Longitudinal wave

Quality:

Longitudinal wave - waves in which the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as, or the opposite direction to, the direction of propagation of the wave. Article “Longitudinal wave” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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 “Longitudinal wave”, its content was written by 20 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 827 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 8 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1109 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #188 in September 2019
• Global: #2308 in September 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #4289 in November 2019
• Global: #4748 in April 2016

There are 38 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) Longitudinal wave		44.6941
2	Polish (pl) Fala podłużna		33.1617
3	Catalan (ca) Ona longitudinal		30.163
4	Hebrew (he) גל אורך		29.6903
5	Uzbek (uz) Boʻylama toʻlqin		28.0629
6	Indonesian (id) Gelombang longitudinal		27.5349
7	Croatian (hr) Longitudinalan val		26.5194
8	Tamil (ta) நெட்டலை		25.0614
9	Spanish (es) Onda longitudinal		23.6435
10	Portuguese (pt) Ondas longitudinais		22.8228

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Longitudinal wave		3 702 802
2	Spanish (es) Onda longitudinal		2 638 665
3	German (de) Longitudinalwelle		1 060 081
4	Indonesian (id) Gelombang longitudinal		608 707
5	Polish (pl) Fala podłużna		347 466
6	Russian (ru) Продольные волны		339 089
7	Hindi (hi) अनुदैर्घ्य तरंग		283 661
8	Portuguese (pt) Ondas longitudinais		210 671
9	Arabic (ar) موجة طولية		207 496
10	French (fr) Onde longitudinale		207 381

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Longitudinal wave		3 016
2	German (de) Longitudinalwelle		807
3	French (fr) Onde longitudinale		409
4	Spanish (es) Onda longitudinal		376
5	Chinese (zh) 纵波		331
6	Russian (ru) Продольные волны		269
7	Polish (pl) Fala podłużna		215
8	Korean (ko) 종파 (물리학)		190
9	Dutch (nl) Longitudinale golf		115
10	Czech (cs) Podélné vlnění		113

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Longitudinal wave		298
2	German (de) Longitudinalwelle		88
3	Spanish (es) Onda longitudinal		61
4	Italian (it) Onda longitudinale		35
5	Dutch (nl) Longitudinale golf		32
6	Hungarian (hu) Longitudinális hullám		28
7	Chinese (zh) 纵波		23
8	French (fr) Onde longitudinale		22
9	Polish (pl) Fala podłużna		22
10	Simple English (simple) Longitudinal wave		20

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Basque (eu) Luzera-uhin		1
2	Arabic (ar) موجة طولية		0
3	Catalan (ca) Ona longitudinal		0
4	Czech (cs) Podélné vlnění		0
5	German (de) Longitudinalwelle		0
6	Greek (el) Διαμήκη κύματα		0
7	English (en) Longitudinal wave		0
8	Spanish (es) Onda longitudinal		0
9	Estonian (et) Pikilaine		0
10	Persian (fa) موج طولی		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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