Shapiro time delay

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Shapiro time delay

Quality:

Shapiro delay - time delay caused by space-time distortion near massive objects. Article “Shapiro time delay” in English Wikipedia has 28 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 7 references and 8 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Shapiro time delay”, its content was written by 94 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 252 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 156 times in English Wikipedia and cited 453 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #34568 in October 2004
  • Global: #63993 in February 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #219902 in April 2012
  • Global: #178429 in November 2014

There are 15 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
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
27.9555
2German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
25.1352
3French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
25.0817
4Portuguese (pt)
Atraso de Shapiro
22.0618
5Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
19.0527
6Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
18.1288
7Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
17.9453
8Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
16.786
9Ukrainian (uk)
Гравітаційна затримка сигналу
16.637
10Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
15.4781
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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 "Shapiro time delay" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
402 212
2Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
65 421
3German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
59 975
4Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
58 745
5French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
45 505
6Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
33 467
7Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
15 229
8Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
13 154
9Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
11 057
10Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
9 224
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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 "Shapiro time delay" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
2 779
2Simple English (simple)
Shapiro delay
261
3German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
146
4French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
139
5Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
139
6Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
106
7Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
64
8Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
59
9Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
30
10Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
26
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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 "Shapiro time delay" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
94
2German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
45
3French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
26
4Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
18
5Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
9
6Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
9
7Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
9
8Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
9
9Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
9
10Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
7
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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 "Shapiro time delay" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
1
2Japanese (ja)
シャピロ遅延
1
3Belarusian (be)
Эфект Шапіра
0
4Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
0
5English (en)
Shapiro time delay
0
6Spanish (es)
Efecto Shapiro
0
7Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
0
8French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
0
9Polish (pl)
Opóźnienie Shapiro
0
10Portuguese (pt)
Atraso de Shapiro
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 "Shapiro time delay" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shapiro time delay
156
2Chinese (zh)
引力时间延迟效应
79
3Persian (fa)
تأخیر شاپیرو
57
4Portuguese (pt)
Atraso de Shapiro
30
5French (fr)
Effet Shapiro
20
6German (de)
Shapiro-Verzögerung
19
7Czech (cs)
Shapirův efekt
17
8Romanian (ro)
Întârzierea Shapiro
16
9Russian (ru)
Эффект Шапиро
16
10Ukrainian (uk)
Гравітаційна затримка сигналу
12
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
beBelarusian
Эфект Шапіра
csCzech
Shapirův efekt
deGerman
Shapiro-Verzögerung
enEnglish
Shapiro time delay
esSpanish
Efecto Shapiro
faPersian
تأخیر شاپیرو
frFrench
Effet Shapiro
jaJapanese
シャピロ遅延
plPolish
Opóźnienie Shapiro
ptPortuguese
Atraso de Shapiro
roRomanian
Întârzierea Shapiro
ruRussian
Эффект Шапиро
simpleSimple English
Shapiro delay
ukUkrainian
Гравітаційна затримка сигналу
zhChinese
引力时间延迟效应

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#219902
04.2012
Global:
#178429
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#34568
10.2004
Global:
#63993
02.2013

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shapiro delay from Wikipedia articles about General relativity, Viking 1, Tests of general relativity, Irwin I. Shapiro and Gravity. Whereas reading the article about Shapiro delay people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Irwin I. Shapiro, Tests of general relativity, Time dilation, Schwarzschild metric and Gravitational redshift.

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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