Block cipher

Block cipher - cipher that works on fixed-size blocks of bits. Article "Block cipher" in English Wikipedia has 70.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 55 references and 34 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

Since the creation of article "Block cipher", its content was written by 193 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 779 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 734 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2758 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1481 in June 2002
• Global: #2176 in June 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #55844 in April 2015
• Global: #56618 in April 2015

There are 30 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) Block cipher		70.1365
2	Hebrew (he) צופן בלוקים		64.0436
3	Russian (ru) Блочный шифр		58.0989
4	Indonesian (id) Penyandian blok		56.5272
5	Slovak (sk) Bloková šifra		56.396
6	Portuguese (pt) Cifra de bloco		49.5261
7	Turkish (tr) Blok şifreleme		47.1024
8	Arabic (ar) معمي الفدر		42.7951
9	Swedish (sv) Blockchiffer		40.9657
10	Persian (fa) رمزنگاری قالبی		38.2769

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Block cipher" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Block cipher		2 195 675
2	Russian (ru) Блочный шифр		376 602
3	German (de) Blockverschlüsselung		354 190
4	Japanese (ja) ブロック暗号		261 292
5	Spanish (es) Cifrado por bloques		201 361
6	Polish (pl) Szyfr blokowy		133 682
7	French (fr) Chiffrement par bloc		104 439
8	Italian (it) Cifratura a blocchi		102 089
9	Chinese (zh) 分组密码		98 930
10	Korean (ko) 블록 암호		55 768

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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 "Block cipher" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Block cipher		5 460
2	Simple English (simple) Block cipher		752
3	Russian (ru) Блочный шифр		698
4	German (de) Blockverschlüsselung		450
5	Japanese (ja) ブロック暗号		371
6	Chinese (zh) 分组密码		282
7	French (fr) Chiffrement par bloc		185
8	Spanish (es) Cifrado por bloques		178
9	Polish (pl) Szyfr blokowy		178
10	Italian (it) Cifratura a blocchi		149

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

Language versions of the article "Block cipher" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Block cipher		193
2	German (de) Blockverschlüsselung		86
3	Russian (ru) Блочный шифр		55
4	French (fr) Chiffrement par bloc		50
5	Italian (it) Cifratura a blocchi		48
6	Hebrew (he) צופן בלוקים		44
7	Dutch (nl) Blokvercijfering		39
8	Turkish (tr) Blok şifreleme		27
9	Japanese (ja) ブロック暗号		26
10	Polish (pl) Szyfr blokowy		25

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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 "Block cipher" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Hebrew (he) צופן בלוקים		1
2	Arabic (ar) معمي الفدر		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) Bloklu şifr		0
4	Catalan (ca) Xifratge per blocs		0
5	Czech (cs) Bloková šifra		0
6	German (de) Blockverschlüsselung		0
7	Greek (el) Κρυπτογραφικοί Αλγόριθμοι Δέσμης		0
8	English (en) Block cipher		0
9	Spanish (es) Cifrado por bloques		0
10	Persian (fa) رمزنگاری قالبی		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 "Block cipher" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Block cipher		734
2	Italian (it) Cifratura a blocchi		217
3	Hebrew (he) צופן בלוקים		214
4	Chinese (zh) 分组密码		180
5	Japanese (ja) ブロック暗号		172
6	Russian (ru) Блочный шифр		164
7	French (fr) Chiffrement par bloc		162
8	Ukrainian (uk) Блоковий шифр		149
9	German (de) Blockverschlüsselung		114
10	Korean (ko) 블록 암호		106

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic معمي الفدر
az	Azerbaijani Bloklu şifr
ca	Catalan Xifratge per blocs
cs	Czech Bloková šifra
de	German Blockverschlüsselung
el	Greek Κρυπτογραφικοί Αλγόριθμοι Δέσμης
en	English Block cipher
es	Spanish Cifrado por bloques
fa	Persian رمزنگاری قالبی
fr	French Chiffrement par bloc
he	Hebrew צופן בלוקים
id	Indonesian Penyandian blok
it	Italian Cifratura a blocchi
ja	Japanese ブロック暗号
ko	Korean 블록 암호
ms	Malay Sifer blok
nl	Dutch Blokvercijfering
no	Norwegian Blokkchiffer
pl	Polish Szyfr blokowy
pt	Portuguese Cifra de bloco
ro	Romanian Cifru pe blocuri
ru	Russian Блочный шифр
simple	Simple English Block cipher
sk	Slovak Bloková šifra
sv	Swedish Blockchiffer
ta	Tamil மறைக் குறியீட்டு அலகு
tr	Turkish Blok şifreleme
uk	Ukrainian Блоковий шифр
vi	Vietnamese Mã hóa khối
zh	Chinese 分组密码

Best Rank

English: #55844 04.2015

Global: #56618 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #1481 06.2002

Global: #2176 06.2002

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