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Slashdot effect

Quality:

Slashdot effect - effect that occurs when a popular website links to a smaller website, causing a massive increase in traffic. Article "Slashdot effect" in English Wikipedia has 29.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Slashdot effect", its content was written by 284 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 573 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 195 times in English Wikipedia and cited 354 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #328 in July 2001
  • Global: #351 in July 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #20417 in January 2012
  • Global: #38377 in January 2012

There are 18 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
1Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Slashdoteffekten
44.3137
2Chinese (zh)
Slashdot效应
33.1346
3Catalan (ca)
Efecte Slashdot
32.5903
4Indonesian (id)
Efek Slashdot
31.2135
5English (en)
Slashdot effect
29.2269
6German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
21.654
7Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
19.6832
8Korean (ko)
슬래시닷 효과
18.6335
9French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
15.6247
10Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
15.049
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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 "Slashdot effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
1 446 273
2Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
147 903
3German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
104 108
4Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
76 388
5Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
48 338
6Polish (pl)
Efekt Slashdota
30 146
7Portuguese (pt)
Efeito Digg
23 065
8Finnish (fi)
Slashdot-vaikutus
15 691
9Chinese (zh)
Slashdot效应
10 835
10Hungarian (hu)
Slashdot-hatás
10 159
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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 "Slashdot effect" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
3 349
2Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
135
3Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
115
4German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
69
5Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
49
6French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
40
7Chinese (zh)
Slashdot效应
36
8Catalan (ca)
Efecte Slashdot
25
9Polish (pl)
Efekt Slashdota
21
10Korean (ko)
슬래시닷 효과
19
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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 "Slashdot effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
284
2German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
74
3Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
40
4Finnish (fi)
Slashdot-vaikutus
28
5Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
26
6Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
24
7Danish (da)
Slashdot-effekt
19
8Hungarian (hu)
Slashdot-hatás
19
9Polish (pl)
Efekt Slashdota
18
10Portuguese (pt)
Efeito Digg
10
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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 "Slashdot effect" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
1
2Catalan (ca)
Efecte Slashdot
0
3Danish (da)
Slashdot-effekt
0
4German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
0
5English (en)
Slashdot effect
0
6Persian (fa)
اثر اسلش دات
0
7Finnish (fi)
Slashdot-vaikutus
0
8French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
0
9Hungarian (hu)
Slashdot-hatás
0
10Indonesian (id)
Efek Slashdot
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 "Slashdot effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Slashdot effect
195
2Persian (fa)
اثر اسلش دات
45
3Japanese (ja)
スラッシュドット効果
18
4German (de)
Slashdot-Effekt
17
5Russian (ru)
Слешдот-эффект
15
6Turkish (tr)
Slashdot etkisi
9
7Korean (ko)
슬래시닷 효과
8
8French (fr)
Effet Slashdot
7
9Indonesian (id)
Efek Slashdot
7
10Italian (it)
Effetto Slashdot
7
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Efecte Slashdot
daDanish
Slashdot-effekt
deGerman
Slashdot-Effekt
enEnglish
Slashdot effect
faPersian
اثر اسلش دات
fiFinnish
Slashdot-vaikutus
frFrench
Effet Slashdot
huHungarian
Slashdot-hatás
idIndonesian
Efek Slashdot
itItalian
Effetto Slashdot
jaJapanese
スラッシュドット効果
koKorean
슬래시닷 효과
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Slashdoteffekten
plPolish
Efekt Slashdota
ptPortuguese
Efeito Digg
ruRussian
Слешдот-эффект
trTurkish
Slashdot etkisi
zhChinese
Slashdot效应

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#20417
01.2012
Global:
#38377
01.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#328
07.2001
Global:
#351
07.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Slashdot effect from Wikipedia articles about Denial-of-service attack, Reddit, Slashdot, Al Jazeera effect and Fark.com. Whereas reading the article about Slashdot effect people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Slashdot, Streisand effect, Eternal September, Flash Crowd and Denial-of-service attack.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 8 July 2025

On 8 July 2025 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: Diogo Jota, João Pedro, Ozzy Osbourne, Laura Siegemund, Aryna Sabalenka, Julian McMahon, Jurassic World Rebirth, 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Amanda Anisimova, F1.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Superman (2025 film), João Pedro (footballer, born 2001), Untitled Jurassic World film, Aryna Sabalenka, Laura Siegemund, Ozzy Osbourne, Amanda Anisimova, Jeffrey Epstein, Cameron Norrie, Deaths in 2025.

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