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Virtual particle

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Virtual particle - transient fluctuations of physical fields with existence limited and required by the uncertainty-principle. Article “Virtual particle” in Simple English Wikipedia has 14.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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 “Virtual particle”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 696 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 56 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1432 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3112 in November 2022
  • Global: #6536 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #39087 in October 2008
  • Global: #82873 in July 2012

There are 28 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)
Virtual particle
40.1116
2Turkish (tr)
Sanal parçacık
37.2761
3Russian (ru)
Виртуальная частица
31.9737
4Chinese (zh)
虛粒子
23.0126
5Portuguese (pt)
Partícula virtual
22.7003
6Spanish (es)
Partícula virtual
17.8275
7Swedish (sv)
Virtuell partikel
15.9588
8French (fr)
Particule virtuelle
15.2126
9Arabic (ar)
جسيم افتراضي
14.6964
10Polish (pl)
Cząstka wirtualna
14.5893
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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 "Virtual particle" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Virtual particle
1 855 601
2Russian (ru)
Виртуальная частица
409 329
3German (de)
Virtuelles Teilchen
188 407
4Spanish (es)
Partícula virtual
177 931
5Polish (pl)
Cząstka wirtualna
153 306
6French (fr)
Particule virtuelle
120 746
7Chinese (zh)
虛粒子
108 559
8Japanese (ja)
仮想粒子
69 929
9Italian (it)
Particella virtuale
63 608
10Dutch (nl)
Virtueel deeltje
42 266
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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 "Virtual particle" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Virtual particle
4 246
2Russian (ru)
Виртуальная частица
992
3German (de)
Virtuelles Teilchen
421
4Chinese (zh)
虛粒子
372
5French (fr)
Particule virtuelle
346
6Polish (pl)
Cząstka wirtualna
308
7Spanish (es)
Partícula virtual
258
8Japanese (ja)
仮想粒子
231
9Italian (it)
Particella virtuale
165
10Portuguese (pt)
Partícula virtual
90
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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 "Virtual particle" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Virtual particle
244
2German (de)
Virtuelles Teilchen
56
3Russian (ru)
Виртуальная частица
53
4French (fr)
Particule virtuelle
47
5Dutch (nl)
Virtueel deeltje
32
6Polish (pl)
Cząstka wirtualna
28
7Chinese (zh)
虛粒子
28
8Italian (it)
Particella virtuale
24
9Hebrew (he)
חלקיק וירטואלי
19
10Spanish (es)
Partícula virtual
17
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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 "Virtual particle" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
جسيم افتراضي
0
2Belarusian (be)
Віртуальная часціца
0
3Bulgarian (bg)
Виртуална частица
0
4Catalan (ca)
Partícula virtual
0
5Czech (cs)
Virtuální částice
0
6Danish (da)
Virtuel partikel
0
7German (de)
Virtuelles Teilchen
0
8English (en)
Virtual particle
0
9Spanish (es)
Partícula virtual
0
10Persian (fa)
ذره مجازی
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 "Virtual particle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Virtual particle
323
2Arabic (ar)
جسيم افتراضي
137
3Russian (ru)
Виртуальная частица
103
4Korean (ko)
가상 입자
99
5German (de)
Virtuelles Teilchen
69
6Chinese (zh)
虛粒子
68
7Ukrainian (uk)
Віртуальна частинка
63
8Simple English (simple)
Virtual particle
56
9Danish (da)
Virtuel partikel
55
10Spanish (es)
Partícula virtual
53
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
جسيم افتراضي
beBelarusian
Віртуальная часціца
bgBulgarian
Виртуална частица
caCatalan
Partícula virtual
csCzech
Virtuální částice
daDanish
Virtuel partikel
deGerman
Virtuelles Teilchen
enEnglish
Virtual particle
esSpanish
Partícula virtual
faPersian
ذره مجازی
fiFinnish
Virtuaalihiukkanen
frFrench
Particule virtuelle
heHebrew
חלקיק וירטואלי
hyArmenian
Վիրտուալ մասնիկներ
itItalian
Particella virtuale
jaJapanese
仮想粒子
koKorean
가상 입자
ltLithuanian
Virtuali dalelė
nlDutch
Virtueel deeltje
plPolish
Cząstka wirtualna
ptPortuguese
Partícula virtual
ruRussian
Виртуальная частица
simpleSimple English
Virtual particle
svSwedish
Virtuell partikel
trTurkish
Sanal parçacık
ukUkrainian
Віртуальна частинка
viVietnamese
Hạt ảo
zhChinese
虛粒子

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#39087
10.2008
Global:
#82873
07.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3112
11.2022
Global:
#6536
06.2003

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 Virtual particle from Wikipedia articles about Quantum foam, Casimir effect, Quantum fluctuation, Force carrier and Gauge boson. Whereas reading the article about Virtual particle people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Casimir effect, Uncertainty principle, Feynman diagram, Perturbation theory and Lattice field theory.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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