Flare (countermeasure)

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Flare (countermeasure)

Quality:

Decoy flare - aerial countermeasure against heat-seeking missiles. Article “Flare (countermeasure)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Flare (countermeasure)”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 407 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1481 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #976 in November 2013
  • Global: #30851 in October 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #13751 in February 2022
  • Global: #25697 in October 2017

There are 21 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
1German (de)
IR-Täuschkörper
51.581
2English (en)
Flare (countermeasure)
48.3723
3Ukrainian (uk)
Теплова пастка
38.567
4Japanese (ja)
フレア (兵器)
32.913
5Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Narrebluss
32.327
6French (fr)
Leurre (contre-mesure)
24.286
7Chinese (zh)
热诱饵弹
19.4972
8Catalan (ca)
Bengala (contramesura)
15.0951
9Swedish (sv)
Facklor (motmedel)
14.212
10Tamil (ta)
ஏவுகணை எதிர்த்தாக்குதல்
12.5181
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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 "Flare (countermeasure)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Flare (countermeasure)
1 224 011
2Japanese (ja)
フレア (兵器)
927 086
3German (de)
IR-Täuschkörper
384 695
4Italian (it)
Flare (contromisura)
194 812
5French (fr)
Leurre (contre-mesure)
107 552
6Chinese (zh)
热诱饵弹
99 650
7Spanish (es)
Bengala (contramedida)
87 380
8Persian (fa)
شراره (پادکار)
68 005
9Turkish (tr)
Flare (havacılık)
29 743
10Hungarian (hu)
Infracsapda
20 750
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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 "Flare (countermeasure)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Flare (countermeasure)
5 364
2Japanese (ja)
フレア (兵器)
1 699
3German (de)
IR-Täuschkörper
1 275
4Chinese (zh)
热诱饵弹
719
5Persian (fa)
شراره (پادکار)
703
6French (fr)
Leurre (contre-mesure)
689
7Italian (it)
Flare (contromisura)
683
8Turkish (tr)
Flare (havacılık)
381
9Ukrainian (uk)
Теплова пастка
289
10Spanish (es)
Bengala (contramedida)
262
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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 "Flare (countermeasure)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
IR-Täuschkörper
89
2English (en)
Flare (countermeasure)
84
3French (fr)
Leurre (contre-mesure)
48
4Japanese (ja)
フレア (兵器)
30
5Italian (it)
Flare (contromisura)
25
6Chinese (zh)
热诱饵弹
21
7Persian (fa)
شراره (پادکار)
18
8Danish (da)
Flare
17
9Norwegian (no)
Narrebluss
17
10Turkish (tr)
Flare (havacılık)
14
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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 "Flare (countermeasure)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
IR-Täuschkörper
1
2Swedish (sv)
Facklor (motmedel)
1
3Chinese (zh)
热诱饵弹
1
4Arabic (ar)
مشعل حراري
0
5Azerbaijani (az)
Flare (aviasiya)
0
6Catalan (ca)
Bengala (contramesura)
0
7Danish (da)
Flare
0
8English (en)
Flare (countermeasure)
0
9Spanish (es)
Bengala (contramedida)
0
10Persian (fa)
شراره (پادکار)
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 "Flare (countermeasure)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
フレア (兵器)
282
2French (fr)
Leurre (contre-mesure)
279
3English (en)
Flare (countermeasure)
189
4Italian (it)
Flare (contromisura)
154
5German (de)
IR-Täuschkörper
144
6Ukrainian (uk)
Теплова пастка
113
7Chinese (zh)
热诱饵弹
61
8Spanish (es)
Bengala (contramedida)
54
9Danish (da)
Flare
40
10Swedish (sv)
Facklor (motmedel)
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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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مشعل حراري
azAzerbaijani
Flare (aviasiya)
caCatalan
Bengala (contramesura)
daDanish
Flare
deGerman
IR-Täuschkörper
enEnglish
Flare (countermeasure)
esSpanish
Bengala (contramedida)
faPersian
شراره (پادکار)
frFrench
Leurre (contre-mesure)
huHungarian
Infracsapda
itItalian
Flare (contromisura)
jaJapanese
フレア (兵器)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Narrebluss
noNorwegian
Narrebluss
simpleSimple English
Flare (countermeasure)
slSlovenian
Toplotna vaba
svSwedish
Facklor (motmedel)
taTamil
ஏவுகணை எதிர்த்தாக்குதல்
trTurkish
Flare (havacılık)
ukUkrainian
Теплова пастка
zhChinese
热诱饵弹

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#13751
02.2022
Global:
#25697
10.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#976
11.2013
Global:
#30851
10.2017

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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