Southern Ocean

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Southern Ocean

Quality:

Southern Ocean - ocean around Antarctica. Article “Southern Ocean” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 3507th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
The 7262nd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 8039th most popular in AI.
Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 9095th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Southern Ocean”, its content was written by 29 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (7262nd place) and edited by 2861 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (8039th place).

The article is cited 173 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 28426 times in all languages (5938th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #139 in January 2004
  • Global: #317 in March 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #670 in June 2018
  • Global: #2733 in June 2021

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
1Esperanto (eo)
Suda Oceano
100
2Basque (eu)
Ozeano Australa
100
3Korean (ko)
남극해
98.5158
4English (en)
Southern Ocean
94.9931
5Indonesian (id)
Samudra Selatan
84.8929
6Vietnamese (vi)
Nam Đại Dương
82.5309
7Slovak (sk)
Južný oceán
76.0286
8Latin (la)
Oceanus Australis
75.8504
9Catalan (ca)
Oceà Antàrtic
71.733
10Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Južni okean
70.689
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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 "Southern Ocean" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Southern Ocean
7 274 631
2Russian (ru)
Южный океан
2 607 383
3Spanish (es)
Océano Austral
1 668 909
4French (fr)
Océan Austral
606 825
5Polish (pl)
Ocean Południowy
585 529
6German (de)
Südlicher Ozean
521 132
7Japanese (ja)
南極海
404 986
8Portuguese (pt)
Oceano Antártico
390 399
9Chinese (zh)
南冰洋
297 794
10Ukrainian (uk)
Південний океан
276 960
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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 "Southern Ocean" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Southern Ocean
24 924
2Russian (ru)
Южный океан
4 621
3French (fr)
Océan Austral
1 991
4Spanish (es)
Océano Austral
1 708
5Chinese (zh)
南冰洋
1 464
6German (de)
Südlicher Ozean
1 271
7Japanese (ja)
南極海
1 024
8Polish (pl)
Ocean Południowy
1 000
9Portuguese (pt)
Oceano Antártico
595
10Czech (cs)
Jižní oceán
507
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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 "Southern Ocean" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Southern Ocean
604
2German (de)
Südlicher Ozean
168
3Russian (ru)
Южный океан
156
4French (fr)
Océan Austral
150
5Spanish (es)
Océano Austral
110
6Italian (it)
Oceano Antartico
109
7Dutch (nl)
Zuidelijke Oceaan
84
8Vietnamese (vi)
Nam Đại Dương
77
9Chinese (zh)
南冰洋
77
10Hungarian (hu)
Déli-óceán
67
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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 "Southern Ocean" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Southern Ocean
3
2Ukrainian (uk)
Південний океан
2
3Arabic (ar)
المحيط المتجمد الجنوبي
1
4Bulgarian (bg)
Южен океан
1
5Catalan (ca)
Oceà Antàrtic
1
6Esperanto (eo)
Suda Oceano
1
7Basque (eu)
Ozeano Australa
1
8Indonesian (id)
Samudra Selatan
1
9Korean (ko)
남극해
1
10Tamil (ta)
தென்முனைப் பெருங்கடல்
1
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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 "Southern Ocean" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Southern Ocean
4 255
2Hebrew (he)
האוקיינוס הדרומי
2 608
3German (de)
Südlicher Ozean
1 254
4French (fr)
Océan Austral
1 253
5Chinese (zh)
南冰洋
1 184
6Arabic (ar)
المحيط المتجمد الجنوبي
1 118
7Portuguese (pt)
Oceano Antártico
1 083
8Spanish (es)
Océano Austral
1 026
9Japanese (ja)
南極海
978
10Catalan (ca)
Oceà Antàrtic
911
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
المحيط المتجمد الجنوبي
azAzerbaijani
Cənub okeanı
beBelarusian
Паўднёвы акіян
bgBulgarian
Южен океан
caCatalan
Oceà Antàrtic
csCzech
Jižní oceán
daDanish
Det Sydlige Ishav
deGerman
Südlicher Ozean
elGreek
Νότιος Ωκεανός
enEnglish
Southern Ocean
eoEsperanto
Suda Oceano
esSpanish
Océano Austral
etEstonian
Lõuna-Jäämeri
euBasque
Ozeano Australa
faPersian
اقیانوس منجمد جنوبی
fiFinnish
Eteläinen jäämeri
frFrench
Océan Austral
glGalician
Océano Antártico
heHebrew
האוקיינוס הדרומי
hiHindi
दक्षिणध्रुवीय महासागर
hrCroatian
Južni ocean
huHungarian
Déli-óceán
hyArmenian
Հարավային օվկիանոս
idIndonesian
Samudra Selatan
itItalian
Oceano Antartico
jaJapanese
南極海
kaGeorgian
სამხრეთის ოკეანე
kkKazakh
Оңтүстік мұхит
koKorean
남극해
laLatin
Oceanus Australis
ltLithuanian
Pietų vandenynas
msMalay
Lautan Selatan
nlDutch
Zuidelijke Oceaan
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Sørishavet
noNorwegian
Sørishavet
plPolish
Ocean Południowy
ptPortuguese
Oceano Antártico
roRomanian
Oceanul Antarctic
ruRussian
Южный океан
shSerbo-Croatian
Južni okean
simpleSimple English
Southern Ocean
skSlovak
Južný oceán
slSlovenian
Južni ocean
srSerbian
Јужни океан
svSwedish
Antarktiska oceanen
taTamil
தென்முனைப் பெருங்கடல்
thThai
มหาสมุทรใต้
trTurkish
Güney Okyanusu
ukUkrainian
Південний океан
urUrdu
بحر منجمد جنوبی
uzUzbek
Janubiy okean
viVietnamese
Nam Đại Dương
zhChinese
南冰洋
zhminnanMin Nan
Lâm-ke̍k-iûⁿ

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#670
06.2018
Global:
#2733
06.2021

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#139
01.2004
Global:
#317
03.2001

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

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 Southern Ocean from Wikipedia articles about Ocean, Antarctica, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and World Ocean. Whereas reading the article about Southern Ocean people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Antarctica, Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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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