Barber paradox

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Barber paradox

Quality:

Barber paradox - colloquial version of Russell’s paradox: does a barber, who shaves all those — and those only — who do not shave themselves, shave himself?. Article “Barber paradox” in English Wikipedia has 23.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.24 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Barber paradox” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Barber paradox”, its content was written by 157 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 512 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 124 times in English Wikipedia and cited 438 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2418 in March 2002
  • Global: #2829 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #23340 in November 2011
  • Global: #38158 in November 2011

There are 21 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, 2026 (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
1Esperanto (eo)
Paradokso de barbiro
26.8724
2Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
24.0584
3German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
24.008
4English (en)
Barber paradox
23.6057
5Ukrainian (uk)
Парадокс голяра
17.5669
6Armenian (hy)
Վարսավիրի պարադոքս
17.4969
7Turkish (tr)
Berber paradoksu
15.7705
8Korean (ko)
이발사의 역설
15.3176
9French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
14.3018
10Vietnamese (vi)
Nghịch lý thợ cạo
13.2679
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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 "Barber paradox" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Barber paradox
1 588 656
2German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
410 020
3Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
363 836
4Chinese (zh)
理发师悖论
278 770
5Japanese (ja)
床屋のパラドックス
242 643
6French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
200 845
7Portuguese (pt)
Paradoxo do barbeiro
153 972
8Turkish (tr)
Berber paradoksu
53 920
9Hebrew (he)
פרדוקס הספר
52 099
10Romanian (ro)
Paradoxul bărbierului
25 867
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Barber paradox" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Barber paradox
3 565
2German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
736
3Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
697
4French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
564
5Chinese (zh)
理发师悖论
530
6Japanese (ja)
床屋のパラドックス
378
7Portuguese (pt)
Paradoxo do barbeiro
158
8Hebrew (he)
פרדוקס הספר
87
9Turkish (tr)
Berber paradoksu
80
10Romanian (ro)
Paradoxul bărbierului
57
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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 "Barber paradox" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Barber paradox
157
2German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
76
3French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
58
4Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
44
5Chinese (zh)
理发师悖论
40
6Japanese (ja)
床屋のパラドックス
27
7Portuguese (pt)
Paradoxo do barbeiro
21
8Hebrew (he)
פרדוקס הספר
19
9Romanian (ro)
Paradoxul bărbierului
13
10Azerbaijani (az)
Bərbər paradoksu
9
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Barber paradox" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
3
2Arabic (ar)
مفارقة الحلاق
1
3English (en)
Barber paradox
1
4Azerbaijani (az)
Bərbər paradoksu
0
5German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
0
6Esperanto (eo)
Paradokso de barbiro
0
7Estonian (et)
Habemeajaja paradoks
0
8Hebrew (he)
פרדוקס הספר
0
9Armenian (hy)
Վարսավիրի պարադոքս
0
10Indonesian (id)
Paradoks tukang cukur
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 "Barber paradox" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Barber paradox
124
2Chinese (zh)
理发师悖论
54
3Armenian (hy)
Վարսավիրի պարադոքս
51
4Arabic (ar)
مفارقة الحلاق
50
5Azerbaijani (az)
Bərbər paradoksu
33
6Japanese (ja)
床屋のパラドックス
30
7Korean (ko)
이발사의 역설
20
8French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
15
9German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
10
10Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
9
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Scores

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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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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مفارقة الحلاق
azAzerbaijani
Bərbər paradoksu
deGerman
Barbier-Paradoxon
enEnglish
Barber paradox
eoEsperanto
Paradokso de barbiro
etEstonian
Habemeajaja paradoks
frFrench
Paradoxe du barbier
heHebrew
פרדוקס הספר
hyArmenian
Վարսավիրի պարադոքս
idIndonesian
Paradoks tukang cukur
itItalian
Paradosso del barbiere
jaJapanese
床屋のパラドックス
koKorean
이발사의 역설
ltLithuanian
Barzdaskučio paradoksas
ptPortuguese
Paradoxo do barbeiro
roRomanian
Paradoxul bărbierului
srSerbian
Парадокс берберина
trTurkish
Berber paradoksu
ukUkrainian
Парадокс голяра
viVietnamese
Nghịch lý thợ cạo
zhChinese
理发师悖论

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#23340
11.2011
Global:
#38158
11.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2418
03.2002
Global:
#2829
03.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Barber paradox from Wikipedia articles about Russells paradox, List of paradoxes, Paradox, Grelling–Nelson paradox and Loaded question. Whereas reading the article about Barber paradox people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Russells paradox, List of paradoxes, Bertrand Russell, Loaded question and Paradox of the Court.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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