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Retarder

Quality:

Retarder - Device used to slow railroad cars in classification yards. Article “Retarder” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.17 points.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Retarder”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 143 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 234 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1378 in November 2020
  • Global: #106574 in April 2026

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #19293 in May 2010
  • Global: #112957 in March 2014

There are 10 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
1German (de)
Gleisbremse
45.5938
2English (en)
Retarder (railroad)
26.9217
3Georgian (ka)
ვაგონის შემანელებელი
26.8648
4Russian (ru)
Вагонный замедлитель
25.8046
5French (fr)
Frein de voie
18.421
6Japanese (ja)
カーリターダー
9.8018
7Swedish (sv)
Rangerbroms
9.6719
8Czech (cs)
Kolejová brzda
3.7788
9Simple English (simple)
Retarder
3.2963
10Dutch (nl)
Railrem
3.2663
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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 "Retarder" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
カーリターダー
129 810
2German (de)
Gleisbremse
122 139
3English (en)
Retarder (railroad)
120 500
4Russian (ru)
Вагонный замедлитель
70 566
5Czech (cs)
Kolejová brzda
14 409
6Swedish (sv)
Rangerbroms
13 455
7Dutch (nl)
Railrem
4 135
8Simple English (simple)
Retarder
3 336
9French (fr)
Frein de voie
1 276
10Georgian (ka)
ვაგონის შემანელებელი
40
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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 "Retarder" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Gleisbremse
378
2English (en)
Retarder (railroad)
281
3Japanese (ja)
カーリターダー
190
4Russian (ru)
Вагонный замедлитель
161
5Czech (cs)
Kolejová brzda
43
6French (fr)
Frein de voie
38
7Swedish (sv)
Rangerbroms
38
8Dutch (nl)
Railrem
15
9Simple English (simple)
Retarder
15
10Georgian (ka)
ვაგონის შემანელებელი
2
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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 "Retarder" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Gleisbremse
57
2English (en)
Retarder (railroad)
21
3Japanese (ja)
カーリターダー
17
4Swedish (sv)
Rangerbroms
14
5Russian (ru)
Вагонный замедлитель
11
6Czech (cs)
Kolejová brzda
8
7Dutch (nl)
Railrem
5
8Simple English (simple)
Retarder
5
9French (fr)
Frein de voie
4
10Georgian (ka)
ვაგონის შემანელებელი
1
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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 "Retarder" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Gleisbremse
2
2Czech (cs)
Kolejová brzda
0
3English (en)
Retarder (railroad)
0
4French (fr)
Frein de voie
0
5Japanese (ja)
カーリターダー
0
6Georgian (ka)
ვაგონის შემანელებელი
0
7Dutch (nl)
Railrem
0
8Russian (ru)
Вагонный замедлитель
0
9Simple English (simple)
Retarder
0
10Swedish (sv)
Rangerbroms
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 "Retarder" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Gleisbremse
64
2Japanese (ja)
カーリターダー
62
3English (en)
Retarder (railroad)
59
4Russian (ru)
Вагонный замедлитель
16
5French (fr)
Frein de voie
9
6Georgian (ka)
ვაგონის შემანელებელი
8
7Dutch (nl)
Railrem
5
8Simple English (simple)
Retarder
4
9Swedish (sv)
Rangerbroms
4
10Czech (cs)
Kolejová brzda
3
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Scores

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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Kolejová brzda
deGerman
Gleisbremse
enEnglish
Retarder (railroad)
frFrench
Frein de voie
jaJapanese
カーリターダー
kaGeorgian
ვაგონის შემანელებელი
nlDutch
Railrem
ruRussian
Вагонный замедлитель
simpleSimple English
Retarder
svSwedish
Rangerbroms

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#19293
05.2010
Global:
#112957
03.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1378
11.2020
Global:
#106574
04.2026

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Retarder from Wikipedia articles about Classification yard, Hump, Chiba Kamotsu Station, Retarder and Shin-Tsurumi Yard. Whereas reading the article about Retarder people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Classification yard, George Dowty, Hump, Chiba Kamotsu Station and Wikipedia article.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Retarder

News from 1 July 2026

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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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