Metric system

Quality:

Metric system - decimal system of units that uses the metre as the basis for its unit of length. Article “Metric system” in Simple English Wikipedia has 95.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 66 references and 17 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Metric system”, its content was written by 29 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (7676^th place) and edited by 2262 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 78 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 6903 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #175 in September 2022
• Global: #3135 in September 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #1284 in March 2014
• Global: #1439 in January 2014

There are 45 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	Simple English (simple) Metric system		95.429
2	Romanian (ro) Sistemul metric		86.7696
3	Chinese (zh) 公制		80.3966
4	English (en) Metric system		70.8201
5	Spanish (es) Sistema métrico decimal		59.434
6	Tamil (ta) மெட்ரிக் முறை		51.8625
7	Latin (la) Mensura metrica		36.8887
8	German (de) Metrisches Einheitensystem		36.2864
9	Catalan (ca) Sistema mètric decimal		34.2255
10	Esperanto (eo) Metra decimala sistemo		33.7331

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Metric system		14 367 937
2	Spanish (es) Sistema métrico decimal		6 173 204
3	German (de) Metrisches Einheitensystem		1 793 155
4	Russian (ru) Метрическая система мер		1 210 128
5	Japanese (ja) メートル法		980 103
6	Dutch (nl) Metriek stelsel		518 632
7	Portuguese (pt) Sistema métrico		477 012
8	French (fr) Système métrique		335 856
9	Chinese (zh) 公制		273 443
10	Indonesian (id) Sistem metrik		202 253

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) Metric system		17 644
2	Russian (ru) Метрическая система мер		2 405
3	German (de) Metrisches Einheitensystem		2 087
4	Japanese (ja) メートル法		1 988
5	French (fr) Système métrique		1 573
6	Spanish (es) Sistema métrico decimal		1 558
7	Chinese (zh) 公制		1 001
8	Finnish (fi) Metrijärjestelmä		648
9	Dutch (nl) Metriek stelsel		626
10	Portuguese (pt) Sistema métrico		411

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Metric system		1 073
2	Spanish (es) Sistema métrico decimal		215
3	German (de) Metrisches Einheitensystem		149
4	Dutch (nl) Metriek stelsel		111
5	Russian (ru) Метрическая система мер		94
6	Chinese (zh) 公制		48
7	Swedish (sv) Metersystemet		47
8	Japanese (ja) メートル法		44
9	Catalan (ca) Sistema mètric decimal		35
10	Hebrew (he) השיטה המטרית		35

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	English (en) Metric system		3
2	Arabic (ar) نظام متري		1
3	German (de) Metrisches Einheitensystem		1
4	Basque (eu) Sistema metriko hamartarra		1
5	Korean (ko) 미터법		1
6	Romanian (ro) Sistemul metric		1
7	Azerbaijani (az) Metr sistemi		0
8	Belarusian (be) Метрычная сістэма мер		0
9	Catalan (ca) Sistema mètric decimal		0
10	Czech (cs) Metrická soustava		0

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

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