Channel drift

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Channel drift

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Channel drift - gradual shift of a television network away from its original programming, to either target a newer and more profitable audience, or to broaden their viewership by including less niche programming. Article “Channel drift” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 2 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 “Channel drift”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 117 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 77 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #9169 in May 2019
  • Global: #45946 in September 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #7871 in September 2019
  • Global: #33253 in February 2022

There are 2 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)
Channel drift
34.4396
2Simple English (simple)
Channel drift
11.2722
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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 "Channel drift" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Channel drift
477 357
2Simple English (simple)
Channel drift
1 868
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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 "Channel drift" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Channel drift
2 979
2Simple English (simple)
Channel drift
34
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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 "Channel drift" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Channel drift
115
2Simple English (simple)
Channel drift
2
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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 "Channel drift" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Channel drift
3
2Simple English (simple)
Channel drift
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 "Channel drift" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Channel drift
76
2Simple English (simple)
Channel drift
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

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Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#7871
09.2019
Global:
#33253
02.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#9169
05.2019
Global:
#45946
09.2013

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Channel drift from Wikipedia articles about Ancient Aliens, Enshittification, Ridiculousness, AMC and The Winchesters. Whereas reading the article about Channel drift people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Radio homogenization, Nickelodeon, NBCSN, Acronym and History.

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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