Alternator

Alternator - electric generator used in vehicles to power the electrical system. Article “Alternator” in Polish Wikipedia has 21.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Alternator”, its content was written by 31 registered users of Polish Wikipedia and edited by 400 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 107 times in Polish Wikipedia and cited 1203 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Polish): #1462 in December 2006
• Global: #13761 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Polish): #3517 in December 2010
• Global: #37674 in January 2015

There are 15 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) Alternator (automotive)		49.3665
2	German (de) Lichtmaschine		44.3955
3	Turkish (tr) Alternatör (otomotiv)		39.464
4	Spanish (es) Alternador del motor		33.863
5	Polish (pl) Alternator		21.2785
6	Russian (ru) Автомобильный генератор		19.8919
7	Finnish (fi) Latausgeneraattori		12.1356
8	Persian (fa) دینام خودرو		11.4864
9	Serbian (sr) Алтернатор		11.0527
10	Slovak (sk) Alternátor (automobily)		10.3438

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Lichtmaschine		2 491 604
2	English (en) Alternator (automotive)		1 721 892
3	Polish (pl) Alternator		1 055 833
4	Russian (ru) Автомобильный генератор		881 047
5	Spanish (es) Alternador del motor		515 785
6	Ukrainian (uk) Автомобільний генератор		115 629
7	Finnish (fi) Latausgeneraattori		95 974
8	Slovenian (sl) Alternator (avto)		43 090
9	Serbian (sr) Алтернатор		35 402
10	Swedish (sv) Generator (bildel)		24 618

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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 "Alternator" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Lichtmaschine		4 365
2	Russian (ru) Автомобильный генератор		3 764
3	English (en) Alternator (automotive)		2 973
4	Polish (pl) Alternator		1 406
5	Persian (fa) دینام خودرو		337
6	Spanish (es) Alternador del motor		238
7	Finnish (fi) Latausgeneraattori		123
8	Slovenian (sl) Alternator (avto)		117
9	Serbian (sr) Алтернатор		112
10	Czech (cs) Alternátor (automobil)		79

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Lichtmaschine		177
2	English (en) Alternator (automotive)		52
3	Polish (pl) Alternator		31
4	Russian (ru) Автомобильный генератор		31
5	Ukrainian (uk) Автомобільний генератор		24
6	Spanish (es) Alternador del motor		17
7	Serbian (sr) Алтернатор		15
8	Persian (fa) دینام خودرو		13
9	Finnish (fi) Latausgeneraattori		13
10	Swedish (sv) Generator (bildel)		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 "Alternator" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Czech (cs) Alternátor (automobil)		0
2	German (de) Lichtmaschine		0
3	English (en) Alternator (automotive)		0
4	Spanish (es) Alternador del motor		0
5	Persian (fa) دینام خودرو		0
6	Finnish (fi) Latausgeneraattori		0
7	Polish (pl) Alternator		0
8	Russian (ru) Автомобильный генератор		0
9	Slovak (sk) Alternátor (automobily)		0
10	Slovenian (sl) Alternator (avto)		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 "Alternator" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Alternator (automotive)		402
2	German (de) Lichtmaschine		363
3	Polish (pl) Alternator		107
4	Russian (ru) Автомобильный генератор		90
5	Persian (fa) دینام خودرو		75
6	Turkish (tr) Alternatör (otomotiv)		53
7	Ukrainian (uk) Автомобільний генератор		47
8	Serbian (sr) Алтернатор		27
9	Spanish (es) Alternador del motor		16
10	Finnish (fi) Latausgeneraattori		11

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Alternátor (automobil)
de	German Lichtmaschine
en	English Alternator (automotive)
es	Spanish Alternador del motor
fa	Persian دینام خودرو
fi	Finnish Latausgeneraattori
pl	Polish Alternator
ru	Russian Автомобильный генератор
sk	Slovak Alternátor (automobily)
sl	Slovenian Alternator (avto)
sr	Serbian Алтернатор
sv	Swedish Generator (bildel)
th	Thai เครื่องกำเนิดไฟฟ้ากระแสสลับ (ยานยนต์)
tr	Turkish Alternatör (otomotiv)
uk	Ukrainian Автомобільний генератор

Best Rank

Polish: #3517 12.2010

Global: #37674 01.2015

Best Rank

Polish: #1462 12.2006

Global: #13761 12.2003

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