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South Island

Quality:

South Island - one of the two main New Zealand islands. Article “South Island” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 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 “South Island”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1598 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 130 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 19271 times in all languages (8974th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1301 in November 2012
  • Global: #839 in November 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #15336 in September 2010
  • Global: #26881 in September 2010

There are 54 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)
South Island
85.0684
2Slovenian (sl)
Južni otok
76.7502
3Russian (ru)
Южный (остров, Новая Зеландия)
52.638
4Catalan (ca)
Illa del Sud
47.3578
5Ukrainian (uk)
Південний острів (Нова Зеландія)
45.4922
6Spanish (es)
Isla Sur
42.9738
7Hungarian (hu)
Déli-sziget
42.6865
8Dutch (nl)
Zuidereiland
37.9526
9Vietnamese (vi)
Đảo Nam (New Zealand)
34.0814
10Galician (gl)
Illa Sur, Nova Zelandia
32.9804
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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 "South Island" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
South Island
3 469 349
2German (de)
Südinsel (Neuseeland)
292 162
3Russian (ru)
Южный (остров, Новая Зеландия)
197 888
4Japanese (ja)
南島 (ニュージーランド)
166 449
5Spanish (es)
Isla Sur
162 231
6French (fr)
Île du Sud
160 727
7Chinese (zh)
南島 (新西蘭)
151 714
8Polish (pl)
Wyspa Południowa (Nowa Zelandia)
141 254
9Italian (it)
Isola del Sud
129 909
10Dutch (nl)
Zuidereiland
116 658
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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 "South Island" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
South Island
12 841
2German (de)
Südinsel (Neuseeland)
761
3Russian (ru)
Южный (остров, Новая Зеландия)
675
4Chinese (zh)
南島 (新西蘭)
654
5Japanese (ja)
南島 (ニュージーランド)
646
6French (fr)
Île du Sud
528
7Spanish (es)
Isla Sur
500
8Polish (pl)
Wyspa Południowa (Nowa Zelandia)
384
9Italian (it)
Isola del Sud
356
10Dutch (nl)
Zuidereiland
243
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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 "South Island" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
South Island
460
2German (de)
Südinsel (Neuseeland)
99
3French (fr)
Île du Sud
88
4Dutch (nl)
Zuidereiland
88
5Russian (ru)
Южный (остров, Новая Зеландия)
71
6Italian (it)
Isola del Sud
68
7Spanish (es)
Isla Sur
52
8Hebrew (he)
האי הדרומי
46
9Chinese (zh)
南島 (新西蘭)
41
10Galician (gl)
Illa Sur, Nova Zelandia
35
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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 "South Island" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
الجزيرة الجنوبية
2
2Catalan (ca)
Illa del Sud
1
3English (en)
South Island
1
4Hungarian (hu)
Déli-sziget
1
5Serbian (sr)
Јужно острво
1
6Azerbaijani (az)
Cənub adası (Yeni Zelandiya)
0
7Belarusian (be)
Паўднёвы востраў
0
8Bulgarian (bg)
Южен остров (Нова Зеландия)
0
9Czech (cs)
Jižní ostrov (Nový Zéland)
0
10Danish (da)
Sydøen
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 "South Island" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
South Island
5 736
2French (fr)
Île du Sud
2 433
3German (de)
Südinsel (Neuseeland)
2 140
4Polish (pl)
Wyspa Południowa (Nowa Zelandia)
637
5Chinese (zh)
南島 (新西蘭)
586
6Spanish (es)
Isla Sur
564
7Russian (ru)
Южный (остров, Новая Зеландия)
551
8Dutch (nl)
Zuidereiland
471
9Italian (it)
Isola del Sud
430
10Ukrainian (uk)
Південний острів (Нова Зеландія)
373
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الجزيرة الجنوبية
azAzerbaijani
Cənub adası (Yeni Zelandiya)
beBelarusian
Паўднёвы востраў
bgBulgarian
Южен остров (Нова Зеландия)
caCatalan
Illa del Sud
csCzech
Jižní ostrov (Nový Zéland)
daDanish
Sydøen
deGerman
Südinsel (Neuseeland)
elGreek
Νότιο Νησί (Νέα Ζηλανδία)
enEnglish
South Island
eoEsperanto
Suda Insulo (Nov-Zelando)
esSpanish
Isla Sur
etEstonian
Lõunasaar
euBasque
Hego uhartea
faPersian
جزیره جنوبی
fiFinnish
Eteläsaari
frFrench
Île du Sud
glGalician
Illa Sur, Nova Zelandia
heHebrew
האי הדרומי
hiHindi
दक्षिण द्वीप
hrCroatian
Južni otok
huHungarian
Déli-sziget
hyArmenian
Հարավային կղզի (Նոր Զելանդիա)
idIndonesian
Pulau Selatan
itItalian
Isola del Sud
jaJapanese
南島 (ニュージーランド)
kaGeorgian
სამხრეთი კუნძული
kkKazakh
Оңтүстік (арал, Жаңа Зеландия)
koKorean
남섬
laLatin
Insula Australis (Nova Zelandia)
ltLithuanian
Pietų sala
msMalay
Pulau Selatan
nlDutch
Zuidereiland
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Sørøya på New Zealand
noNorwegian
Sørøya (New Zealand)
plPolish
Wyspa Południowa (Nowa Zelandia)
ptPortuguese
Ilha Sul
roRomanian
Insula de Sud (Noua Zeelandă)
ruRussian
Южный (остров, Новая Зеландия)
shSerbo-Croatian
Južni otok
simpleSimple English
South Island
skSlovak
Južný ostrov (Nový Zéland)
slSlovenian
Južni otok
srSerbian
Јужно острво
svSwedish
Sydön
taTamil
தெற்குத் தீவு
thThai
เกาะใต้
trTurkish
Güney Adası
ukUkrainian
Південний острів (Нова Зеландія)
urUrdu
جنوبی جزیرہ
uzUzbek
Janubiy orol
viVietnamese
Đảo Nam (New Zealand)
zhChinese
南島 (新西蘭)
zhminnanMin Nan
Lâm-tó (New Zealand)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#15336
09.2010
Global:
#26881
09.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1301
11.2012
Global:
#839
11.2012

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on South Island from Wikipedia articles about New Zealand, North Island, List of islands by area, Christchurch and Special Forces: Worlds Toughest Test. Whereas reading the article about South Island people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Christchurch, North Island, List of islands of New Zealand, Dunedin and Invercargill.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

sv: Sydön
ko: 남섬
simple: South Island

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

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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