Breaking wave

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Breaking wave

Quality:

Breaking wave - wave that becomes unstable as a consequence of excessive steepness. Article “Breaking wave” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Breaking wave”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 281 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1492 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3578 in November 2023
  • Global: #50301 in July 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #44312 in June 2025
  • Global: #171629 in November 2014

There are 22 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
1Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Bølgjebryting
51.8916
2Persian (fa)
موج شکنا
46.9499
3Indonesian (id)
Gelombang pecah
39.5394
4English (en)
Breaking wave
35.5788
5Malay (ms)
Ombak pecah
32.2137
6Russian (ru)
Прибой
26.6272
7Arabic (ar)
موجة ارتطام
26.2679
8Belarusian (be)
Прыбой
24.0396
9Ukrainian (uk)
Прибій
23.1206
10Lithuanian (lt)
Goža
22.2264
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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 "Breaking wave" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Breaking wave
1 125 826
2French (fr)
Vague déferlante
147 902
3German (de)
Wellenbrechen
135 477
4Russian (ru)
Прибой
133 820
5Japanese (ja)
砕波
51 283
6Polish (pl)
Przybój
40 475
7Dutch (nl)
Branding (natuurverschijnsel)
37 800
8Slovak (sk)
Príboj (vlny)
16 329
9Ukrainian (uk)
Прибій
11 756
10Turkish (tr)
Dalga kırılması
11 278
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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 "Breaking wave" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Breaking wave
4 427
2Russian (ru)
Прибой
373
3German (de)
Wellenbrechen
338
4Dutch (nl)
Branding (natuurverschijnsel)
332
5French (fr)
Vague déferlante
281
6Simple English (simple)
Breaking wave
206
7Swedish (sv)
Brottsjö
125
8Japanese (ja)
砕波
113
9Indonesian (id)
Gelombang pecah
97
10Polish (pl)
Przybój
96
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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 "Breaking wave" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Breaking wave
75
2German (de)
Wellenbrechen
45
3Dutch (nl)
Branding (natuurverschijnsel)
28
4French (fr)
Vague déferlante
25
5Russian (ru)
Прибой
20
6Ukrainian (uk)
Прибій
12
7Japanese (ja)
砕波
10
8Arabic (ar)
موجة ارتطام
9
9Slovak (sk)
Príboj (vlny)
8
10Turkish (tr)
Dalga kırılması
8
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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 "Breaking wave" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Indonesian (id)
Gelombang pecah
1
2Japanese (ja)
砕波
1
3Arabic (ar)
موجة ارتطام
0
4Belarusian (be)
Прыбой
0
5Danish (da)
Brænding (vand)
0
6German (de)
Wellenbrechen
0
7English (en)
Breaking wave
0
8Persian (fa)
موج شکنا
0
9French (fr)
Vague déferlante
0
10Kazakh (kk)
Прибой (Перник облысы)
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 "Breaking wave" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Breaking wave
402
2Persian (fa)
موج شکنا
201
3French (fr)
Vague déferlante
160
4Arabic (ar)
موجة ارتطام
147
5Ukrainian (uk)
Прибій
137
6Dutch (nl)
Branding (natuurverschijnsel)
75
7Russian (ru)
Прибой
66
8German (de)
Wellenbrechen
59
9Indonesian (id)
Gelombang pecah
42
10Malay (ms)
Ombak pecah
39
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
موجة ارتطام
beBelarusian
Прыбой
daDanish
Brænding (vand)
deGerman
Wellenbrechen
enEnglish
Breaking wave
faPersian
موج شکنا
frFrench
Vague déferlante
idIndonesian
Gelombang pecah
jaJapanese
砕波
kkKazakh
Прибой (Перник облысы)
ltLithuanian
Goža
msMalay
Ombak pecah
nlDutch
Branding (natuurverschijnsel)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Bølgjebryting
plPolish
Przybój
ruRussian
Прибой
simpleSimple English
Breaking wave
skSlovak
Príboj (vlny)
svSwedish
Brottsjö
trTurkish
Dalga kırılması
ukUkrainian
Прибій
viVietnamese
Sóng vỡ

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#44312
06.2025
Global:
#171629
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3578
11.2023
Global:
#50301
07.2012

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Breaking wave from Wikipedia articles about Tsunami, Ocean current, James Cook, Breakers Hotel and Turbulence. Whereas reading the article about Breaking wave people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Wind wave, Rogue wave, Wave turbulence, Wave and Iribarren number.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

ja: 砕波
lt: Goža

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