Principle of Least Surprise

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Principle of Least Surprise

Quality:

Principle of least astonishment - principle in computer system design. Article “Principle of Least Surprise” in German Wikipedia has 7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Principle of Least Surprise”, its content was written by 35 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 315 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12 times in German Wikipedia and cited 96 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #6710 in September 2004
  • Global: #1151 in July 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #71576 in August 2011
  • Global: #112025 in July 2011

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)
Principle of least astonishment
36.1817
2Hungarian (hu)
A legkisebb meghökkentés elve
32.1867
3Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
26.2226
4Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
25.0276
5Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
16.6298
6Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
9.2514
7Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
8.651
8Vietnamese (vi)
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất
7.3296
9French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
7.0958
10German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
7.0262
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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 "Principle of Least Surprise" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
1 132 524
2Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
98 177
3Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
91 767
4German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
91 191
5French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
56 103
6Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
12 905
7Swedish (sv)
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
9 857
8Vietnamese (vi)
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất
6 192
9Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
5 441
10Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
3 827
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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 "Principle of Least Surprise" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
5 154
2Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
294
3Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
187
4German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
178
5French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
143
6Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
34
7Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
25
8Swedish (sv)
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
23
9Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
19
10Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
16
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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 "Principle of Least Surprise" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
142
2French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
42
3German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
35
4Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
17
5Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
15
6Swedish (sv)
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
15
7Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
12
8Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
9
9Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
9
10Vietnamese (vi)
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất
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 "Principle of Least Surprise" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
3
2Arabic (ar)
نتيجة متوقعة (تصميم برمجي)
0
3Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
0
4German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
0
5Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
0
6French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
0
7Hungarian (hu)
A legkisebb meghökkentés elve
0
8Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
0
9Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
0
10Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
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 "Principle of Least Surprise" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
36
2German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
12
3Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
10
4Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
10
5French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
6
6Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
5
7Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
4
8Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
3
9Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
2
10Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
2
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نتيجة متوقعة (تصميم برمجي)
csCzech
Princip minimálního překvapení
deGerman
Principle of Least Surprise
enEnglish
Principle of least astonishment
esSpanish
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
frFrench
Principe de moindre surprise
huHungarian
A legkisebb meghökkentés elve
jaJapanese
驚き最小の原則
koKorean
놀람 최소화 원칙
laLatin
Principium minimae mirationis
ruRussian
Правило наименьшего удивления
slSlovenian
Načelo najmanjše osuplosti
svSwedish
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
ukUkrainian
Принцип найменшого здивування
viVietnamese
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#71576
08.2011
Global:
#112025
07.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#6710
09.2004
Global:
#1151
07.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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