Bracket creep

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Bracket creep

Quality:

Bracket creep - process by which inflation pushes wages and salaries into higher tax brackets, leading to fiscal drag. Article “Bracket creep” in English Wikipedia has 17.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.92 points.

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

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

Since the creation of article “Bracket creep”, its content was written by 18 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 163 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 15 times in English Wikipedia and cited 54 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #58856 in July 2004
  • Global: #21653 in May 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #506717 in February 2009
  • Global: #16297 in December 2014

There are 6 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
1German (de)
Kalte Progression
75.2426
2English (en)
Bracket creep
17.5157
3Japanese (ja)
ブラケットクリープ
11.074
4French (fr)
Progression à froid
9.4453
5Polish (pl)
Pułapka inflacyjna
3.1064
6Persian (fa)
جهش طبقه مالیاتی
2.1804
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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 "Bracket creep" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Kalte Progression
1 838 853
2English (en)
Bracket creep
79 721
3Polish (pl)
Pułapka inflacyjna
52 726
4French (fr)
Progression à froid
20 367
5Japanese (ja)
ブラケットクリープ
7 901
6Persian (fa)
جهش طبقه مالیاتی
138
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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 "Bracket creep" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Kalte Progression
653
2English (en)
Bracket creep
267
3Japanese (ja)
ブラケットクリープ
172
4French (fr)
Progression à froid
15
5Polish (pl)
Pułapka inflacyjna
11
6Persian (fa)
جهش طبقه مالیاتی
4
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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 "Bracket creep" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Kalte Progression
115
2English (en)
Bracket creep
18
3French (fr)
Progression à froid
17
4Japanese (ja)
ブラケットクリープ
6
5Polish (pl)
Pułapka inflacyjna
6
6Persian (fa)
جهش طبقه مالیاتی
1
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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 "Bracket creep" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Bracket creep
1
2German (de)
Kalte Progression
0
3Persian (fa)
جهش طبقه مالیاتی
0
4French (fr)
Progression à froid
0
5Japanese (ja)
ブラケットクリープ
0
6Polish (pl)
Pułapka inflacyjna
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 "Bracket creep" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Kalte Progression
33
2English (en)
Bracket creep
15
3French (fr)
Progression à froid
5
4Japanese (ja)
ブラケットクリープ
1
5Persian (fa)
جهش طبقه مالیاتی
0
6Polish (pl)
Pułapka inflacyjna
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Kalte Progression
enEnglish
Bracket creep
faPersian
جهش طبقه مالیاتی
frFrench
Progression à froid
jaJapanese
ブラケットクリープ
plPolish
Pułapka inflacyjna

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#506717
02.2009
Global:
#16297
12.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#58856
07.2004
Global:
#21653
05.2014

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Bracket creep from Wikipedia articles about Fiscal drag, Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, Income tax in Germany, Carsten Linnemann and Mission creep. Whereas reading the article about Bracket creep people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Fiscal drag, Progressive tax, Income tax rate, Alternative Minimum Tax and Income tax in Germany.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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