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Quality:

Backslash - typographical mark (glyph) used mainly in computing. Article “Backslash” in Simple English Wikipedia has 17.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 4131st most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Backslash”, its content was written by 16 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1093 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2548 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #720 in April 2018
  • Global: #9175 in January 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #442 in September 2024
  • Global: #1215 in May 2013

There are 32 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)
Backslash
47.5531
2Thai (th)
แบ็กสแลช
29.8361
3Chinese (zh)
反斜线
27.7997
4Norwegian (no)
Bakstrek
26.0642
5Italian (it)
Barra rovesciata
24.7874
6Esperanto (eo)
Retroklino
22.9846
7Lithuanian (lt)
Pasvirasis kairinis brūkšnys
22.7559
8Persian (fa)
بک‌اسلش
22.4529
9German (de)
Backslash
21.8701
10Arabic (ar)
مائلة معاكسة
20.8777
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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 "Backslash" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Backslash
10 843 632
2German (de)
Backslash
1 499 112
3Spanish (es)
Barra inversa
1 290 248
4Japanese (ja)
バックスラッシュ
774 014
5Russian (ru)
Обратная косая черта
736 981
6French (fr)
Barre oblique inversée
722 313
7Dutch (nl)
Backslash
635 585
8Italian (it)
Barra rovesciata
604 293
9Portuguese (pt)
Barra inversa
283 865
10Korean (ko)
역슬래시
221 309
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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 "Backslash" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Spanish (es)
Barra inversa
10 492
2English (en)
Backslash
8 740
3Russian (ru)
Обратная косая черта
2 747
4French (fr)
Barre oblique inversée
2 531
5German (de)
Backslash
1 825
6Portuguese (pt)
Barra inversa
1 747
7Japanese (ja)
バックスラッシュ
1 422
8Chinese (zh)
反斜线
1 305
9Italian (it)
Barra rovesciata
808
10Turkish (tr)
Ters eğik çizgi
653
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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 "Backslash" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Backslash
417
2German (de)
Backslash
108
3French (fr)
Barre oblique inversée
76
4Japanese (ja)
バックスラッシュ
53
5Russian (ru)
Обратная косая черта
50
6Dutch (nl)
Backslash
44
7Italian (it)
Barra rovesciata
41
8Korean (ko)
역슬래시
32
9Spanish (es)
Barra inversa
29
10Hebrew (he)
לוכסן שמאלי
27
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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 "Backslash" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Backslash
6
2Russian (ru)
Обратная косая черта
2
3Arabic (ar)
مائلة معاكسة
0
4Catalan (ca)
Barra obliqua inversa
0
5Czech (cs)
Zpětné lomítko
0
6Danish (da)
Omvendt skråstreg
0
7German (de)
Backslash
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Retroklino
0
9Spanish (es)
Barra inversa
0
10Estonian (et)
Kurakaldkriips
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 "Backslash" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Backslash
340
2French (fr)
Barre oblique inversée
223
3Japanese (ja)
バックスラッシュ
190
4Korean (ko)
역슬래시
133
5German (de)
Backslash
132
6Chinese (zh)
反斜线
126
7Danish (da)
Omvendt skråstreg
112
8Dutch (nl)
Backslash
96
9Russian (ru)
Обратная косая черта
94
10Italian (it)
Barra rovesciata
89
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
Simple English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مائلة معاكسة
caCatalan
Barra obliqua inversa
csCzech
Zpětné lomítko
daDanish
Omvendt skråstreg
deGerman
Backslash
enEnglish
Backslash
eoEsperanto
Retroklino
esSpanish
Barra inversa
etEstonian
Kurakaldkriips
euBasque
Alderantzizko barra
faPersian
بک‌اسلش
fiFinnish
Kenoviiva
frFrench
Barre oblique inversée
glGalician
Barra inversa
heHebrew
לוכסן שמאלי
huHungarian
Fordított törtvonal
idIndonesian
Garis miring terbalik
itItalian
Barra rovesciata
jaJapanese
バックスラッシュ
koKorean
역슬래시
ltLithuanian
Pasvirasis kairinis brūkšnys
nlDutch
Backslash
noNorwegian
Bakstrek
ptPortuguese
Barra inversa
ruRussian
Обратная косая черта
simpleSimple English
Backslash
slSlovenian
Leva poševnica
svSwedish
Omvänt snedstreck
thThai
แบ็กสแลช
trTurkish
Ters eğik çizgi
ukUkrainian
Обернена скісна риска
zhChinese
反斜线

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#442
09.2024
Global:
#1215
05.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#720
04.2018
Global:
#9175
01.2022

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Backslash from Wikipedia articles about Slash, List of typographical symbols, ASCII, List of Unicode characters and Backstroke. Whereas reading the article about Backslash people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Slash, ¥, Backlash, Escape character and Mathematics.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Backslash

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