Background radiation

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Background radiation

Quality:

Background radiation - level of ionizing radiation present in the natural environment. Article “Background radiation” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Background radiation”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 599 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 5 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 960 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1753 in September 2015
  • Global: #5309 in June 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #16187 in August 2021
  • Global: #13513 in March 2011

There are 26 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Background radiation
80.3348
2Indonesian (id)
Radiasi alam
67.9926
3Turkish (tr)
Arka plan radyasyonu
63.7059
4Russian (ru)
Радиационный фон
59.5852
5Ukrainian (uk)
Радіаційний фон
59.1003
6Armenian (hy)
Ճառագայթային ֆոն
51.4012
7Chinese (zh)
背景輻射
38.4518
8Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundsstrålning
36.1534
9French (fr)
Rayonnement de fond
33.4548
10Croatian (hr)
Prirodna radioaktivnost
30.4732
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Background radiation" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Background radiation
2 538 434
2Polish (pl)
Promieniotwórczość naturalna
565 307
3Russian (ru)
Радиационный фон
217 061
4Chinese (zh)
背景輻射
123 267
5Italian (it)
Fondo di radioattività naturale
112 274
6Japanese (ja)
環境放射線
94 278
7Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundsstrålning
89 600
8Indonesian (id)
Radiasi alam
88 590
9Dutch (nl)
Achtergrondstraling
79 356
10Arabic (ar)
إشعاع طبيعي
69 521
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Background radiation" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Background radiation
7 533
2Russian (ru)
Радиационный фон
1 940
3Chinese (zh)
背景輻射
552
4Persian (fa)
تابش زمینه
397
5Italian (it)
Fondo di radioattività naturale
357
6Polish (pl)
Promieniotwórczość naturalna
257
7Ukrainian (uk)
Радіаційний фон
226
8Simple English (simple)
Background radiation
211
9Dutch (nl)
Achtergrondstraling
121
10Japanese (ja)
環境放射線
119
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Background radiation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Background radiation
274
2Norwegian (no)
Bakgrunnsstråling
36
3Italian (it)
Fondo di radioattività naturale
32
4Dutch (nl)
Achtergrondstraling
29
5Polish (pl)
Promieniotwórczość naturalna
26
6Japanese (ja)
環境放射線
21
7Chinese (zh)
背景輻射
21
8Swedish (sv)
Bakgrundsstrålning
19
9Turkish (tr)
Arka plan radyasyonu
19
10Danish (da)
Baggrundsstrålingen
18
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Background radiation" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Esperanto (eo)
Joniga fona radiado
1
2Russian (ru)
Радиационный фон
1
3Arabic (ar)
إشعاع طبيعي
0
4Danish (da)
Baggrundsstrålingen
0
5English (en)
Background radiation
0
6Persian (fa)
تابش زمینه
0
7Finnish (fi)
Luonnon taustasäteily
0
8French (fr)
Rayonnement de fond
0
9Croatian (hr)
Prirodna radioaktivnost
0
10Armenian (hy)
Ճառագայթային ֆոն
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Background radiation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Background radiation
280
2Japanese (ja)
環境放射線
103
3Chinese (zh)
背景輻射
77
4Korean (ko)
자연방사선
59
5Persian (fa)
تابش زمینه
57
6Russian (ru)
Радиационный фон
46
7Turkish (tr)
Arka plan radyasyonu
42
8Polish (pl)
Promieniotwórczość naturalna
37
9Vietnamese (vi)
Phông phóng xạ
31
10French (fr)
Rayonnement de fond
28
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
إشعاع طبيعي
daDanish
Baggrundsstrålingen
enEnglish
Background radiation
eoEsperanto
Joniga fona radiado
faPersian
تابش زمینه
fiFinnish
Luonnon taustasäteily
frFrench
Rayonnement de fond
hrCroatian
Prirodna radioaktivnost
hyArmenian
Ճառագայթային ֆոն
idIndonesian
Radiasi alam
itItalian
Fondo di radioattività naturale
jaJapanese
環境放射線
koKorean
자연방사선
nlDutch
Achtergrondstraling
noNorwegian
Bakgrunnsstråling
plPolish
Promieniotwórczość naturalna
ruRussian
Радиационный фон
simpleSimple English
Background radiation
srSerbian
Природна радиоактивност
svSwedish
Bakgrundsstrålning
taTamil
பின்புல கதிர்வீச்சு
trTurkish
Arka plan radyasyonu
ukUkrainian
Радіаційний фон
uzUzbek
Fon radiatsiyasi
viVietnamese
Phông phóng xạ
zhChinese
背景輻射

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#16187
08.2021
Global:
#13513
03.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1753
09.2015
Global:
#5309
06.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Background radiation from Wikipedia articles about Low-background steel, Ionizing radiation, Pripyat, Uranium glass and Ramsar. Whereas reading the article about Background radiation people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Sievert, Ionizing radiation, Radon, Cosmic radiation and Environmental radioactivity.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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