Loop device

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Loop device

Quality:

Loop device - Unix device node that allows a file to be mounted as if it were a device. Article “Loop device” in English Wikipedia has 21.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 9 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Loop device”, its content was written by 77 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 140 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 31 times in English Wikipedia and cited 71 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #54573 in January 2004
  • Global: #79051 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #130540 in July 2008
  • Global: #189493 in November 2009

There are 7 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, 2025 (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)
Loop device
23.639
2English (en)
Loop device
21.7659
3Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
21.1889
4Spanish (es)
Loop device
20.2072
5Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
12.004
6Italian (it)
Loop device
2.0317
7Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
1.4309
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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 "Loop device" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Loop device
890 269
2German (de)
Loop device
125 910
3Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
35 563
4Spanish (es)
Loop device
24 145
5Italian (it)
Loop device
17 401
6Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
6 365
7Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
1 612
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Loop device" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Loop device
2 348
2Spanish (es)
Loop device
286
3German (de)
Loop device
282
4Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
75
5Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
73
6Italian (it)
Loop device
25
7Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
6
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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 "Loop device" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Loop device
77
2German (de)
Loop device
33
3Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
14
4Italian (it)
Loop device
7
5Spanish (es)
Loop device
4
6Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
3
7Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
2
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Loop device" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
0
2German (de)
Loop device
0
3English (en)
Loop device
0
4Spanish (es)
Loop device
0
5Italian (it)
Loop device
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
0
7Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
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 "Loop device" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Loop device
31
2German (de)
Loop device
14
3Chinese (zh)
Loop设备
11
4Spanish (es)
Loop device
7
5Arabic (ar)
أداة التحلق
3
6Portuguese (pt)
Loop device
3
7Italian (it)
Loop device
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أداة التحلق
deGerman
Loop device
enEnglish
Loop device
esSpanish
Loop device
itItalian
Loop device
ptPortuguese
Loop device
zhChinese
Loop设备

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#130540
07.2008
Global:
#189493
11.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#54573
01.2004
Global:
#79051
01.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Loop device from Wikipedia articles about Loopback, Network block device, Disk image, Util-linux and Initrd. Whereas reading the article about Loop device people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Device file, Cloop, Loopback, Network block device and Disk image.

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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