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, 2025). 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.

Since the creation of article “Barber paradox”, its content was written by 152 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 499 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 117 times in English Wikipedia and cited 381 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2420 in March 2002
  • Global: #2829 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #23194 in November 2011
  • Global: #37696 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, 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
1Esperanto (eo)
Paradokso de barbiro
26.9633
2German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
24.6061
3Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
24.3603
4English (en)
Barber paradox
23.6028
5Ukrainian (uk)
Парадокс голяра
19.0163
6Armenian (hy)
Վարսավիրի պարադոքս
18.2415
7Turkish (tr)
Berber paradoksu
16.574
8Korean (ko)
이발사의 역설
15.3782
9French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
14.4021
10Vietnamese (vi)
Nghịch lý thợ cạo
14.0116
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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
1 532 146
2German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
396 627
3Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
354 270
4Chinese (zh)
理发师悖论
268 165
5Japanese (ja)
床屋のパラドックス
238 520
6French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
192 360
7Portuguese (pt)
Paradoxo do barbeiro
151 462
8Turkish (tr)
Berber paradoksu
51 884
9Hebrew (he)
פרדוקס הספר
50 581
10Romanian (ro)
Paradoxul bărbierului
25 188
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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 "Barber paradox" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Barber paradox
5 266
2Chinese (zh)
理发师悖论
1 155
3German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
987
4Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
952
5French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
661
6Japanese (ja)
床屋のパラドックス
306
7Portuguese (pt)
Paradoxo do barbeiro
236
8Turkish (tr)
Berber paradoksu
168
9Arabic (ar)
مفارقة الحلاق
126
10Korean (ko)
이발사의 역설
84
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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
152
2German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
76
3French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
55
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
12
10Azerbaijani (az)
Bərbər paradoksu
8
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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 "Barber paradox" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
مفارقة الحلاق
0
2Azerbaijani (az)
Bərbər paradoksu
0
3German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
0
4English (en)
Barber paradox
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Paradokso de barbiro
0
6Estonian (et)
Habemeajaja paradoks
0
7French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
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
117
2Armenian (hy)
Վարսավիրի պարադոքս
52
3Arabic (ar)
مفارقة الحلاق
51
4Chinese (zh)
理发师悖论
38
5Japanese (ja)
床屋のパラドックス
28
6French (fr)
Paradoxe du barbier
15
7Korean (ko)
이발사의 역설
15
8German (de)
Barbier-Paradoxon
13
9Vietnamese (vi)
Nghịch lý thợ cạo
10
10Italian (it)
Paradosso del barbiere
9
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Scores

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Popularity 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:
#23194
11.2011
Global:
#37696
11.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2420
03.2002
Global:
#2829
03.2002

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 Barber paradox from Wikipedia articles about Russells paradox, List of paradoxes, Paradox, Loaded question and Barber. Whereas reading the article about Barber paradox people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Russells paradox, List of paradoxes, Loaded question, Bertrand Russell 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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