Binary search

Quality:

Binary search algorithm - search algorithm in sorted lists that operates by decreasing the search space by half each pass. Article “Binary search” in English Wikipedia has 94.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 132 references and 31 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Binary search” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Binary search”, its content was written by 462 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1431 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 201 times in English Wikipedia and cited 987 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1129 in September 2001
• Global: #1278 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #4251 in October 2018
• Global: #8567 in October 2018

There are 39 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Thai (th) การค้นหาแบบทวิภาค		97.7095
2	English (en) Binary search		94.1153
3	Korean (ko) 이진 검색		91.4656
4	Chinese (zh) 二分搜尋		89.9575
5	Vietnamese (vi) Tìm kiếm nhị phân		80.3082
6	Arabic (ar) بحث اثناني		73.6769
7	Ukrainian (uk) Двійковий пошук		72.8972
8	Japanese (ja) 二分探索		66.446
9	Catalan (ca) Cerca binària		52.7633
10	Tamil (ta) இருமத் தேடல் அல்கோரிதம்		47.4485

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Binary search		8 474 965
2	Russian (ru) Двоичный поиск		1 034 589
3	German (de) Binäre Suche		591 790
4	Japanese (ja) 二分探索		536 312
5	Chinese (zh) 二分搜尋		417 720
6	Portuguese (pt) Pesquisa binária		376 538
7	French (fr) Recherche dichotomique		374 402
8	Italian (it) Ricerca dicotomica		288 995
9	Polish (pl) Wyszukiwanie binarne		279 850
10	Spanish (es) Búsqueda binaria		237 319

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Binary search		9 232
2	Russian (ru) Двоичный поиск		1 176
3	Chinese (zh) 二分搜尋		822
4	French (fr) Recherche dichotomique		781
5	Japanese (ja) 二分探索		707
6	German (de) Binäre Suche		621
7	Polish (pl) Wyszukiwanie binarne		273
8	Hebrew (he) חיפוש בינארי		271
9	Spanish (es) Búsqueda binaria		222
10	Korean (ko) 이진 검색		167

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Binary search		462
2	German (de) Binäre Suche		116
3	French (fr) Recherche dichotomique		112
4	Russian (ru) Двоичный поиск		83
5	Chinese (zh) 二分搜尋		64
6	Italian (it) Ricerca dicotomica		59
7	Portuguese (pt) Pesquisa binária		48
8	Hebrew (he) חיפוש בינארי		43
9	Japanese (ja) 二分探索		33
10	Polish (pl) Wyszukiwanie binarne		33

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Binary search		2
2	Arabic (ar) بحث اثناني		1
3	Serbian (sr) Бинарна претрага		1
4	Tamil (ta) இருமத் தேடல் அல்கோரிதம்		1
5	Vietnamese (vi) Tìm kiếm nhị phân		1
6	Azerbaijani (az) İkili axtarış alqoritmi		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Двоично търсене		0
8	Catalan (ca) Cerca binària		0
9	Czech (cs) Binární vyhledávání		0
10	German (de) Binäre Suche		0

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

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