History of astronomy

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History of astronomy

Quality:

History of astronomy - history of one of the natural sciences. Article “History of astronomy” in Simple English Wikipedia has 53 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 27 references and 6 sections.

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

Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 4358th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “History of astronomy” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (4358th place) and written by 16 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “History of astronomy”, its content was written by 16 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2201 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3071 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #646 in October 2010
  • Global: #511 in March 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10130 in April 2013
  • Global: #12900 in March 2015

There are 41 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Basque (eu)
Astronomiaren historia
99.0909
2Ukrainian (uk)
Історія астрономії
95.5556
3Italian (it)
Storia dell'astronomia
93.2427
4Spanish (es)
Historia de la astronomía
91.16
5German (de)
Geschichte der Astronomie
90.9956
6Armenian (hy)
Աստղագիտության պատմություն
85.8795
7Greek (el)
Ιστορία της αστρονομίας
82.9059
8Russian (ru)
История астрономии
81.3073
9English (en)
History of astronomy
78.1399
10Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử thiên văn học
76.2007
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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 "History of astronomy" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
History of astronomy
2 135 584
2Spanish (es)
Historia de la astronomía
1 405 720
3Russian (ru)
История астрономии
738 913
4Portuguese (pt)
História da astronomia
728 843
5German (de)
Geschichte der Astronomie
631 071
6French (fr)
Histoire de l'astronomie
477 889
7Italian (it)
Storia dell'astronomia
357 321
8Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử thiên văn học
341 288
9Ukrainian (uk)
Історія астрономії
190 997
10Japanese (ja)
天文学史
177 694
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "History of astronomy" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
History of astronomy
4 571
2Spanish (es)
Historia de la astronomía
722
3German (de)
Geschichte der Astronomie
683
4French (fr)
Histoire de l'astronomie
657
5Russian (ru)
История астрономии
625
6Japanese (ja)
天文学史
578
7Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử thiên văn học
313
8Chinese (zh)
天文学史
278
9Italian (it)
Storia dell'astronomia
270
10Portuguese (pt)
História da astronomia
224
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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 "History of astronomy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
History of astronomy
470
2German (de)
Geschichte der Astronomie
376
3Italian (it)
Storia dell'astronomia
171
4French (fr)
Histoire de l'astronomie
161
5Spanish (es)
Historia de la astronomía
115
6Russian (ru)
История астрономии
113
7Dutch (nl)
Geschiedenis van de astronomie
67
8Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử thiên văn học
65
9Portuguese (pt)
História da astronomia
64
10Ukrainian (uk)
Історія астрономії
44
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "History of astronomy" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Hebrew (he)
היסטוריה של האסטרונומיה
4
2Serbian (sr)
Историја астрономије
4
3English (en)
History of astronomy
3
4Azerbaijani (az)
Astronomiya tarixi
2
5Basque (eu)
Astronomiaren historia
1
6Italian (it)
Storia dell'astronomia
1
7Simple English (simple)
History of astronomy
1
8Arabic (ar)
تاريخ علم الفلك
0
9Belarusian (be)
Гісторыя астраноміі
0
10Bulgarian (bg)
История на астрономията
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 "History of astronomy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
History of astronomy
435
2Arabic (ar)
تاريخ علم الفلك
384
3French (fr)
Histoire de l'astronomie
228
4Russian (ru)
История астрономии
187
5Ukrainian (uk)
Історія астрономії
161
6German (de)
Geschichte der Astronomie
159
7Japanese (ja)
天文学史
154
8Portuguese (pt)
História da astronomia
143
9Italian (it)
Storia dell'astronomia
128
10Chinese (zh)
天文学史
125
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تاريخ علم الفلك
azAzerbaijani
Astronomiya tarixi
beBelarusian
Гісторыя астраноміі
bgBulgarian
История на астрономията
caCatalan
Història de l'astronomia
daDanish
Astronomiens historie
deGerman
Geschichte der Astronomie
elGreek
Ιστορία της αστρονομίας
enEnglish
History of astronomy
eoEsperanto
Historio de la astronomio
esSpanish
Historia de la astronomía
etEstonian
Astronoomia ajalugu
euBasque
Astronomiaren historia
faPersian
تاریخ اخترشناسی
fiFinnish
Tähtitieteen historia
frFrench
Histoire de l'astronomie
glGalician
Historia da astronomía
heHebrew
היסטוריה של האסטרונומיה
hiHindi
खगोलिकी का इतिहास
hrCroatian
Povijest astronomije
hyArmenian
Աստղագիտության պատմություն
idIndonesian
Sejarah astronomi
itItalian
Storia dell'astronomia
jaJapanese
天文学史
koKorean
천문학사
laLatin
Historia astronomiae
msMalay
Sejarah astronomi
nlDutch
Geschiedenis van de astronomie
noNorwegian
Astronomiens historie
ptPortuguese
História da astronomia
roRomanian
Istoria astronomiei
ruRussian
История астрономии
shSerbo-Croatian
Historija astronomije
simpleSimple English
History of astronomy
skSlovak
Dejiny astronómie
srSerbian
Историја астрономије
svSwedish
Astronomins historia
trTurkish
Astronomi tarihi
ukUkrainian
Історія астрономії
viVietnamese
Lịch sử thiên văn học
zhChinese
天文学史

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#10130
04.2013
Global:
#12900
03.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#646
10.2010
Global:
#511
03.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on History of astronomy from Wikipedia articles about Astronomy, Planet, Firmament, Celestial mechanics and Space exploration. Whereas reading the article about History of astronomy people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Nicolaus Copernicus, Astronomy, Nebra sky disk, Babylonian astronomy and Archaeoastronomy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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