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Lossy compression

Quality:

Lossy compression - data compression approach that results in loss or change of some data. Article “Lossy compression” in Simple English Wikipedia has 23 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 1 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 “Lossy compression”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 858 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2429 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #544 in May 2014
  • Global: #64 in October 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #13661 in November 2015
  • Global: #29496 in January 2008

There are 30 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
1English (en)
Lossy compression
42.8449
2Estonian (et)
Kadudega pakkimine
34.9782
3Persian (fa)
فشرده‌سازی بااتلاف
33.3998
4Esperanto (eo)
Perda datumkompaktigo
28.6339
5Italian (it)
Compressione dati lossy
28.5659
6Chinese (zh)
有损数据压缩
27.393
7Finnish (fi)
Häviöllinen pakkausmenetelmä
25.683
8Simple English (simple)
Lossy compression
23.0217
9Croatian (hr)
Sažimanje podataka s gubitcima
21.6417
10Polish (pl)
Kompresja stratna
21.1065
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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 "Lossy compression" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lossy compression
3 434 361
2Polish (pl)
Kompresja stratna
407 943
3Japanese (ja)
非可逆圧縮
406 916
4Russian (ru)
Сжатие с потерями
336 006
5Spanish (es)
Algoritmo de compresión con pérdida
254 006
6Chinese (zh)
有损数据压缩
152 930
7Italian (it)
Compressione dati lossy
134 804
8Czech (cs)
Ztrátová komprese
105 779
9Hungarian (hu)
Veszteséges tömörítés
93 926
10Portuguese (pt)
Compressão com perda de dados
84 170
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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 "Lossy compression" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lossy compression
4 411
2Japanese (ja)
非可逆圧縮
407
3Russian (ru)
Сжатие с потерями
314
4Chinese (zh)
有损数据压缩
247
5Polish (pl)
Kompresja stratna
167
6Spanish (es)
Algoritmo de compresión con pérdida
138
7Italian (it)
Compressione dati lossy
95
8Portuguese (pt)
Compressão com perda de dados
68
9Korean (ko)
손실 압축
49
10Czech (cs)
Ztrátová komprese
47
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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 "Lossy compression" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lossy compression
267
2Polish (pl)
Kompresja stratna
61
3Russian (ru)
Сжатие с потерями
54
4Italian (it)
Compressione dati lossy
49
5Spanish (es)
Algoritmo de compresión con pérdida
41
6Arabic (ar)
ضغط بفقد
40
7Chinese (zh)
有损数据压缩
40
8Japanese (ja)
非可逆圧縮
28
9Swedish (sv)
Destruktiv komprimering
26
10Hebrew (he)
דחיסה מאבדת נתונים
25
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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 "Lossy compression" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Polish (pl)
Kompresja stratna
2
2Arabic (ar)
ضغط بفقد
1
3Catalan (ca)
Algorisme de compressió amb pèrdua
0
4Czech (cs)
Ztrátová komprese
0
5English (en)
Lossy compression
0
6Esperanto (eo)
Perda datumkompaktigo
0
7Spanish (es)
Algoritmo de compresión con pérdida
0
8Estonian (et)
Kadudega pakkimine
0
9Basque (eu)
Galeradun konpresio
0
10Persian (fa)
فشرده‌سازی بااتلاف
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 "Lossy compression" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Lossy compression
665
2Korean (ko)
손실 압축
324
3Japanese (ja)
非可逆圧縮
199
4Chinese (zh)
有损数据压缩
192
5Ukrainian (uk)
Стиснення з утратами
119
6Polish (pl)
Kompresja stratna
109
7Italian (it)
Compressione dati lossy
95
8Arabic (ar)
ضغط بفقد
90
9Spanish (es)
Algoritmo de compresión con pérdida
83
10Russian (ru)
Сжатие с потерями
81
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ضغط بفقد
caCatalan
Algorisme de compressió amb pèrdua
csCzech
Ztrátová komprese
enEnglish
Lossy compression
eoEsperanto
Perda datumkompaktigo
esSpanish
Algoritmo de compresión con pérdida
etEstonian
Kadudega pakkimine
euBasque
Galeradun konpresio
faPersian
فشرده‌سازی بااتلاف
fiFinnish
Häviöllinen pakkausmenetelmä
glGalician
Algoritmo de compresión con perda
heHebrew
דחיסה מאבדת נתונים
hrCroatian
Sažimanje podataka s gubitcima
huHungarian
Veszteséges tömörítés
idIndonesian
Kompresi lesap
itItalian
Compressione dati lossy
jaJapanese
非可逆圧縮
koKorean
손실 압축
laLatin
Compressio damnosa
noNorwegian
Destruktiv komprimering
plPolish
Kompresja stratna
ptPortuguese
Compressão com perda de dados
ruRussian
Сжатие с потерями
simpleSimple English
Lossy compression
skSlovak
Stratová kompresia
srSerbian
Компресија са губитком
svSwedish
Destruktiv komprimering
ukUkrainian
Стиснення з утратами
viVietnamese
Nén có tổn hao
zhChinese
有损数据压缩

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#13661
11.2015
Global:
#29496
01.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#544
05.2014
Global:
#64
10.2001

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 Lossy compression from Wikipedia articles about JPEG, MP3, Data compression, Lossless compression and LDAC. Whereas reading the article about Lossy compression people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Lossless compression, Discrete cosine transform, Data compression, JPEG and Audio coding format.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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