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Sulfur

Quality:

Sulfur - chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16. Article “Sulfur” in Simple English Wikipedia has 31.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 10 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 3667th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
The 3162nd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 1949th most popular in all topics.
The 1957th most popular in AI.
Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 8966th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.
Global Wikipedia:
The 2542nd most popular in AI in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Sulfur”, its content was written by 46 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (3162nd place) and edited by 5122 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (1957th place).

The article is cited 412 times in Simple English Wikipedia (7026th place) and cited 49661 times in all languages (3290th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #103 in October 2014
  • Global: #143 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1157 in November 2025
  • Global: #1116 in September 2014

There are 55 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
1German (de)
Schwefel
100
2Arabic (ar)
كبريت
97.6816
3English (en)
Sulfur
95.5661
4Indonesian (id)
Belerang
89.6498
5Latin (la)
Sulphur
78.7335
6Polish (pl)
Siarka
74.3656
7Persian (fa)
گوگرد
73.2428
8Tamil (ta)
கந்தகம்
68.1051
9French (fr)
Soufre
63.3658
10Malay (ms)
Belerang
55.4698
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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 "Sulfur" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sulfur
20 469 682
2Spanish (es)
Azufre
8 874 836
3Russian (ru)
Сера
4 932 968
4German (de)
Schwefel
4 122 773
5Japanese (ja)
硫黄
3 204 470
6French (fr)
Soufre
2 705 378
7Portuguese (pt)
Enxofre
2 649 456
8Polish (pl)
Siarka
2 235 391
9Italian (it)
Zolfo
1 767 749
10Arabic (ar)
كبريت
1 421 044
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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 "Sulfur" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sulfur
36 491
2Russian (ru)
Сера
6 717
3Japanese (ja)
硫黄
6 630
4German (de)
Schwefel
6 092
5Spanish (es)
Azufre
5 441
6French (fr)
Soufre
3 750
7Persian (fa)
گوگرد
2 610
8Portuguese (pt)
Enxofre
2 435
9Chinese (zh)
2 305
10Italian (it)
Zolfo
1 900
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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 "Sulfur" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sulfur
1 432
2German (de)
Schwefel
442
3French (fr)
Soufre
214
4Russian (ru)
Сера
214
5Spanish (es)
Azufre
211
6Italian (it)
Zolfo
206
7Dutch (nl)
Zwavel
157
8Japanese (ja)
硫黄
143
9Polish (pl)
Siarka
120
10Persian (fa)
گوگرد
107
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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 "Sulfur" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sulfur
25
2Spanish (es)
Azufre
3
3Chinese (zh)
2
4Arabic (ar)
كبريت
1
5Catalan (ca)
Sofre
1
6German (de)
Schwefel
1
7Hebrew (he)
גופרית
1
8Indonesian (id)
Belerang
1
9Korean (ko)
1
10Serbian (sr)
Сумпор
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 "Sulfur" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Sulfur
4 635
2French (fr)
Soufre
3 463
3German (de)
Schwefel
2 410
4Spanish (es)
Azufre
2 352
5Italian (it)
Zolfo
1 884
6Russian (ru)
Сера
1 847
7Arabic (ar)
كبريت
1 792
8Japanese (ja)
硫黄
1 705
9Ukrainian (uk)
Сірка
1 677
10Chinese (zh)
1 665
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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Global:
Popularity in all years:
Simple English:
Global:
Authors in June 2026:
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Registered authors in all years:
Simple English:
Global:
Citations:
Simple English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
كبريت
azAzerbaijani
Kükürd
beBelarusian
Сера
bgBulgarian
Сяра
caCatalan
Sofre
csCzech
Síra
daDanish
Svovl
deGerman
Schwefel
elGreek
Θείο
enEnglish
Sulfur
eoEsperanto
Sulfuro
esSpanish
Azufre
etEstonian
Väävel
euBasque
Sufre
faPersian
گوگرد
fiFinnish
Rikki
frFrench
Soufre
glGalician
Xofre
heHebrew
גופרית
hiHindi
गंधक
hrCroatian
Sumpor
huHungarian
Kén
hyArmenian
Ծծումբ
idIndonesian
Belerang
itItalian
Zolfo
jaJapanese
硫黄
kaGeorgian
გოგირდი
kkKazakh
Күкірт
koKorean
laLatin
Sulphur
ltLithuanian
Siera
msMalay
Belerang
nlDutch
Zwavel
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Svovel
noNorwegian
Svovel
plPolish
Siarka
ptPortuguese
Enxofre
roRomanian
Sulf
ruRussian
Сера
shSerbo-Croatian
Sumpor
simpleSimple English
Sulfur
skSlovak
Síra
slSlovenian
Žveplo
srSerbian
Сумпор
svSwedish
Svavel
taTamil
கந்தகம்
thThai
กำมะถัน
trTurkish
Kükürt
ukUkrainian
Сірка
urUrdu
گندھک
uzUzbek
Oltingugurt
viVietnamese
Lưu huỳnh
voVolapük
Sulfin
zhChinese
zhminnanMin Nan
Liû-hông

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1157
11.2025
Global:
#1116
09.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#103
10.2014
Global:
#143
11.2002

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 Sulfur from Wikipedia articles about Gunpowder, Phosphorus, Brimstone, Periodic table and Alchemical symbol. Whereas reading the article about Sulfur people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Chlorine, Sulfuric acid, Phosphorus, Hydrogen sulfide and Sulfur dioxide.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

en: Sulfur
es: Azufre
ja: 硫黄
fr: Soufre
pl: Siarka
it: Zolfo
zh:
cs: Síra
nl: Zwavel
sv: Svavel
hu: Kén
ro: Sulf
fi: Rikki
hr: Sumpor
da: Svovl
ko:
sk: Síra
lt: Siera
ca: Sofre
no: Svovel
sh: Sumpor
simple: Sulfur
eu: Sufre
gl: Xofre
nn: Svovel
zhminnan: Liû-hông
vo: Sulfin

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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