Wave (gesture)

Wave - hand gesture for greeting. Article “Wave (gesture)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.2 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.

In June 2026 the article “Wave (gesture)” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (2946^th place) and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Wave (gesture)”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 137 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 282 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1428 in January 2011
• Global: #91085 in November 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #13180 in August 2013
• Global: #420529 in January 2021

There are 10 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Waving		51.3449
2	Bulgarian (bg) Махане с ръка		31.0703
3	Indonesian (id) Lambaian		25.7646
4	Italian (it) Agitare la mano		21.0868
5	Portuguese (pt) Aceno		19.4673
6	Dutch (nl) Zwaaien		12.1484
7	Esperanto (eo) Mansvingo		4.0215
8	Simple English (simple) Wave (gesture)		3.1708
9	Finnish (fi) Vilkutus		3.1343
10	German (de) Winken		2.5596

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Wave (gesture)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Waving		351 981
2	Italian (it) Agitare la mano		69 898
3	German (de) Winken		28 691
4	Portuguese (pt) Aceno		16 424
5	Dutch (nl) Zwaaien		13 490
6	Finnish (fi) Vilkutus		11 598
7	Simple English (simple) Wave (gesture)		8 730
8	Indonesian (id) Lambaian		8 081
9	Bulgarian (bg) Махане с ръка		1 309
10	Esperanto (eo) Mansvingo		306

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Wave (gesture)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Waving		1 571
2	Italian (it) Agitare la mano		202
3	Simple English (simple) Wave (gesture)		72
4	German (de) Winken		52
5	Indonesian (id) Lambaian		35
6	Dutch (nl) Zwaaien		34
7	Finnish (fi) Vilkutus		15
8	Bulgarian (bg) Махане с ръка		14
9	Portuguese (pt) Aceno		14
10	Esperanto (eo) Mansvingo		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Wave (gesture)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Waving		60
2	Italian (it) Agitare la mano		21
3	German (de) Winken		17
4	Dutch (nl) Zwaaien		15
5	Simple English (simple) Wave (gesture)		10
6	Finnish (fi) Vilkutus		5
7	Portuguese (pt) Aceno		4
8	Bulgarian (bg) Махане с ръка		2
9	Indonesian (id) Lambaian		2
10	Esperanto (eo) Mansvingo		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Wave (gesture)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Indonesian (id) Lambaian		1
2	Simple English (simple) Wave (gesture)		1
3	Bulgarian (bg) Махане с ръка		0
4	German (de) Winken		0
5	English (en) Waving		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Mansvingo		0
7	Finnish (fi) Vilkutus		0
8	Italian (it) Agitare la mano		0
9	Dutch (nl) Zwaaien		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Aceno		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Wave (gesture)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Waving		142
2	Italian (it) Agitare la mano		65
3	Portuguese (pt) Aceno		37
4	Indonesian (id) Lambaian		24
5	German (de) Winken		7
6	Dutch (nl) Zwaaien		2
7	Simple English (simple) Wave (gesture)		2
8	Bulgarian (bg) Махане с ръка		1
9	Esperanto (eo) Mansvingo		1
10	Finnish (fi) Vilkutus		1

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Махане с ръка
de	German Winken
en	English Waving
eo	Esperanto Mansvingo
fi	Finnish Vilkutus
id	Indonesian Lambaian
it	Italian Agitare la mano
nl	Dutch Zwaaien
pt	Portuguese Aceno
simple	Simple English Wave (gesture)

Best Rank

Simple English: #13180 08.2013

Global: #420529 01.2021

Best Rank

Simple English: #1428 01.2011

Global: #91085 11.2020

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