Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)

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Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)

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Sonic the Hedgehog - 8-bit 1991 platform video game. This video game is the 3794th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of video games. Article “Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 5.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 3794th most popular in video games.

Since the creation of article “Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)”, its content was written by 11 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 511 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Sonic the Hedgehog is on the 3794th place in global ranking of video games on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 50 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1506 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #233 in September 2023
  • Global: #8787 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #58809 in September 2023
  • Global: #70997 in May 2022

There are 21 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, 2025 (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)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
72.4134
2Italian (it)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videogioco 1991 8-bit)
57.9236
3Spanish (es)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videojuego de 8 bits)
52.2334
4Ukrainian (uk)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 біт)
43.2546
5Russian (ru)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 бит)
41.0469
6German (de)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
38.0501
7Korean (ko)
소닉 더 헤지호그 (8비트 비디오 게임)
27.7037
8Norwegian (no)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
20.2698
9Turkish (tr)
Kirpi Sonic (8-bit video oyunu, 1991)
18.2374
10Persian (fa)
سونیک خارپشت (بازی ویدئویی ۸-بیت)
17.7942
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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 "Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
1 011 441
2Spanish (es)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videojuego de 8 bits)
90 081
3Russian (ru)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 бит)
75 352
4Portuguese (pt)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
50 917
5Ukrainian (uk)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 біт)
24 154
6Italian (it)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videogioco 1991 8-bit)
22 530
7Polish (pl)
Sonic the Hedgehog (gra komputerowa 8-bit)
13 900
8French (fr)
Sonic the Hedgehog (jeu vidéo, 1991, version 8 bits)
12 714
9German (de)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
9 717
10Greek (el)
Sonic The Hedgehog (βιντεοπαιχνίδι, 1991)
5 997
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
3 294
2Russian (ru)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 бит)
298
3Spanish (es)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videojuego de 8 bits)
189
4Portuguese (pt)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
187
5French (fr)
Sonic the Hedgehog (jeu vidéo, 1991, version 8 bits)
133
6Simple English (simple)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
133
7Italian (it)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videogioco 1991 8-bit)
116
8German (de)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
105
9Polish (pl)
Sonic the Hedgehog (gra komputerowa 8-bit)
48
10Turkish (tr)
Kirpi Sonic (8-bit video oyunu, 1991)
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 "Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
255
2Spanish (es)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videojuego de 8 bits)
42
3Italian (it)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videogioco 1991 8-bit)
27
4Russian (ru)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 бит)
24
5Polish (pl)
Sonic the Hedgehog (gra komputerowa 8-bit)
23
6Portuguese (pt)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
22
7German (de)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
20
8Ukrainian (uk)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 біт)
14
9Greek (el)
Sonic The Hedgehog (βιντεοπαιχνίδι, 1991)
13
10French (fr)
Sonic the Hedgehog (jeu vidéo, 1991, version 8 bits)
11
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The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
1
2Arabic (ar)
القنفذ سونيك (8-بت)
0
3Azerbaijani (az)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
0
4Greek (el)
Sonic The Hedgehog (βιντεοπαιχνίδι, 1991)
0
5English (en)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
0
6Spanish (es)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videojuego de 8 bits)
0
7Persian (fa)
سونیک خارپشت (بازی ویدئویی ۸-بیت)
0
8Finnish (fi)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
0
9French (fr)
Sonic the Hedgehog (jeu vidéo, 1991, version 8 bits)
0
10Indonesian (id)
Sonic the Hedgehog (permainan video 8-bit)
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 "Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
155
2Italian (it)
Sonic the Hedgehog (videogioco 1991 8-bit)
146
3French (fr)
Sonic the Hedgehog (jeu vidéo, 1991, version 8 bits)
140
4German (de)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
124
5Arabic (ar)
القنفذ سونيك (8-بت)
119
6Korean (ko)
소닉 더 헤지호그 (8비트 비디오 게임)
119
7Russian (ru)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 бит)
107
8Persian (fa)
سونیک خارپشت (بازی ویدئویی ۸-بیت)
84
9Finnish (fi)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
84
10Portuguese (pt)
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
80
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
القنفذ سونيك (8-بت)
azAzerbaijani
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
deGerman
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
elGreek
Sonic The Hedgehog (βιντεοπαιχνίδι, 1991)
enEnglish
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
esSpanish
Sonic the Hedgehog (videojuego de 8 bits)
faPersian
سونیک خارپشت (بازی ویدئویی ۸-بیت)
fiFinnish
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-Bit)
frFrench
Sonic the Hedgehog (jeu vidéo, 1991, version 8 bits)
idIndonesian
Sonic the Hedgehog (permainan video 8-bit)
itItalian
Sonic the Hedgehog (videogioco 1991 8-bit)
koKorean
소닉 더 헤지호그 (8비트 비디오 게임)
msMalay
Sonic the Hedgehog (permainan video 8-bit)
noNorwegian
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
plPolish
Sonic the Hedgehog (gra komputerowa 8-bit)
ptPortuguese
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
ruRussian
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 бит)
simpleSimple English
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)
svSwedish
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit datorspel)
trTurkish
Kirpi Sonic (8-bit video oyunu, 1991)
ukUkrainian
Sonic the Hedgehog (8 біт)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#58809
09.2023
Global:
#70997
05.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#233
09.2023
Global:
#8787
09.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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