Time ball

Time ball - time-signalling device. Article “Time ball” in Italian Wikipedia has 34.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 16 references and 9 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Time ball”, its content was written by 19 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 344 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 272 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Italian): #551 in September 2014
• Global: #13279 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Italian): #126633 in September 2014
• Global: #113077 in December 2010

There are 18 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) Time ball		69.1665
2	Japanese (ja) 報時球		48.5723
3	Ukrainian (uk) Часокуля		44.8502
4	Spanish (es) Esfera de señales horarias		38.8626
5	Italian (it) Time ball		34.9136
6	Hindi (hi) टाइम बॉल		31.0766
7	Portuguese (pt) Balão horário		26.6932
8	Korean (ko) 보시구		26.5771
9	Finnish (fi) Aikapallo		26.314
10	Chinese (zh) 報時球		24.3417

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Time ball		575 788
2	German (de) Zeitball		97 435
3	Polish (pl) Kula czasu		30 779
4	French (fr) Boule horaire		26 536
5	Japanese (ja) 報時球		20 795
6	Russian (ru) Шар времени		19 706
7	Swedish (sv) Tidkula		17 290
8	Chinese (zh) 報時球		12 749
9	Dutch (nl) Tijdbal		10 442
10	Italian (it) Time ball		8 281

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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 "Time ball" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Time ball		2 456
2	German (de) Zeitball		491
3	Japanese (ja) 報時球		208
4	Chinese (zh) 報時球		82
5	Swedish (sv) Tidkula		75
6	French (fr) Boule horaire		70
7	Russian (ru) Шар времени		69
8	Italian (it) Time ball		51
9	Polish (pl) Kula czasu		51
10	Dutch (nl) Tijdbal		32

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Time ball		139
2	French (fr) Boule horaire		47
3	German (de) Zeitball		42
4	Polish (pl) Kula czasu		22
5	Italian (it) Time ball		19
6	Dutch (nl) Tijdbal		13
7	Chinese (zh) 報時球		11
8	Russian (ru) Шар времени		9
9	Spanish (es) Esfera de señales horarias		8
10	Swedish (sv) Tidkula		8

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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 "Time ball" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) كرة الوقت		0
2	German (de) Zeitball		0
3	English (en) Time ball		0
4	Spanish (es) Esfera de señales horarias		0
5	Finnish (fi) Aikapallo		0
6	French (fr) Boule horaire		0
7	Hindi (hi) टाइम बॉल		0
8	Italian (it) Time ball		0
9	Japanese (ja) 報時球		0
10	Korean (ko) 보시구		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 "Time ball" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Time ball		93
2	German (de) Zeitball		29
3	French (fr) Boule horaire		22
4	Japanese (ja) 報時球		18
5	Russian (ru) Шар времени		17
6	Chinese (zh) 報時球		15
7	Spanish (es) Esfera de señales horarias		11
8	Ukrainian (uk) Часокуля		10
9	Korean (ko) 보시구		9
10	Hindi (hi) टाइम बॉल		8

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic كرة الوقت
de	German Zeitball
en	English Time ball
es	Spanish Esfera de señales horarias
fi	Finnish Aikapallo
fr	French Boule horaire
hi	Hindi टाइम बॉल
it	Italian Time ball
ja	Japanese 報時球
ko	Korean 보시구
nl	Dutch Tijdbal
pl	Polish Kula czasu
pt	Portuguese Balão horário
ru	Russian Шар времени
sv	Swedish Tidkula
tr	Turkish Vakit küresi
uk	Ukrainian Часокуля
zh	Chinese 報時球

Best Rank

Italian: #126633 09.2014

Global: #113077 12.2010

Best Rank

Italian: #551 09.2014

Global: #13279 03.2003

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