Automatic number-plate recognition

Automatic number plate recognition - technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates. Article “Automatic number-plate recognition” in English Wikipedia has 83.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 147 references and 22 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 9.25 points.

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

In June 2025 the article “Automatic number-plate recognition” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Automatic number-plate recognition”, its content was written by 418 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 927 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 360 times in English Wikipedia and cited 681 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #137 in May 2005
• Global: #889 in May 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #22817 in December 2012
• Global: #35373 in December 2012

There are 20 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) Automatic number-plate recognition		83.2319
2	Estonian (et) Automaatne numbrimärgi tuvastus		69.1113
3	German (de) Automatische Nummernschilderkennung		50.8397
4	Japanese (ja) 自動車ナンバー自動読取装置		41.1813
5	Dutch (nl) Automatische kentekenplaatherkenning		38.9383
6	Spanish (es) Reconocimiento automático de matrículas		29.6309
7	Greek (el) Αυτόματη αναγνώριση πινακίδας κυκλοφορίας οχήματος		28.7277
8	Persian (fa) تشخیص خودکار شماره پلاک خودرو		28.6884
9	French (fr) Lecture automatisée de plaques d'immatriculation		26.8106
10	Catalan (ca) Reconeixement automàtic de matrícula		23.4233

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Automatic number-plate recognition" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Automatic number-plate recognition		2 571 939
2	Japanese (ja) 自動車ナンバー自動読取装置		1 261 883
3	German (de) Automatische Nummernschilderkennung		273 783
4	Persian (fa) تشخیص خودکار شماره پلاک خودرو		151 527
5	Dutch (nl) Automatische kentekenplaatherkenning		144 704
6	Spanish (es) Reconocimiento automático de matrículas		143 548
7	French (fr) Lecture automatisée de plaques d'immatriculation		132 853
8	Finnish (fi) Automaattinen rekisterikilven tunnistus		22 835
9	Turkish (tr) Otomatik plaka tanıma		12 263
10	Polish (pl) Automatyczny System Rozpoznawania Numerów Rejestracyjnych		11 324

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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 "Automatic number-plate recognition" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Automatic number-plate recognition		8 230
2	Japanese (ja) 自動車ナンバー自動読取装置		2 003
3	German (de) Automatische Nummernschilderkennung		703
4	French (fr) Lecture automatisée de plaques d'immatriculation		417
5	Dutch (nl) Automatische kentekenplaatherkenning		179
6	Spanish (es) Reconocimiento automático de matrículas		158
7	Persian (fa) تشخیص خودکار شماره پلاک خودرو		105
8	Polish (pl) Automatyczny System Rozpoznawania Numerów Rejestracyjnych		98
9	Finnish (fi) Automaattinen rekisterikilven tunnistus		90
10	Chinese (zh) 自動車牌辨識		85

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

Language versions of the article "Automatic number-plate recognition" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Automatic number-plate recognition		418
2	German (de) Automatische Nummernschilderkennung		159
3	French (fr) Lecture automatisée de plaques d'immatriculation		69
4	Japanese (ja) 自動車ナンバー自動読取装置		66
5	Dutch (nl) Automatische kentekenplaatherkenning		49
6	Persian (fa) تشخیص خودکار شماره پلاک خودرو		43
7	Spanish (es) Reconocimiento automático de matrículas		39
8	Turkish (tr) Otomatik plaka tanıma		21
9	Catalan (ca) Reconeixement automàtic de matrícula		11
10	Finnish (fi) Automaattinen rekisterikilven tunnistus		10

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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 "Automatic number-plate recognition" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Automatic number-plate recognition		1
2	Japanese (ja) 自動車ナンバー自動読取装置		1
3	Swedish (sv) Automatic number plate recognition		1
4	Turkish (tr) Otomatik plaka tanıma		1
5	Catalan (ca) Reconeixement automàtic de matrícula		0
6	Danish (da) Automatisk nummerpladegenkendelse		0
7	German (de) Automatische Nummernschilderkennung		0
8	Greek (el) Αυτόματη αναγνώριση πινακίδας κυκλοφορίας οχήματος		0
9	Spanish (es) Reconocimiento automático de matrículas		0
10	Estonian (et) Automaatne numbrimärgi tuvastus		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 "Automatic number-plate recognition" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Automatic number-plate recognition		360
2	Japanese (ja) 自動車ナンバー自動読取装置		94
3	German (de) Automatische Nummernschilderkennung		47
4	Dutch (nl) Automatische kentekenplaatherkenning		37
5	French (fr) Lecture automatisée de plaques d'immatriculation		34
6	Spanish (es) Reconocimiento automático de matrículas		28
7	Persian (fa) تشخیص خودکار شماره پلاک خودرو		23
8	Catalan (ca) Reconeixement automàtic de matrícula		9
9	Finnish (fi) Automaattinen rekisterikilven tunnistus		7
10	Korean (ko) 자동 번호판 인식		7

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Reconeixement automàtic de matrícula
da	Danish Automatisk nummerpladegenkendelse
de	German Automatische Nummernschilderkennung
el	Greek Αυτόματη αναγνώριση πινακίδας κυκλοφορίας οχήματος
en	English Automatic number-plate recognition
es	Spanish Reconocimiento automático de matrículas
et	Estonian Automaatne numbrimärgi tuvastus
fa	Persian تشخیص خودکار شماره پلاک خودرو
fi	Finnish Automaattinen rekisterikilven tunnistus
fr	French Lecture automatisée de plaques d'immatriculation
ja	Japanese 自動車ナンバー自動読取装置
ko	Korean 자동 번호판 인식
nl	Dutch Automatische kentekenplaatherkenning
no	Norwegian Automatisk skiltgjenkjennelse
pl	Polish Automatyczny System Rozpoznawania Numerów Rejestracyjnych
pt	Portuguese Reconhecimento automático de placas numéricas
sl	Slovenian Samodejno prepoznavanje registrske tablice
sv	Swedish Automatic number plate recognition
tr	Turkish Otomatik plaka tanıma
zh	Chinese 自動車牌辨識

Best Rank

English: #22817 12.2012

Global: #35373 12.2012

Best Rank

English: #137 05.2005

Global: #889 05.2005

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