Arrow's impossibility theorem

Arrow's impossibility theorem - Result that no ranked-choice system is spoilerproof. Article "Arrow's impossibility theorem" in English Wikipedia has 89.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 131 references and 16 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article "Arrow's impossibility theorem" was edited by 6 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Arrow's impossibility theorem", its content was written by 324 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 946 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 729 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2016 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #702 in July 2003
• Global: #2570 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #14084 in June 2017
• Global: #24446 in June 2017

There are 23 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Arrow's impossibility theorem		89.3129
2	Arabic (ar) نظرية الاستحالة لآرو		34.8154
3	French (fr) Théorème d'impossibilité d'Arrow		30.2623
4	Romanian (ro) Teorema imposibilității lui Arrow		24.9737
5	German (de) Arrow-Theorem		24.6371
6	Turkish (tr) Arrow'un imkânsızlık teoremi		22.3523
7	Japanese (ja) アローの不可能性定理		20.6497
8	Korean (ko) 애로의 불가능성 정리		19.5764
9	Polish (pl) Twierdzenie Arrowa		17.9102
10	Hebrew (he) משפט ארו		17.3958

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Arrow's impossibility theorem" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Arrow's impossibility theorem		3 204 066
2	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Arrow		443 993
3	Japanese (ja) アローの不可能性定理		366 871
4	Italian (it) Teorema dell'impossibilità di Arrow		361 695
5	Russian (ru) Теорема Эрроу		336 281
6	French (fr) Théorème d'impossibilité d'Arrow		321 292
7	German (de) Arrow-Theorem		288 942
8	Chinese (zh) 阿罗悖论		198 048
9	Portuguese (pt) Teorema da impossibilidade de Arrow		99 189
10	Korean (ko) 애로의 불가능성 정리		94 701

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Arrow's impossibility theorem" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Arrow's impossibility theorem		13 074
2	Russian (ru) Теорема Эрроу		1 547
3	Japanese (ja) アローの不可能性定理		1 264
4	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Arrow		864
5	French (fr) Théorème d'impossibilité d'Arrow		850
6	Italian (it) Teorema dell'impossibilità di Arrow		832
7	Chinese (zh) 阿罗悖论		621
8	German (de) Arrow-Theorem		465
9	Simple English (simple) Arrow's impossibility theorem		451
10	Korean (ko) 애로의 불가능성 정리		374

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Arrow's impossibility theorem" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Arrow's impossibility theorem		324
2	French (fr) Théorème d'impossibilité d'Arrow		97
3	German (de) Arrow-Theorem		94
4	Italian (it) Teorema dell'impossibilità di Arrow		65
5	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Arrow		48
6	Russian (ru) Теорема Эрроу		40
7	Hebrew (he) משפט ארו		38
8	Japanese (ja) アローの不可能性定理		36
9	Chinese (zh) 阿罗悖论		35
10	Turkish (tr) Arrow'un imkânsızlık teoremi		22

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Arrow's impossibility theorem" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Arrow's impossibility theorem		6
2	German (de) Arrow-Theorem		1
3	Polish (pl) Twierdzenie Arrowa		1
4	Arabic (ar) نظرية الاستحالة لآرو		0
5	Catalan (ca) Paradoxa d'Arrow		0
6	Greek (el) Θεώρημα Άροου		0
7	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Arrow		0
8	Persian (fa) قضیه عدم امکان ارو		0
9	Finnish (fi) Arrow’n paradoksi		0
10	French (fr) Théorème d'impossibilité d'Arrow		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Arrow's impossibility theorem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Arrow's impossibility theorem		729
2	Chinese (zh) 阿罗悖论		167
3	Persian (fa) قضیه عدم امکان ارو		157
4	French (fr) Théorème d'impossibilité d'Arrow		148
5	Japanese (ja) アローの不可能性定理		139
6	Ukrainian (uk) Теорема Ерроу		121
7	Russian (ru) Теорема Эрроу		117
8	Arabic (ar) نظرية الاستحالة لآرو		78
9	Italian (it) Teorema dell'impossibilità di Arrow		70
10	Portuguese (pt) Teorema da impossibilidade de Arrow		55

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نظرية الاستحالة لآرو
ca	Catalan Paradoxa d'Arrow
de	German Arrow-Theorem
el	Greek Θεώρημα Άροου
en	English Arrow's impossibility theorem
es	Spanish Paradoja de Arrow
fa	Persian قضیه عدم امکان ارو
fi	Finnish Arrow’n paradoksi
fr	French Théorème d'impossibilité d'Arrow
he	Hebrew משפט ארו
it	Italian Teorema dell'impossibilità di Arrow
ja	Japanese アローの不可能性定理
ko	Korean 애로의 불가능성 정리
no	Norwegian Arrows teorem
pl	Polish Twierdzenie Arrowa
pt	Portuguese Teorema da impossibilidade de Arrow
ro	Romanian Teorema imposibilității lui Arrow
ru	Russian Теорема Эрроу
simple	Simple English Arrow's impossibility theorem
sv	Swedish Arrows omöjlighetsteorem
tr	Turkish Arrow'un imkânsızlık teoremi
uk	Ukrainian Теорема Ерроу
zh	Chinese 阿罗悖论

Best Rank

English: #14084 06.2017

Global: #24446 06.2017

Best Rank

English: #702 07.2003

Global: #2570 02.2003

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