Drag (physics)

Quality:

Drag - retarding force on a body moving in a fluid. Article “Drag (physics)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 10.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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 “Drag (physics)”, its content was written by 33 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (5931^st place) and edited by 1552 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 40 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 7826 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #175 in March 2016
• Global: #8145 in October 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2092 in February 2016
• Global: #8684 in November 2011

There are 43 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) Drag (physics)		69.8891
2	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Aerodinamički otpor		64.4763
3	Chinese (zh) 阻力		57.2184
4	Romanian (ro) Rezistență la înaintare		52.0717
5	Spanish (es) Resistencia (fluidos)		50.3255
6	Turkish (tr) Sürükleme		44.3827
7	German (de) Strömungswiderstand		41.335
8	Hebrew (he) גרר (כוח)		40.8939
9	Serbian (sr) Аеродинамички отпор		39.4509
10	Croatian (hr) Aerodinamički otpor		39.131

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Drag (physics)		8 648 951
2	German (de) Strömungswiderstand		1 368 505
3	Japanese (ja) 抗力		910 046
4	Russian (ru) Лобовое сопротивление		835 633
5	French (fr) Traînée		661 860
6	Polish (pl) Opór aero(hydro)dynamiczny		552 351
7	Chinese (zh) 阻力		400 532
8	Italian (it) Resistenza fluidodinamica		400 350
9	Dutch (nl) Stromingsweerstand		326 779
10	Spanish (es) Resistencia (fluidos)		235 594

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Drag (physics)		9 028
2	French (fr) Traînée		2 062
3	German (de) Strömungswiderstand		1 488
4	Russian (ru) Лобовое сопротивление		1 064
5	Japanese (ja) 抗力		947
6	Chinese (zh) 阻力		638
7	Persian (fa) درگ (فیزیک)		508
8	Polish (pl) Opór aero(hydro)dynamiczny		489
9	Italian (it) Resistenza fluidodinamica		336
10	Spanish (es) Resistencia (fluidos)		335

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Drag (physics)		495
2	German (de) Strömungswiderstand		132
3	French (fr) Traînée		104
4	Italian (it) Resistenza fluidodinamica		67
5	Dutch (nl) Stromingsweerstand		61
6	Russian (ru) Лобовое сопротивление		57
7	Polish (pl) Opór aero(hydro)dynamiczny		50
8	Hebrew (he) גרר (כוח)		49
9	Chinese (zh) 阻力		43
10	Hungarian (hu) Közegellenállás		38

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	English (en) Drag (physics)		2
2	Arabic (ar) مقاومة مائع		1
3	Ukrainian (uk) Аерогідродинамічний опір		1
4	Azerbaijani (az) Sürütlənmə qüvvəsi		0
5	Belarusian (be) Лабавое супраціўленне		0
6	Catalan (ca) Arrossegament		0
7	Czech (cs) Odpor prostředí		0
8	Danish (da) Luftmodstand		0
9	German (de) Strömungswiderstand		0
10	Greek (el) Αντίσταση (μηχανική ρευστών)		0

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

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