Flare star

Flare star - type of eruptive variable star that can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness for a few minutes. Article “Flare star” in Simple English Wikipedia has 30.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 6 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 “Flare star”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 408 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 9 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2618 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3431 in January 2021
• Global: #39049 in November 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #17030 in March 2014
• Global: #144202 in October 2010

There are 32 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) Flare star		50.7535
2	Ukrainian (uk) Спалахуюча зоря		42.8904
3	German (de) UV-Ceti-Stern		37.0184
4	Swedish (sv) Flarestjärna		35.9655
5	Greek (el) Αστέρας εκλάμψεων		34.8366
6	Hungarian (hu) Flercsillag		33.9876
7	Chinese (zh) 耀星		31.2687
8	Italian (it) Stella a brillamento		31.038
9	Simple English (simple) Flare star		30.2203
10	Portuguese (pt) Estrela eruptiva		26.0191

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Flare star" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Flare star		521 231
2	Spanish (es) Estrella fulgurante		110 678
3	Japanese (ja) 閃光星		86 731
4	Russian (ru) Вспыхивающая звезда		69 368
5	German (de) UV-Ceti-Stern		61 982
6	Italian (it) Stella a brillamento		42 063
7	Polish (pl) Gwiazda rozbłyskowa		37 140
8	Chinese (zh) 耀星		31 923
9	French (fr) Étoile éruptive		26 225
10	Turkish (tr) Parıltılı yıldızlar		15 068

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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 "Flare star" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Flare star		2 075
2	Japanese (ja) 閃光星		307
3	Chinese (zh) 耀星		191
4	Russian (ru) Вспыхивающая звезда		183
5	Spanish (es) Estrella fulgurante		179
6	German (de) UV-Ceti-Stern		108
7	Italian (it) Stella a brillamento		98
8	French (fr) Étoile éruptive		60
9	Polish (pl) Gwiazda rozbłyskowa		52
10	Persian (fa) ستاره شراره‌دار		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 "Flare star" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Flare star		91
2	German (de) UV-Ceti-Stern		42
3	Italian (it) Stella a brillamento		36
4	Russian (ru) Вспыхивающая звезда		28
5	French (fr) Étoile éruptive		22
6	Arabic (ar) نجم اندلاعي		14
7	Chinese (zh) 耀星		14
8	Ukrainian (uk) Спалахуюча зоря		13
9	Catalan (ca) Estrella fulgurant		12
10	Polish (pl) Gwiazda rozbłyskowa		12

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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 "Flare star" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) نجم اندلاعي		1
2	Italian (it) Stella a brillamento		1
3	Chinese (zh) 耀星		1
4	Catalan (ca) Estrella fulgurant		0
5	German (de) UV-Ceti-Stern		0
6	Greek (el) Αστέρας εκλάμψεων		0
7	English (en) Flare star		0
8	Spanish (es) Estrella fulgurante		0
9	Basque (eu) Izar ñirñirkari		0
10	Persian (fa) ستاره شراره‌دار		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 "Flare star" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Étoile éruptive		373
2	English (en) Flare star		289
3	Russian (ru) Вспыхивающая звезда		190
4	Dutch (nl) Vlamster		149
5	Japanese (ja) 閃光星		148
6	Chinese (zh) 耀星		142
7	Catalan (ca) Estrella fulgurant		140
8	Italian (it) Stella a brillamento		139
9	Spanish (es) Estrella fulgurante		129
10	Persian (fa) ستاره شراره‌دار		125

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نجم اندلاعي
ca	Catalan Estrella fulgurant
de	German UV-Ceti-Stern
el	Greek Αστέρας εκλάμψεων
en	English Flare star
es	Spanish Estrella fulgurante
eu	Basque Izar ñirñirkari
fa	Persian ستاره شراره‌دار
fi	Finnish Flare-muuttuja
fr	French Étoile éruptive
he	Hebrew כוכב הבזק
hi	Hindi धधकी तारा
hr	Croatian Bljeskovita zvijezda
hu	Hungarian Flercsillag
hy	Armenian Բռնկվող աստղեր
id	Indonesian Bintang suar
it	Italian Stella a brillamento
ja	Japanese 閃光星
ko	Korean 섬광성
nl	Dutch Vlamster
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Flarestjerne
no	Norwegian Flarestjerne
pl	Polish Gwiazda rozbłyskowa
pt	Portuguese Estrela eruptiva
ro	Romanian Stea eruptivă
ru	Russian Вспыхивающая звезда
simple	Simple English Flare star
sk	Slovak Vzplanujúca hviezda
sv	Swedish Flarestjärna
tr	Turkish Parıltılı yıldızlar
uk	Ukrainian Спалахуюча зоря
zh	Chinese 耀星

Best Rank

Simple English: #17030 03.2014

Global: #144202 10.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #3431 01.2021

Global: #39049 11.2005

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