Claw of Archimedes

Claw of Archimedes - large fulcrum based pole with rope and anchor, by hooking ship and applying weight at other end, lift is applied to the vessel capsizing and scuttling it.. Article “Claw of Archimedes” in Simple English Wikipedia has 22.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Claw of Archimedes”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 204 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #744 in May 2016
• Global: #43403 in November 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #14197 in September 2023
• Global: #71625 in July 2023

There are 18 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Korean (ko) 아르키메데스 갈고리		24.723
2	Dutch (nl) Klauw van Archimedes		23.5858
3	Simple English (simple) Claw of Archimedes		22.6683
4	Portuguese (pt) Garra de Arquimedes		22.4425
5	Spanish (es) Garra de Arquímedes		22.0595
6	English (en) Claw of Archimedes		17.3264
7	Greek (el) Αρπάγη του Αρχιμήδη		6.8031
8	French (fr) Griffe d'Archimède		4.9678
9	Italian (it) Artiglio di Archimede		4.2908
10	Georgian (ka) არქიმედეს კლანჭი		4.1927

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Claw of Archimedes		657 243
2	Spanish (es) Garra de Arquímedes		128 386
3	Russian (ru) Коготь Архимеда		57 398
4	Italian (it) Artiglio di Archimede		55 610
5	French (fr) Griffe d'Archimède		53 139
6	Portuguese (pt) Garra de Arquimedes		25 677
7	Korean (ko) 아르키메데스 갈고리		12 464
8	Dutch (nl) Klauw van Archimedes		12 195
9	Greek (el) Αρπάγη του Αρχιμήδη		11 914
10	Thai (th) กรงเล็บอาร์คิมิดีส		6 838

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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 "Claw of Archimedes" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Claw of Archimedes		3 488
2	French (fr) Griffe d'Archimède		635
3	Spanish (es) Garra de Arquímedes		395
4	Japanese (ja) アルキメデスのクレーン		294
5	Russian (ru) Коготь Архимеда		277
6	Italian (it) Artiglio di Archimede		190
7	Dutch (nl) Klauw van Archimedes		78
8	Greek (el) Αρπάγη του Αρχιμήδη		58
9	Portuguese (pt) Garra de Arquimedes		57
10	Korean (ko) 아르키메데스 갈고리		41

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Claw of Archimedes		80
2	Italian (it) Artiglio di Archimede		35
3	Spanish (es) Garra de Arquímedes		13
4	Ukrainian (uk) Пазур Архімеда		10
5	Russian (ru) Коготь Архимеда		9
6	Bulgarian (bg) Архимедова лапа		8
7	French (fr) Griffe d'Archimède		8
8	Armenian (hy) Արքիմեդեսի ճիրան		7
9	Greek (el) Αρπάγη του Αρχιμήδη		6
10	Dutch (nl) Klauw van Archimedes		5

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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 "Claw of Archimedes" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Claw of Archimedes		2
2	Bulgarian (bg) Архимедова лапа		0
3	Greek (el) Αρπάγη του Αρχιμήδη		0
4	Spanish (es) Garra de Arquímedes		0
5	French (fr) Griffe d'Archimède		0
6	Armenian (hy) Արքիմեդեսի ճիրան		0
7	Italian (it) Artiglio di Archimede		0
8	Japanese (ja) アルキメデスのクレーン		0
9	Georgian (ka) არქიმედეს კლანჭი		0
10	Korean (ko) 아르키메데스 갈고리		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 "Claw of Archimedes" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Claw of Archimedes		127
2	Dutch (nl) Klauw van Archimedes		53
3	Italian (it) Artiglio di Archimede		11
4	Portuguese (pt) Garra de Arquimedes		11
5	Armenian (hy) Արքիմեդեսի ճիրան		10
6	Russian (ru) Коготь Архимеда		6
7	Spanish (es) Garra de Arquímedes		4
8	French (fr) Griffe d'Archimède		4
9	Japanese (ja) アルキメデスのクレーン		4
10	Korean (ko) 아르키메데스 갈고리		4

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Архимедова лапа
el	Greek Αρπάγη του Αρχιμήδη
en	English Claw of Archimedes
es	Spanish Garra de Arquímedes
fr	French Griffe d'Archimède
hy	Armenian Արքիմեդեսի ճիրան
it	Italian Artiglio di Archimede
ja	Japanese アルキメデスのクレーン
ka	Georgian არქიმედეს კლანჭი
ko	Korean 아르키메데스 갈고리
nl	Dutch Klauw van Archimedes
pt	Portuguese Garra de Arquimedes
ro	Romanian Gheara lui Arhimede
ru	Russian Коготь Архимеда
sh	Serbo-Croatian Arhimedova kandža
simple	Simple English Claw of Archimedes
th	Thai กรงเล็บอาร์คิมิดีส
uk	Ukrainian Пазур Архімеда

Best Rank

Simple English: #14197 09.2023

Global: #71625 07.2023

Best Rank

Simple English: #744 05.2016

Global: #43403 11.2012

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