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Carrot and stick

Quality:

Carrot and stick - idiom that refers to a policy of offering a combination of rewards and punishment to induce behavior. Article “Carrot and stick” in English Wikipedia has 22.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 4 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Carrot and stick”, its content was written by 144 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 366 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 95 times in English Wikipedia and cited 477 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #43752 in August 2008
  • Global: #54966 in August 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #58562 in March 2016
  • Global: #68253 in November 2017

There are 19 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
1German (de)
Karotten-Prinzip
37.8023
2Turkish (tr)
Havuç ve sopa
27.9829
3Latin (la)
Daucum et baculum
27.355
4Indonesian (id)
Wortel dan tongkat
24.4658
5Armenian (hy)
Մտրակ և բլիթ
24.4165
6Azerbaijani (az)
Yerkökü və çubuq
22.9364
7Polish (pl)
Metoda kija i marchewki
22.8056
8English (en)
Carrot and stick
22.0856
9Chinese (zh)
胡蘿蔔加大棒
22.0573
10Portuguese (pt)
Cenoura e porrete
21.7807
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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 "Carrot and stick" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Carrot and stick
2 218 712
2Japanese (ja)
飴と鞭
276 073
3Vietnamese (vi)
Cây gậy và củ cà rốt
231 352
4Chinese (zh)
胡蘿蔔加大棒
164 509
5Persian (fa)
چماق و هویج
123 833
6Polish (pl)
Metoda kija i marchewki
121 435
7Arabic (ar)
العصا والجزرة
101 215
8German (de)
Karotten-Prinzip
69 340
9Hebrew (he)
שיטת המקל והגזר
56 830
10Turkish (tr)
Havuç ve sopa
25 389
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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 "Carrot and stick" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Carrot and stick
6 825
2Persian (fa)
چماق و هویج
821
3Chinese (zh)
胡蘿蔔加大棒
749
4Vietnamese (vi)
Cây gậy và củ cà rốt
650
5Japanese (ja)
飴と鞭
590
6German (de)
Karotten-Prinzip
464
7Arabic (ar)
العصا والجزرة
386
8Hebrew (he)
שיטת המקל והגזר
280
9Polish (pl)
Metoda kija i marchewki
224
10Turkish (tr)
Havuç ve sopa
143
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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 "Carrot and stick" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Carrot and stick
144
2Japanese (ja)
飴と鞭
45
3Chinese (zh)
胡蘿蔔加大棒
31
4Vietnamese (vi)
Cây gậy và củ cà rốt
27
5Hebrew (he)
שיטת המקל והגזר
25
6Arabic (ar)
العصا والجزرة
14
7Persian (fa)
چماق و هویج
14
8German (de)
Karotten-Prinzip
12
9Esperanto (eo)
Flato kaj bato
12
10Turkish (tr)
Havuç ve sopa
12
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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 "Carrot and stick" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Karotten-Prinzip
1
2Arabic (ar)
العصا والجزرة
0
3Azerbaijani (az)
Yerkökü və çubuq
0
4English (en)
Carrot and stick
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Flato kaj bato
0
6Persian (fa)
چماق و هویج
0
7Finnish (fi)
Keppi ja porkkana
0
8Hebrew (he)
שיטת המקל והגזר
0
9Armenian (hy)
Մտրակ և բլիթ
0
10Indonesian (id)
Wortel dan tongkat
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 "Carrot and stick" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Arabic (ar)
العصا والجزرة
102
2English (en)
Carrot and stick
95
3Persian (fa)
چماق و هویج
69
4Vietnamese (vi)
Cây gậy và củ cà rốt
42
5Turkish (tr)
Havuç ve sopa
41
6Japanese (ja)
飴と鞭
39
7Chinese (zh)
胡蘿蔔加大棒
30
8Hebrew (he)
שיטת המקל והגזר
26
9German (de)
Karotten-Prinzip
8
10Korean (ko)
당근과 채찍
8
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
العصا والجزرة
azAzerbaijani
Yerkökü və çubuq
deGerman
Karotten-Prinzip
enEnglish
Carrot and stick
eoEsperanto
Flato kaj bato
faPersian
چماق و هویج
fiFinnish
Keppi ja porkkana
heHebrew
שיטת המקל והגזר
hyArmenian
Մտրակ և բլիթ
idIndonesian
Wortel dan tongkat
jaJapanese
飴と鞭
koKorean
당근과 채찍
laLatin
Daucum et baculum
plPolish
Metoda kija i marchewki
ptPortuguese
Cenoura e porrete
simpleSimple English
Carrot and Stick
trTurkish
Havuç ve sopa
viVietnamese
Cây gậy và củ cà rốt
zhChinese
胡蘿蔔加大棒

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#58562
03.2016
Global:
#68253
11.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#43752
08.2008
Global:
#54966
08.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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