Rayleigh scattering

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Rayleigh scattering

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Rayleigh scattering - elastic scattering of light, or other electromagnetic radiation, by particles of size much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation. Article “Rayleigh scattering” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.5 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 “Rayleigh scattering”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1213 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1937 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1436 in February 2013
  • Global: #568 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10431 in June 2011
  • Global: #14483 in May 2014

There are 44 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)
Rayleigh scattering
57.1357
2Malay (ms)
Serakan Rayleigh
48.3189
3Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Rayleighspreiing
42.6445
4Estonian (et)
Rayleigh' hajumine
40.7317
5Slovenian (sl)
Rayleighovo sipanje
40.5433
6Norwegian (no)
Rayleigh-spredning
38.4064
7Turkish (tr)
Rayleigh saçılması
37.8713
8Azerbaijani (az)
Reyli səpələnməsi
35.0952
9Catalan (ca)
Difusió de Rayleigh
33.9195
10Chinese (zh)
瑞利散射
32.2654
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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 "Rayleigh scattering" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Rayleigh scattering
5 797 073
2Japanese (ja)
レイリー散乱
1 225 944
3German (de)
Rayleigh-Streuung
1 036 888
4Spanish (es)
Dispersión de Rayleigh
808 832
5Chinese (zh)
瑞利散射
655 437
6Russian (ru)
Рэлеевское рассеяние
576 362
7French (fr)
Diffusion Rayleigh
518 212
8Italian (it)
Scattering di Rayleigh
397 053
9Polish (pl)
Rozpraszanie Rayleigha
270 682
10Portuguese (pt)
Dispersão de Rayleigh
193 735
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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 "Rayleigh scattering" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Rayleigh scattering
15 955
2Japanese (ja)
レイリー散乱
2 201
3German (de)
Rayleigh-Streuung
2 186
4French (fr)
Diffusion Rayleigh
1 723
5Chinese (zh)
瑞利散射
1 304
6Russian (ru)
Рэлеевское рассеяние
1 241
7Spanish (es)
Dispersión de Rayleigh
890
8Polish (pl)
Rozpraszanie Rayleigha
864
9Italian (it)
Scattering di Rayleigh
813
10Korean (ko)
레일리 산란
404
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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 "Rayleigh scattering" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Rayleigh scattering
307
2German (de)
Rayleigh-Streuung
113
3French (fr)
Diffusion Rayleigh
88
4Italian (it)
Scattering di Rayleigh
58
5Spanish (es)
Dispersión de Rayleigh
50
6Dutch (nl)
Rayleighverstrooiing
48
7Russian (ru)
Рэлеевское рассеяние
47
8Hebrew (he)
פיזור ריילי
41
9Turkish (tr)
Rayleigh saçılması
37
10Chinese (zh)
瑞利散射
37
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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 "Rayleigh scattering" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Difusió de Rayleigh
2
2English (en)
Rayleigh scattering
1
3Arabic (ar)
تبعثر رايلي
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Reyli səpələnməsi
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Разсейване на Рейли
0
6Czech (cs)
Rayleighův rozptyl
0
7Danish (da)
Rayleigh-spredning
0
8German (de)
Rayleigh-Streuung
0
9Greek (el)
Μοριακή σκέδαση
0
10Esperanto (eo)
Disĵeto de Rayleigh
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 "Rayleigh scattering" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Rayleigh scattering
333
2French (fr)
Diffusion Rayleigh
153
3Chinese (zh)
瑞利散射
138
4German (de)
Rayleigh-Streuung
116
5Spanish (es)
Dispersión de Rayleigh
89
6Japanese (ja)
レイリー散乱
76
7Russian (ru)
Рэлеевское рассеяние
75
8Turkish (tr)
Rayleigh saçılması
68
9Catalan (ca)
Difusió de Rayleigh
66
10Ukrainian (uk)
Релеївське розсіювання
59
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تبعثر رايلي
azAzerbaijani
Reyli səpələnməsi
bgBulgarian
Разсейване на Рейли
caCatalan
Difusió de Rayleigh
csCzech
Rayleighův rozptyl
daDanish
Rayleigh-spredning
deGerman
Rayleigh-Streuung
elGreek
Μοριακή σκέδαση
enEnglish
Rayleigh scattering
eoEsperanto
Disĵeto de Rayleigh
esSpanish
Dispersión de Rayleigh
etEstonian
Rayleigh' hajumine
euBasque
Rayleighen sakabanaketa
faPersian
پراکنش ریلی
frFrench
Diffusion Rayleigh
heHebrew
פיזור ריילי
hiHindi
रैले प्रकीर्णन
hrCroatian
Rayleighovo raspršenje
huHungarian
Rayleigh-szórás
idIndonesian
Hamburan Rayleigh
itItalian
Scattering di Rayleigh
jaJapanese
レイリー散乱
koKorean
레일리 산란
ltLithuanian
Reilėjaus sklaida
msMalay
Serakan Rayleigh
nlDutch
Rayleighverstrooiing
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Rayleighspreiing
noNorwegian
Rayleigh-spredning
plPolish
Rozpraszanie Rayleigha
ptPortuguese
Dispersão de Rayleigh
roRomanian
Împrăștiere Rayleigh
ruRussian
Рэлеевское рассеяние
shSerbo-Croatian
Rayleighovo raspršenje
simpleSimple English
Rayleigh scattering
skSlovak
Rayleighov rozptyl
slSlovenian
Rayleighovo sipanje
srSerbian
Rejlijevo rasejanje
svSwedish
Rayleigh-spridning
thThai
การกระเจิงแบบเรย์ลี
trTurkish
Rayleigh saçılması
ukUkrainian
Релеївське розсіювання
uzUzbek
Reley sochilish qonuni
viVietnamese
Tán xạ Rayleigh
zhChinese
瑞利散射

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#10431
06.2011
Global:
#14483
05.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1436
02.2013
Global:
#568
11.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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