Active galactic nucleus

Active galactic nucleus - compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion – and possibly all – of the electromagnetic spectrum. Article “Active galactic nucleus” in Simple English Wikipedia has 20.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 1 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 “Active galactic nucleus”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 704 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 14 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 5805 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #4423 in June 2015
• Global: #6708 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #19773 in May 2016
• Global: #48572 in July 2017

There are 28 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	German (de) Aktiver Galaxienkern		92.1754
2	Chinese (zh) 活动星系核		70.9366
3	Portuguese (pt) Núcleo galáctico ativo		60.9708
4	English (en) Active galactic nucleus		60.3936
5	Estonian (et) Aktiivne galaktikatuum		45.5812
6	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Aktiv galaksekjerne		42.3367
7	Slovak (sk) Aktívne jadro galaxie		37.4597
8	Ukrainian (uk) Активні ядра галактик		31.0546
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Aktivno galaktičko jezgro		30.7904
10	Arabic (ar) نواة مجرية نشطة		25.8801

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Active galactic nucleus" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Active galactic nucleus		2 408 202
2	Russian (ru) Активные ядра галактик		416 961
3	German (de) Aktiver Galaxienkern		403 160
4	Chinese (zh) 活动星系核		117 723
5	Portuguese (pt) Núcleo galáctico ativo		53 472
6	Korean (ko) 활동 은하핵		39 726
7	Swedish (sv) Aktiv galaxkärna		37 227
8	Ukrainian (uk) Активні ядра галактик		30 503
9	Persian (fa) هسته کهکشانی فعال		25 789
10	Thai (th) นิวเคลียสดาราจักรกัมมันต์		24 779

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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 "Active galactic nucleus" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Active galactic nucleus		9 128
2	German (de) Aktiver Galaxienkern		1 273
3	Russian (ru) Активные ядра галактик		848
4	Chinese (zh) 活动星系核		543
5	Portuguese (pt) Núcleo galáctico ativo		98
6	Korean (ko) 활동 은하핵		97
7	Czech (cs) Aktivní galaktické jádro		73
8	Turkish (tr) Aktif galaksi çekirdeği		66
9	Persian (fa) هسته کهکشانی فعال		61
10	Hungarian (hu) Aktív galaxismag		58

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Active galactic nucleus		228
2	German (de) Aktiver Galaxienkern		158
3	Russian (ru) Активные ядра галактик		58
4	Chinese (zh) 活动星系核		36
5	Hebrew (he) גרעין גלקטי פעיל		21
6	Hungarian (hu) Aktív galaxismag		20
7	Vietnamese (vi) Nhân thiên hà hoạt động		19
8	Arabic (ar) نواة مجرية نشطة		18
9	Swedish (sv) Aktiv galaxkärna		15
10	Czech (cs) Aktivní galaktické jádro		14

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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 "Active galactic nucleus" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) نواة مجرية نشطة		2
2	German (de) Aktiver Galaxienkern		2
3	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Aktivno galaktičko jezgro		1
4	Turkish (tr) Aktif galaksi çekirdeği		1
5	Azerbaijani (az) Fəal nüvəli qalaktikalar		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Активно галактическо ядро		0
7	Czech (cs) Aktivní galaktické jádro		0
8	English (en) Active galactic nucleus		0
9	Estonian (et) Aktiivne galaktikatuum		0
10	Persian (fa) هسته کهکشانی فعال		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 "Active galactic nucleus" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Active galactic nucleus		1 524
2	German (de) Aktiver Galaxienkern		1 265
3	Russian (ru) Активные ядра галактик		419
4	Chinese (zh) 活动星系核		362
5	Ukrainian (uk) Активні ядра галактик		268
6	Portuguese (pt) Núcleo galáctico ativo		246
7	Arabic (ar) نواة مجرية نشطة		233
8	Korean (ko) 활동 은하핵		206
9	Turkish (tr) Aktif galaksi çekirdeği		199
10	Vietnamese (vi) Nhân thiên hà hoạt động		171

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نواة مجرية نشطة
az	Azerbaijani Fəal nüvəli qalaktikalar
bg	Bulgarian Активно галактическо ядро
cs	Czech Aktivní galaktické jádro
de	German Aktiver Galaxienkern
en	English Active galactic nucleus
et	Estonian Aktiivne galaktikatuum
fa	Persian هسته کهکشانی فعال
he	Hebrew גרעין גלקטי פעיל
hi	Hindi सक्रीय गैलेक्सीय नाभिक
hu	Hungarian Aktív galaxismag
id	Indonesian Inti galaksi aktif
ko	Korean 활동 은하핵
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Aktiv galaksekjerne
no	Norwegian Aktiv galaksekjerne
pt	Portuguese Núcleo galáctico ativo
ru	Russian Активные ядра галактик
sh	Serbo-Croatian Aktivno galaktičko jezgro
simple	Simple English Active galactic nucleus
sk	Slovak Aktívne jadro galaxie
sl	Slovenian Aktivno galaktično jedro
sr	Serbian Aktivno galaktičko jezgro
sv	Swedish Aktiv galaxkärna
th	Thai นิวเคลียสดาราจักรกัมมันต์
tr	Turkish Aktif galaksi çekirdeği
uk	Ukrainian Активні ядра галактик
vi	Vietnamese Nhân thiên hà hoạt động
zh	Chinese 活动星系核

Best Rank

Simple English: #19773 05.2016

Global: #48572 07.2017

Best Rank

Simple English: #4423 06.2015

Global: #6708 04.2003

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