Compass rose

Quality:

Compass rose - figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions. Article “Compass rose” in Simple English Wikipedia has 6.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Compass rose”, its content was written by 15 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1347 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2914 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #774 in February 2026
• Global: #9370 in March 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #1100 in September 2025
• Global: #3776 in September 2008

There are 33 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	English (en) Compass rose		58.6689
2	Latin (la) Rosa ventorum		51.9721
3	Spanish (es) Rosa de los vientos		51.0659
4	Czech (cs) Větrná růžice		38.6188
5	Polish (pl) Róża wiatrów		37.1569
6	German (de) Windrose		37.1474
7	French (fr) Rose des vents		36.0697
8	Romanian (ro) Roza-vânturilor		30.9092
9	Chinese (zh) 方位圈		28.9767
10	Italian (it) Rosa dei venti		28.8865

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Spanish (es) Rosa de los vientos		7 569 583
2	Italian (it) Rosa dei venti		5 164 721
3	Portuguese (pt) Rosa dos ventos		4 812 724
4	English (en) Compass rose		3 551 443
5	French (fr) Rose des vents		1 402 286
6	Polish (pl) Róża wiatrów		907 737
7	German (de) Windrose		699 526
8	Catalan (ca) Rosa dels vents		349 412
9	Russian (ru) Роза ветров (картография)		306 382
10	Hebrew (he) שושנת הרוחות		270 572

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Italian (it) Rosa dei venti		12 878
2	English (en) Compass rose		7 777
3	Spanish (es) Rosa de los vientos		6 878
4	Portuguese (pt) Rosa dos ventos		3 462
5	French (fr) Rose des vents		2 994
6	German (de) Windrose		2 216
7	Polish (pl) Róża wiatrów		2 150
8	Russian (ru) Роза ветров (картография)		890
9	Catalan (ca) Rosa dels vents		637
10	Hebrew (he) שושנת הרוחות		395

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Compass rose		301
2	Spanish (es) Rosa de los vientos		158
3	Italian (it) Rosa dei venti		131
4	German (de) Windrose		120
5	Portuguese (pt) Rosa dos ventos		102
6	French (fr) Rose des vents		101
7	Polish (pl) Róża wiatrów		66
8	Hebrew (he) שושנת הרוחות		63
9	Catalan (ca) Rosa dels vents		40
10	Dutch (nl) Windroos (kompas)		30

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) قرص البوصلة		1
2	Catalan (ca) Rosa dels vents		1
3	French (fr) Rose des vents		1
4	Bulgarian (bg) Роза на компаса		0
5	Czech (cs) Větrná růžice		0
6	Danish (da) Kompasrose		0
7	German (de) Windrose		0
8	Greek (el) Ανεμολόγιο		0
9	English (en) Compass rose		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Ventorozo		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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