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Shapiro delay

Quality:

Shapiro delay - time delay caused by space-time distortion near massive objects. Article “Shapiro delay” in Simple English Wikipedia has 13.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 2 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 “Shapiro delay”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 259 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 457 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #7306 in March 2023
  • Global: #64038 in February 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #17531 in February 2016
  • Global: #181231 in November 2014

There are 16 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)
Shapiro time delay
27.8971
2French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
24.9362
3German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
24.6145
4Portuguese (pt)
Atraso de Shapiro
21.9917
5Korean (ko)
샤피로 시간 지연
21.8036
6Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
18.9868
7Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
18.0419
8Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
17.7379
9Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
16.8415
10Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
15.3281
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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 "Shapiro delay" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
417 604
2Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
67 397
3Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
62 366
4German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
61 970
5French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
46 967
6Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
33 989
7Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
15 497
8Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
13 538
9Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
11 525
10Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
9 946
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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 "Shapiro delay" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
1 197
2Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
160
3Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
138
4German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
115
5French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
99
6Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
64
7Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
43
8Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
35
9Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
32
10Portuguese (pt)
Atraso de Shapiro
28
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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 "Shapiro delay" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
96
2German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
45
3French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
28
4Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
18
5Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
9
6Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
9
7Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
9
8Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
9
9Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
9
10Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
7
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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 "Shapiro delay" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Portuguese (pt)
Atraso de Shapiro
1
2Belarusian (be)
Эфект Шапіра
0
3Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
0
4German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
0
5English (en)
Shapiro time delay
0
6Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
0
7Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
0
8French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
0
9Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
0
10Korean (ko)
샤피로 시간 지연
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 "Shapiro delay" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
154
2Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
77
3Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
49
4Portuguese (pt)
Atraso de Shapiro
32
5Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
30
6French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
20
7German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
17
8Romanian (ro)
Întârzierea Shapiro
16
9Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
16
10Ukrainian (uk)
Гравітаційна затримка сигналу
13
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
beBelarusian
Эфект Шапіра
csCzech
Shapirův efekt
deGerman
Shapiro-Verzögerung
enEnglish
Shapiro time delay
esSpanish
Efecto Shapiro
faPersian
تأخیر شاپیرو
frFrench
Effet Shapiro
jaJapanese
シャピロ遅延
koKorean
샤피로 시간 지연
plPolish
Opóźnienie Shapiro
ptPortuguese
Atraso de Shapiro
roRomanian
Întârzierea Shapiro
ruRussian
Эффект Шапиро
simpleSimple English
Shapiro delay
ukUkrainian
Гравітаційна затримка сигналу
zhChinese
引力时间延迟效应

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#17531
02.2016
Global:
#181231
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#7306
03.2023
Global:
#64038
02.2013

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shapiro delay from Wikipedia articles about General relativity, Viking 1, Tests of general relativity, Irwin I. Shapiro and GW170817. Whereas reading the article about Shapiro delay people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Irwin I. Shapiro, Tests of general relativity, Time dilation, Gravitational redshift and Schwarzschild metric.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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