Oil spill

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Oil spill

Quality:

Oil spill - release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity. Article “Oil spill” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.7 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 “Oil spill”, its content was written by 14 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2376 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 16 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 4771 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #455 in March 2012
  • Global: #139 in May 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #5087 in January 2018
  • Global: #379 in June 2010

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Oil spill
98.3285
2Hindi (hi)
तेल रिसाव
83.0603
3Swedish (sv)
Oljeutsläpp
77.2438
4Serbian (sr)
Изливање нафте
59.7183
5Italian (it)
Disastro petrolifero
55.6514
6Bulgarian (bg)
Нефтен разлив
51.1465
7Spanish (es)
Derrame de petróleo
44.9947
8Galician (gl)
Marea negra
43.5944
9Japanese (ja)
石油流出
40.4505
10Vietnamese (vi)
Tràn dầu
37.9121
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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 "Oil spill" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Oil spill
7 463 276
2Spanish (es)
Derrame de petróleo
2 384 770
3French (fr)
Marée noire
1 071 112
4German (de)
Ölverschmutzung
526 984
5Italian (it)
Disastro petrolifero
462 946
6Portuguese (pt)
Maré negra
279 900
7Arabic (ar)
تسرب نفطي
242 354
8Russian (ru)
Разлив нефти
203 624
9Japanese (ja)
石油流出
188 864
10Chinese (zh)
油外洩
95 518
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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 "Oil spill" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Oil spill
5 186
2French (fr)
Marée noire
1 267
3Spanish (es)
Derrame de petróleo
989
4German (de)
Ölverschmutzung
601
5Russian (ru)
Разлив нефти
367
6Japanese (ja)
石油流出
263
7Italian (it)
Disastro petrolifero
247
8Chinese (zh)
油外洩
246
9Portuguese (pt)
Maré negra
135
10Persian (fa)
آلودگی نفتی
71
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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 "Oil spill" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Oil spill
1 104
2French (fr)
Marée noire
242
3German (de)
Ölverschmutzung
228
4Italian (it)
Disastro petrolifero
109
5Spanish (es)
Derrame de petróleo
103
6Hebrew (he)
זיהום נפט
50
7Swedish (sv)
Oljeutsläpp
44
8Dutch (nl)
Olievlek
39
9Portuguese (pt)
Maré negra
38
10Galician (gl)
Marea negra
34
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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 "Oil spill" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Oil spill
3
2Italian (it)
Disastro petrolifero
1
3Vietnamese (vi)
Tràn dầu
1
4Arabic (ar)
تسرب نفطي
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Нефтен разлив
0
6Catalan (ca)
Vessament de petroli
0
7Czech (cs)
Ropná skvrna
0
8Danish (da)
Oliekatastrofe
0
9German (de)
Ölverschmutzung
0
10Greek (el)
Πετρελαιοκηλίδα
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 "Oil spill" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Oil spill
1 355
2French (fr)
Marée noire
742
3Arabic (ar)
تسرب نفطي
370
4Chinese (zh)
油外洩
280
5German (de)
Ölverschmutzung
260
6Persian (fa)
آلودگی نفتی
189
7Spanish (es)
Derrame de petróleo
174
8Russian (ru)
Разлив нефти
139
9Japanese (ja)
石油流出
128
10Portuguese (pt)
Maré negra
111
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تسرب نفطي
bgBulgarian
Нефтен разлив
caCatalan
Vessament de petroli
csCzech
Ropná skvrna
daDanish
Oliekatastrofe
deGerman
Ölverschmutzung
elGreek
Πετρελαιοκηλίδα
enEnglish
Oil spill
eoEsperanto
Naftoverŝo
esSpanish
Derrame de petróleo
etEstonian
Õlireostus
euBasque
Petrolio-isuri
faPersian
آلودگی نفتی
fiFinnish
Öljyonnettomuus
frFrench
Marée noire
glGalician
Marea negra
heHebrew
זיהום נפט
hiHindi
तेल रिसाव
idIndonesian
Tumpahan minyak
itItalian
Disastro petrolifero
jaJapanese
石油流出
koKorean
기름 유출
nlDutch
Olievlek
noNorwegian
Oljeutslipp
plPolish
Wyciek ropy naftowej
ptPortuguese
Maré negra
roRomanian
Deversare de petrol
ruRussian
Разлив нефти
simpleSimple English
Oil spill
skSlovak
Ropná škvrna
slSlovenian
Razlitje nafte
srSerbian
Изливање нафте
svSwedish
Oljeutsläpp
taTamil
எண்ணெய்க் கசிவு
trTurkish
Petrol sızıntısı
ukUkrainian
Розлив нафти
viVietnamese
Tràn dầu
zhChinese
油外洩

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#5087
01.2018
Global:
#379
06.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#455
03.2012
Global:
#139
05.2010

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

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 Oil spill from Wikipedia articles about Exxon Valdez, Amoco Cadiz, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, List of oil spills and Lakeview Gusher. Whereas reading the article about Oil spill people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Kuwaiti oil fires, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, List of oil spills, Lakeview Gusher and Amoco Cadiz.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Oil spill

News from 1 July 2026

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