Shelf life

Shelf life - length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use or consumption. Article “Shelf life” in Simple English Wikipedia has 34.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.79 points.

This article has the best quality in Swedish Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Shelf life”, its content was written by 18 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 774 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 25 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2103 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #469 in April 2010
• Global: #17284 in February 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #3692 in June 2011
• Global: #36619 in January 2012

There are 24 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Swedish (sv) Datummärkning		47.6189
2	Vietnamese (vi) Thời hạn bảo quản lâu nhất		46.3863
3	English (en) Shelf life		41.6792
4	Armenian (hy) Պահպանման ժամկետ		40.4375
5	German (de) Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum		34.8097
6	Simple English (simple) Shelf life		34.0709
7	Dutch (nl) Houdbaarheidsdatum (levensmiddelen)		32.8577
8	Indonesian (id) Umur simpan		31.1294
9	Arabic (ar) فترة الصلاحية		28.2431
10	Slovak (sk) Dátum minimálnej trvanlivosti (potraviny)		26.2903

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Shelf life" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shelf life		2 873 791
2	Japanese (ja) 賞味期限		1 395 282
3	German (de) Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum		1 051 344
4	French (fr) Date de durabilité minimale		817 867
5	Arabic (ar) فترة الصلاحية		475 568
6	Russian (ru) Срок хранения		255 643
7	Swedish (sv) Datummärkning		131 204
8	Chinese (zh) 保质期		98 953
9	Ukrainian (uk) Термін придатності		64 427
10	Indonesian (id) Umur simpan		55 799

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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 "Shelf life" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shelf life		2 757
2	French (fr) Date de durabilité minimale		963
3	German (de) Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum		941
4	Japanese (ja) 賞味期限		550
5	Chinese (zh) 保质期		386
6	Korean (ko) 유통기한		315
7	Russian (ru) Срок хранения		142
8	Spanish (es) Vida de anaquel		121
9	Swedish (sv) Datummärkning		114
10	Dutch (nl) Houdbaarheidsdatum (levensmiddelen)		93

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shelf life		240
2	German (de) Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum		157
3	Dutch (nl) Houdbaarheidsdatum (levensmiddelen)		62
4	Japanese (ja) 賞味期限		50
5	French (fr) Date de durabilité minimale		43
6	Hebrew (he) חיי מדף		29
7	Swedish (sv) Datummärkning		27
8	Russian (ru) Срок хранения		22
9	Arabic (ar) فترة الصلاحية		18
10	Simple English (simple) Shelf life		18

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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 "Shelf life" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shelf life		1
2	Dutch (nl) Houdbaarheidsdatum (levensmiddelen)		1
3	Arabic (ar) فترة الصلاحية		0
4	Czech (cs) Datum minimální trvanlivosti		0
5	German (de) Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum		0
6	Spanish (es) Vida de anaquel		0
7	Persian (fa) عمر انباری		0
8	French (fr) Date de durabilité minimale		0
9	Galician (gl) Data de consumo preferente		0
10	Hebrew (he) חיי מדף		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 "Shelf life" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Shelf life		647
2	Arabic (ar) فترة الصلاحية		196
3	Hebrew (he) חיי מדף		194
4	French (fr) Date de durabilité minimale		165
5	Japanese (ja) 賞味期限		160
6	German (de) Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum		122
7	Chinese (zh) 保质期		119
8	Korean (ko) 유통기한		84
9	Turkish (tr) Raf ömrü		61
10	Russian (ru) Срок хранения		49

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic فترة الصلاحية
cs	Czech Datum minimální trvanlivosti
de	German Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum
en	English Shelf life
es	Spanish Vida de anaquel
fa	Persian عمر انباری
fr	French Date de durabilité minimale
gl	Galician Data de consumo preferente
he	Hebrew חיי מדף
hy	Armenian Պահպանման ժամկետ
id	Indonesian Umur simpan
ja	Japanese 賞味期限
ko	Korean 유통기한
nl	Dutch Houdbaarheidsdatum (levensmiddelen)
no	Norwegian Datomerking
pt	Portuguese Tempo de prateleira
ru	Russian Срок хранения
simple	Simple English Shelf life
sk	Slovak Dátum minimálnej trvanlivosti (potraviny)
sv	Swedish Datummärkning
tr	Turkish Raf ömrü
uk	Ukrainian Термін придатності
vi	Vietnamese Thời hạn bảo quản lâu nhất
zh	Chinese 保质期

Best Rank

Simple English: #3692 06.2011

Global: #36619 01.2012

Best Rank

Simple English: #469 04.2010

Global: #17284 02.2011

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