Rip current

Rip current - narrow current of water which moves directly away from the shore, cutting through the lines of breaking waves. Article "Rip current" in Simple English Wikipedia has 13.6 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 1 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Rip current", its content was written by 8 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 659 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 9 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2364 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #2522 in August 2014
• Global: #13940 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #8993 in March 2009
• Global: #9667 in June 2024

There are 31 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 August 1, 2024 (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) Rip current		53.1672
2	Bulgarian (bg) Мъртво течение		35.0309
3	Malay (ms) Arus simbar		34.9205
4	Turkish (tr) Çeken akıntı		33.9179
5	Hebrew (he) זרם סחף		32.4647
6	Persian (fa) جریان شکافنده		31.9882
7	Vietnamese (vi) Dòng chảy rút xa bờ		31.7287
8	Arabic (ar) تيار ساحب		27.5486
9	Korean (ko) 이안류		26.4105
10	Japanese (ja) 離岸流		26.075

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rip current" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rip current		3 961 997
2	Japanese (ja) 離岸流		419 351
3	Russian (ru) Отбойное течение		363 007
4	German (de) Brandungsrückstrom		338 783
5	Portuguese (pt) Corrente de retorno		261 578
6	Spanish (es) Corriente de resaca		258 630
7	Italian (it) Corrente di risacca		240 075
8	French (fr) Courant d'arrachement		162 743
9	Dutch (nl) Muistroom		116 659
10	Chinese (zh) 離岸流		102 265

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Rip current" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rip current		45 330
2	Russian (ru) Отбойное течение		7 047
3	Turkish (tr) Çeken akıntı		5 275
4	German (de) Brandungsrückstrom		5 048
5	Italian (it) Corrente di risacca		4 886
6	Japanese (ja) 離岸流		3 238
7	French (fr) Courant d'arrachement		1 613
8	Chinese (zh) 離岸流		1 415
9	Dutch (nl) Muistroom		1 166
10	Danish (da) Revlehul		1 150

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

Language versions of the article "Rip current" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rip current		219
2	German (de) Brandungsrückstrom		53
3	Dutch (nl) Muistroom		40
4	Italian (it) Corrente di risacca		37
5	French (fr) Courant d'arrachement		28
6	Japanese (ja) 離岸流		26
7	Russian (ru) Отбойное течение		26
8	Norwegian (no) Utgående strøm		22
9	Chinese (zh) 離岸流		20
10	Bulgarian (bg) Мъртво течение		17

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

Language versions of the article "Rip current" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Russian (ru) Отбойное течение		3
2	English (en) Rip current		2
3	Czech (cs) Zpětný proud		1
4	German (de) Brandungsrückstrom		1
5	Japanese (ja) 離岸流		1
6	Arabic (ar) تيار ساحب		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Мъртво течение		0
8	Danish (da) Revlehul		0
9	Spanish (es) Corriente de resaca		0
10	Basque (eu) Erresaka		0

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

Language versions of the article "Rip current" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Rip current		623
2	Persian (fa) جریان شکافنده		275
3	Arabic (ar) تيار ساحب		214
4	French (fr) Courant d'arrachement		207
5	Ukrainian (uk) Розривна течія (природне явище)		155
6	Chinese (zh) 離岸流		151
7	Turkish (tr) Çeken akıntı		150
8	Italian (it) Corrente di risacca		96
9	Portuguese (pt) Corrente de retorno		90
10	Malay (ms) Arus simbar		79

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تيار ساحب
bg	Bulgarian Мъртво течение
cs	Czech Zpětný proud
da	Danish Revlehul
de	German Brandungsrückstrom
en	English Rip current
es	Spanish Corriente de resaca
eu	Basque Erresaka
fa	Persian جریان شکافنده
fr	French Courant d'arrachement
gl	Galician Corrente de resaca
he	Hebrew זרם סחף
id	Indonesian Arus pecah
it	Italian Corrente di risacca
ja	Japanese 離岸流
ko	Korean 이안류
lt	Lithuanian Jūros priekrantės srovės
ms	Malay Arus simbar
nl	Dutch Muistroom
no	Norwegian Utgående strøm
pl	Polish Prądy strugowe
pt	Portuguese Corrente de retorno
ro	Romanian Curent de retur
ru	Russian Отбойное течение
simple	Simple English Rip current
sv	Swedish Ripström
th	Thai กระแสน้ำย้อนกลับ
tr	Turkish Çeken akıntı
uk	Ukrainian Розривна течія (природне явище)
vi	Vietnamese Dòng chảy rút xa bờ
zh	Chinese 離岸流

Best Rank

Simple English: #8993 03.2009

Global: #9667 06.2024

Best Rank

Simple English: #2522 08.2014

Global: #13940 09.2003

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