Torche

Torch - stick with a flaming end used as a source of light. Article “Torche” in French Wikipedia has 24.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 11 references and 7 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Torche”, its content was written by 66 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 988 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 159 times in French Wikipedia and cited 3643 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #2254 in September 2019
• Global: #1247 in May 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #47789 in March 2011
• Global: #41368 in August 2012

There are 43 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) Torch		57.9427
2	Italian (it) Torcia		46.9397
3	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Fakkel		40.3571
4	Ukrainian (uk) Смолоскип		39.6693
5	German (de) Fackel		39.1118
6	Norwegian (no) Fakkel		35.4275
7	Japanese (ja) たいまつ		30.2995
8	Tamil (ta) பந்தம்		28.623
9	Estonian (et) Tõrvik		27.1859
10	Persian (fa) مشعل		27.0065

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Torch		2 168 601
2	Spanish (es) Antorcha		642 375
3	Japanese (ja) たいまつ		603 708
4	Russian (ru) Факел		304 308
5	German (de) Fackel		242 916
6	French (fr) Torche		206 286
7	Portuguese (pt) Tocha		151 123
8	Persian (fa) مشعل		117 638
9	Italian (it) Torcia		92 432
10	Chinese (zh) 火炬		64 936

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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 "Torche" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Torch		5 479
2	Japanese (ja) たいまつ		1 176
3	Italian (it) Torcia		926
4	Russian (ru) Факел		476
5	Spanish (es) Antorcha		368
6	German (de) Fackel		312
7	French (fr) Torche		268
8	Persian (fa) مشعل		238
9	Chinese (zh) 火炬		187
10	Polish (pl) Pochodnia		171

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Torch		246
2	German (de) Fackel		99
3	French (fr) Torche		66
4	Russian (ru) Факел		51
5	Japanese (ja) たいまつ		45
6	Dutch (nl) Fakkel		44
7	Italian (it) Torcia		42
8	Spanish (es) Antorcha		38
9	Hebrew (he) לפיד		37
10	Persian (fa) مشعل		35

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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 "Torche" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Esperanto (eo) Torĉo		1
2	Arabic (ar) مشعل		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) Məşəl		0
4	Belarusian (be) Паходня		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Факла		0
6	Catalan (ca) Torxa		0
7	Czech (cs) Pochodeň		0
8	Danish (da) Fakkel		0
9	German (de) Fackel		0
10	English (en) Torch		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 "Torche" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) たいまつ		576
2	English (en) Torch		419
3	Russian (ru) Факел		205
4	Ukrainian (uk) Смолоскип		200
5	Spanish (es) Antorcha		175
6	French (fr) Torche		159
7	Chinese (zh) 火炬		158
8	German (de) Fackel		141
9	Hebrew (he) לפיד		139
10	Portuguese (pt) Tocha		118

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مشعل
az	Azerbaijani Məşəl
be	Belarusian Паходня
bg	Bulgarian Факла
ca	Catalan Torxa
cs	Czech Pochodeň
da	Danish Fakkel
de	German Fackel
en	English Torch
eo	Esperanto Torĉo
es	Spanish Antorcha
et	Estonian Tõrvik
eu	Basque Lastargi
fa	Persian مشعل
fi	Finnish Soihtu
fr	French Torche
gl	Galician Facho
he	Hebrew לפיד
hi	Hindi मशाल
hr	Croatian Baklja
hu	Hungarian Fáklya (fényforrás)
id	Indonesian Obor
it	Italian Torcia
ja	Japanese たいまつ
ka	Georgian ჩირაღდანი
kk	Kazakh Шырағдан
ko	Korean 횃불
la	Latin Fax
nl	Dutch Fakkel
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Fakkel
no	Norwegian Fakkel
pl	Polish Pochodnia
pt	Portuguese Tocha
ru	Russian Факел
sl	Slovenian Bakla
sr	Serbian Бакља
sv	Swedish Fackla
ta	Tamil பந்தம்
th	Thai คบเพลิง
tr	Turkish Meşale
uk	Ukrainian Смолоскип
vi	Vietnamese Đuốc
zh	Chinese 火炬

Best Rank

French: #47789 03.2011

Global: #41368 08.2012

Best Rank

French: #2254 09.2019

Global: #1247 05.2001

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