016
• Global: #50022 in August 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #50213 in March 2020
• Global: #181808 in March 2020

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, 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	German (de) Sputnik-Virus		59.2116
2	English (en) Sputnik virophage		45.6661
3	Russian (ru) Спутник (вирофаг)		35.3005
4	Vietnamese (vi) Sputnik virophage		32.4931
5	Galician (gl) Virófago Sputnik		28.9976
6	Slovenian (sl) Sputnik virofag		28.2955
7	Italian (it) Sputnik (virofago)		26.8353
8	French (fr) Spoutnik (virus)		25.8896
9	Japanese (ja) スプートニクヴィロファージ		23.3842
10	Arabic (ar) فيروس آكل		22.9032

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Spoutnik (virus)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sputnik virophage		212 801
2	Russian (ru) Спутник (вирофаг)		79 373
3	Spanish (es) Sputnikvirus		31 209
4	Japanese (ja) スプートニクヴィロファージ		26 179
5	French (fr) Spoutnik (virus)		24 597
6	German (de) Sputnik-Virus		18 061
7	Italian (it) Sputnik (virofago)		12 043
8	Portuguese (pt) Sputnik (vírus)		11 149
9	Arabic (ar) فيروس آكل		3 443
10	Slovenian (sl) Sputnik virofag		2 703

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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 "Spoutnik (virus)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sputnik virophage		1 196
2	Russian (ru) Спутник (вирофаг)		208
3	Japanese (ja) スプートニクヴィロファージ		90
4	German (de) Sputnik-Virus		69
5	French (fr) Spoutnik (virus)		64
6	Spanish (es) Sputnikvirus		62
7	Galician (gl) Virófago Sputnik		28
8	Italian (it) Sputnik (virofago)		28
9	Portuguese (pt) Sputnik (vírus)		24
10	Indonesian (id) Virofag Sputnik		15

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sputnik virophage		62
2	Russian (ru) Спутник (вирофаг)		28
3	German (de) Sputnik-Virus		21
4	French (fr) Spoutnik (virus)		18
5	Italian (it) Sputnik (virofago)		14
6	Spanish (es) Sputnikvirus		9
7	Portuguese (pt) Sputnik (vírus)		6
8	Slovenian (sl) Sputnik virofag		5
9	Arabic (ar) فيروس آكل		4
10	Vietnamese (vi) Sputnik virophage		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 "Spoutnik (virus)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sputnik virophage		1
2	Arabic (ar) فيروس آكل		0
3	German (de) Sputnik-Virus		0
4	Spanish (es) Sputnikvirus		0
5	French (fr) Spoutnik (virus)		0
6	Galician (gl) Virófago Sputnik		0
7	Indonesian (id) Virofag Sputnik		0
8	Italian (it) Sputnik (virofago)		0
9	Japanese (ja) スプートニクヴィロファージ		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Sputnik (vírus)		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 "Spoutnik (virus)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Sputnik-Virus		31
2	English (en) Sputnik virophage		19
3	Russian (ru) Спутник (вирофаг)		17
4	Galician (gl) Virófago Sputnik		12
5	Spanish (es) Sputnikvirus		9
6	French (fr) Spoutnik (virus)		7
7	Japanese (ja) スプートニクヴィロファージ		6
8	Arabic (ar) فيروس آكل		5
9	Indonesian (id) Virofag Sputnik		4
10	Italian (it) Sputnik (virofago)		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic فيروس آكل
de	German Sputnik-Virus
en	English Sputnik virophage
es	Spanish Sputnikvirus
fr	French Spoutnik (virus)
gl	Galician Virófago Sputnik
id	Indonesian Virofag Sputnik
it	Italian Sputnik (virofago)
ja	Japanese スプートニクヴィロファージ
pt	Portuguese Sputnik (vírus)
ru	Russian Спутник (вирофаг)
sl	Slovenian Sputnik virofag
vi	Vietnamese Sputnik virophage

Best Rank

French: #50213 03.2020

Global: #181808 03.2020

Best Rank

French: #9194 07.2016

Global: #50022 08.2010

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