Light curve

Light curve - graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region, as a function of time. Article “Light curve” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 4 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 “Light curve”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 276 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 12594 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #4548 in November 2020
• Global: #8228 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #24870 in October 2013
• Global: #240877 in October 2010

There are 31 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) Light curve		43.9827
2	Japanese (ja) 光度曲線		31.8581
3	Persian (fa) منحنی نور		26.5244
4	Armenian (hy) Լույսի կոր		25.7536
5	Chinese (zh) 光變曲線		24.8473
6	Ukrainian (uk) Крива блиску		24.0283
7	Simple English (simple) Light curve		21.0761
8	German (de) Lichtkurve		20.4636
9	Russian (ru) Кривая блеска		18.6727
10	Estonian (et) Heleduskõver		17.953

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Light curve" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Light curve		336 440
2	Russian (ru) Кривая блеска		39 243
3	Spanish (es) Curva de luz		37 881
4	German (de) Lichtkurve		27 384
5	Polish (pl) Krzywa blasku		25 762
6	Chinese (zh) 光變曲線		24 357
7	Italian (it) Curva di luce		20 692
8	French (fr) Courbe de lumière		17 552
9	Japanese (ja) 光度曲線		10 279
10	Portuguese (pt) Curva de luz		8 659

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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 "Light curve" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Light curve		1 032
2	Russian (ru) Кривая блеска		226
3	Chinese (zh) 光變曲線		141
4	German (de) Lichtkurve		77
5	French (fr) Courbe de lumière		61
6	Spanish (es) Curva de luz		57
7	Italian (it) Curva di luce		46
8	Japanese (ja) 光度曲線		42
9	Simple English (simple) Light curve		37
10	Korean (ko) 광도곡선		23

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Light curve		67
2	Italian (it) Curva di luce		26
3	French (fr) Courbe de lumière		23
4	German (de) Lichtkurve		17
5	Arabic (ar) منحنى ضوئي		11
6	Polish (pl) Krzywa blasku		11
7	Spanish (es) Curva de luz		10
8	Turkish (tr) Işık eğrisi		10
9	Russian (ru) Кривая блеска		9
10	Catalan (ca) Corba de llum		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 "Light curve" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) منحنى ضوئي		0
2	Catalan (ca) Corba de llum		0
3	Czech (cs) Světelná křivka		0
4	German (de) Lichtkurve		0
5	Greek (el) Καμπύλη φωτός		0
6	English (en) Light curve		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Luma kurbo		0
8	Spanish (es) Curva de luz		0
9	Estonian (et) Heleduskõver		0
10	Basque (eu) Argi kurba		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 "Light curve" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Light curve		6 037
2	German (de) Lichtkurve		1 293
3	French (fr) Courbe de lumière		968
4	Slovak (sk) Svetelná krivka		787
5	Esperanto (eo) Luma kurbo		471
6	Japanese (ja) 光度曲線		357
7	Dutch (nl) Lichtkromme		333
8	Russian (ru) Кривая блеска		331
9	Turkish (tr) Işık eğrisi		279
10	Persian (fa) منحنی نور		269

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic منحنى ضوئي
ca	Catalan Corba de llum
cs	Czech Světelná křivka
de	German Lichtkurve
el	Greek Καμπύλη φωτός
en	English Light curve
eo	Esperanto Luma kurbo
es	Spanish Curva de luz
et	Estonian Heleduskõver
eu	Basque Argi kurba
fa	Persian منحنی نور
fi	Finnish Valokäyrä
fr	French Courbe de lumière
hy	Armenian Լույսի կոր
id	Indonesian Kurva cahaya
it	Italian Curva di luce
ja	Japanese 光度曲線
ko	Korean 광도곡선
nl	Dutch Lichtkromme
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Lyskurve
no	Norwegian Lyskurve
pl	Polish Krzywa blasku
pt	Portuguese Curva de luz
ro	Romanian Curbă de lumină
ru	Russian Кривая блеска
simple	Simple English Light curve
sk	Slovak Svetelná krivka
sl	Slovenian Svetlobna krivulja
tr	Turkish Işık eğrisi
uk	Ukrainian Крива блиску
zh	Chinese 光變曲線

Best Rank

Simple English: #24870 10.2013

Global: #240877 10.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #4548 11.2020

Global: #8228 01.2003

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