Ocean surface wave

Quality:

Wind wave - surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water. Article “Ocean surface wave” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 3 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 “Ocean surface wave”, its content was written by 40 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (4185^th place) and edited by 2049 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 25 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 7470 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #52 in April 2018
• Global: #1473 in February 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #1208 in December 2008
• Global: #11478 in May 2008

There are 47 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) Wind wave		74.8651
2	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Havbølgje		57.5904
3	French (fr) Vague		52.1709
4	German (de) Wasserwelle		45.4512
5	Hebrew (he) גל (מים)		44.5681
6	Japanese (ja) 波		43.34
7	Malay (ms) Ombak		39.5724
8	Croatian (hr) Vodeni val		36.5767
9	Catalan (ca) Ona marina		34.79
10	Norwegian (no) Havbølge		34.4174

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wind wave		3 974 226
2	Spanish (es) Ola		3 961 406
3	Japanese (ja) 波		1 109 817
4	French (fr) Vague		839 578
5	German (de) Wasserwelle		826 258
6	Italian (it) Onda marina		459 163
7	Polish (pl) Falowanie		414 943
8	Portuguese (pt) Onda oceânica de superfície		276 463
9	Indonesian (id) Ombak		225 157
10	Vietnamese (vi) Sóng biển		186 829

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) Wind wave		4 618
2	Spanish (es) Ola		2 270
3	Japanese (ja) 波		1 568
4	German (de) Wasserwelle		1 044
5	French (fr) Vague		1 000
6	Chinese (zh) 波濤		417
7	Italian (it) Onda marina		349
8	Czech (cs) Mořská vlna		316
9	Polish (pl) Falowanie		255
10	Indonesian (id) Ombak		254

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wind wave		472
2	Spanish (es) Ola		366
3	German (de) Wasserwelle		160
4	French (fr) Vague		145
5	Italian (it) Onda marina		99
6	Hebrew (he) גל (מים)		79
7	Japanese (ja) 波		74
8	Dutch (nl) Oppervlaktegolf (vloeistofdynamica)		64
9	Finnish (fi) Aalto		48
10	Polish (pl) Falowanie		48

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	German (de) Wasserwelle		5
2	English (en) Wind wave		3
3	Spanish (es) Ola		2
4	Arabic (ar) موجة رياح		1
5	Estonian (et) Veelained		1
6	Persian (fa) موج دریا		1
7	Uzbek (uz) Mavj		1
8	Azerbaijani (az) Dalğa (su)		0
9	Bulgarian (bg) Вълнение		0
10	Catalan (ca) Ona marina		0

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

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