Whistler (radio)

Whistler - electromagnetic wave propagating through the atmosphere that may be detected by a sensitive audio amplifier as a gliding high-to-low-frequency sound; originates during lightning discharges and are usually in the frequency range of 300 to 30,000 hertz. Article “Whistler (radio)” in Dutch Wikipedia has 0.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Whistler (radio)”, its content was written by 14 registered users of Dutch Wikipedia and edited by 156 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Dutch Wikipedia and cited 112 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Dutch): #9733 in May 2004
• Global: #25476 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Dutch): #46257 in July 2008
• Global: #210487 in June 2020

There are 9 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) Whistler (radio)		34.7471
2	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Whistler		32.048
3	Italian (it) Whistler (radio)		25.9726
4	French (fr) Mode sifflement		19.7874
5	Spanish (es) Radio silbido		15.8471
6	German (de) Whistler (Radio)		11.8485
7	Swedish (sv) Visslare		5.0153
8	Slovak (sk) Atmosférické hvizdy		0.2867
9	Dutch (nl) Whistler (radio)		0.2125

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Whistler (radio)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Whistler (radio)		229 893
2	German (de) Whistler (Radio)		15 866
3	Dutch (nl) Whistler (radio)		10 853
4	Swedish (sv) Visslare		8 409
5	French (fr) Mode sifflement		8 194
6	Italian (it) Whistler (radio)		5 272
7	Spanish (es) Radio silbido		3 720
8	Slovak (sk) Atmosférické hvizdy		2 360
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Whistler		636

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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 "Whistler (radio)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Whistler (radio)		1 271
2	German (de) Whistler (Radio)		51
3	French (fr) Mode sifflement		39
4	Italian (it) Whistler (radio)		29
5	Spanish (es) Radio silbido		26
6	Swedish (sv) Visslare		24
7	Dutch (nl) Whistler (radio)		15
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Whistler		10
9	Slovak (sk) Atmosférické hvizdy		8

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Whistler (radio)		70
2	German (de) Whistler (Radio)		22
3	French (fr) Mode sifflement		21
4	Dutch (nl) Whistler (radio)		14
5	Italian (it) Whistler (radio)		11
6	Swedish (sv) Visslare		9
7	Slovak (sk) Atmosférické hvizdy		4
8	Spanish (es) Radio silbido		3
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Whistler		2

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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 "Whistler (radio)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Mode sifflement		1
2	Slovak (sk) Atmosférické hvizdy		1
3	German (de) Whistler (Radio)		0
4	English (en) Whistler (radio)		0
5	Spanish (es) Radio silbido		0
6	Italian (it) Whistler (radio)		0
7	Dutch (nl) Whistler (radio)		0
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Whistler		0
9	Swedish (sv) Visslare		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 "Whistler (radio)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Whistler (radio)		55
2	German (de) Whistler (Radio)		12
3	Italian (it) Whistler (radio)		12
4	French (fr) Mode sifflement		9
5	Spanish (es) Radio silbido		7
6	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Whistler		7
7	Slovak (sk) Atmosférické hvizdy		6
8	Dutch (nl) Whistler (radio)		2
9	Swedish (sv) Visslare		2

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#	Language	Value
de	German Whistler (Radio)
en	English Whistler (radio)
es	Spanish Radio silbido
fr	French Mode sifflement
it	Italian Whistler (radio)
nl	Dutch Whistler (radio)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Whistler
sk	Slovak Atmosférické hvizdy
sv	Swedish Visslare

Best Rank

Dutch: #46257 07.2008

Global: #210487 06.2020

Best Rank

Dutch: #9733 05.2004

Global: #25476 02.2003

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