Foley (filmmaking)

Foley - addition of sound effects to visual media. Article “Foley (filmmaking)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 20 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Foley (filmmaking)”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 540 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1018 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #15609 in August 2025
• Global: #3059 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #87358 in November 2025
• Global: #20294 in May 2021

There are 26 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	Chinese (zh) 擬聲音效		59.1172
2	English (en) Foley (sound design)		58.6743
3	Spanish (es) Efecto de sala		42.2839
4	Basque (eu) Foley		31.0997
5	Catalan (ca) Efecte de sala		29.6893
6	Serbian (sr) Zvučni efekti (film)		29.0428
7	Ukrainian (uk) Шумові ефекти		28.8451
8	Esperanto (eo) Sonefekto		26.6942
9	Galician (gl) Foley		23.2754
10	Russian (ru) Фоли (кинопроизводство)		22.6356

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Foley (filmmaking)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Foley (sound design)		3 039 145
2	French (fr) Bruitage		174 012
3	Spanish (es) Efecto de sala		172 452
4	German (de) Geräuschemacher		125 309
5	Italian (it) Rumorista		69 945
6	Japanese (ja) フォーリーサウンド		45 942
7	Portuguese (pt) Foley (cinema)		28 924
8	Dutch (nl) Foley-artiest		28 132
9	Russian (ru) Фоли (кинопроизводство)		23 391
10	Chinese (zh) 擬聲音效		20 062

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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 "Foley (filmmaking)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Foley (sound design)		6 763
2	French (fr) Bruitage		1 043
3	Japanese (ja) フォーリーサウンド		309
4	Dutch (nl) Foley-artiest		240
5	German (de) Geräuschemacher		210
6	Spanish (es) Efecto de sala		207
7	Chinese (zh) 擬聲音效		191
8	Russian (ru) Фоли (кинопроизводство)		180
9	Italian (it) Rumorista		148
10	Korean (ko) 폴리 아티스트		117

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Foley (sound design)		255
2	German (de) Geräuschemacher		65
3	French (fr) Bruitage		60
4	Italian (it) Rumorista		30
5	Spanish (es) Efecto de sala		18
6	Catalan (ca) Efecte de sala		16
7	Dutch (nl) Foley-artiest		15
8	Russian (ru) Фоли (кинопроизводство)		12
9	Persian (fa) صداسازی		9
10	Norwegian (no) Foley-lyd		7

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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 "Foley (filmmaking)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Efecte de sala		1
2	Basque (eu) Foley		1
3	Korean (ko) 폴리 아티스트		1
4	Czech (cs) Ruchy		0
5	German (de) Geräuschemacher		0
6	English (en) Foley (sound design)		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Sonefekto		0
8	Spanish (es) Efecto de sala		0
9	Persian (fa) صداسازی		0
10	Finnish (fi) Foley-äänet		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 "Foley (filmmaking)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Foley (sound design)		409
2	French (fr) Bruitage		269
3	German (de) Geräuschemacher		60
4	Turkish (tr) Foley (film yapımı)		33
5	Italian (it) Rumorista		31
6	Spanish (es) Efecto de sala		29
7	Japanese (ja) フォーリーサウンド		21
8	Portuguese (pt) Foley (cinema)		21
9	Catalan (ca) Efecte de sala		19
10	Persian (fa) صداسازی		17

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Efecte de sala
cs	Czech Ruchy
de	German Geräuschemacher
en	English Foley (sound design)
eo	Esperanto Sonefekto
es	Spanish Efecto de sala
eu	Basque Foley
fa	Persian صداسازی
fi	Finnish Foley-äänet
fr	French Bruitage
gl	Galician Foley
id	Indonesian Foley (pembuatan film)
it	Italian Rumorista
ja	Japanese フォーリーサウンド
ko	Korean 폴리 아티스트
nl	Dutch Foley-artiest
no	Norwegian Foley-lyd
pl	Polish Imitacja dźwięku
pt	Portuguese Foley (cinema)
ru	Russian Фоли (кинопроизводство)
simple	Simple English Foley (filmmaking)
sr	Serbian Zvučni efekti (film)
sv	Swedish Tramp
tr	Turkish Foley (film yapımı)
uk	Ukrainian Шумові ефекти
zh	Chinese 擬聲音效

Best Rank

Simple English: #87358 11.2025

Global: #20294 05.2021

Best Rank

Simple English: #15609 08.2025

Global: #3059 03.2002

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