Cg (programming language)

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Cg (programming language)

Quality:

Cg - shading language. This programming language is the 169th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of programming languages and the 158th most popular programming language in English Wikipedia. Article "Cg (programming language)" in English Wikipedia has 54 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 47 references and 19 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.

Achievements in all the time:
English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 169th most popular in programming languages.

Since the creation of article "Cg (programming language)", its content was written by 83 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 232 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Cg is on the 158th place in local ranking of programming languages in English Wikipedia and on the 169th place in global ranking of programming languages in all the time.

The article is cited 129 times in English Wikipedia and cited 892 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #18576 in September 2004
  • Global: #30256 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #64577 in February 2013
  • Global: #100375 in May 2011

There are 14 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
1English (en)
Cg (programming language)
53.9853
2Japanese (ja)
Cg (プログラミング言語)
23.102
3Portuguese (pt)
C for Graphics
20.2767
4Spanish (es)
Cg (lenguaje de programación)
19.8345
5Chinese (zh)
Cg語言
14.7228
6Russian (ru)
Cg
13.6459
7German (de)
C for graphics
12.1413
8Turkish (tr)
Cg
9.1076
9Malay (ms)
Bahasa pengaturcaraan Cg
5.1895
10Czech (cs)
Cg (programovací jazyk)
4.5444
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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 "Cg (programming language)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cg (programming language)
857 479
2Japanese (ja)
Cg (プログラミング言語)
106 483
3Spanish (es)
Cg (lenguaje de programación)
91 589
4German (de)
C for graphics
44 305
5Russian (ru)
Cg
38 384
6Chinese (zh)
Cg語言
37 147
7French (fr)
Cg (langage)
35 856
8Polish (pl)
Cg (język programowania)
31 806
9Portuguese (pt)
C for Graphics
25 267
10Turkish (tr)
Cg
14 389
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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 "Cg (programming language)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cg (programming language)
1 099
2Turkish (tr)
Cg
124
3Japanese (ja)
Cg (プログラミング言語)
121
4Chinese (zh)
Cg語言
120
5Russian (ru)
Cg
90
6German (de)
C for graphics
83
7Spanish (es)
Cg (lenguaje de programación)
75
8French (fr)
Cg (langage)
50
9Portuguese (pt)
C for Graphics
41
10Polish (pl)
Cg (język programowania)
17
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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 "Cg (programming language)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cg (programming language)
83
2German (de)
C for graphics
27
3Japanese (ja)
Cg (プログラミング言語)
25
4Chinese (zh)
Cg語言
17
5Spanish (es)
Cg (lenguaje de programación)
16
6Portuguese (pt)
C for Graphics
12
7French (fr)
Cg (langage)
11
8Czech (cs)
Cg (programovací jazyk)
10
9Turkish (tr)
Cg
10
10Polish (pl)
Cg (język programowania)
6
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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 "Cg (programming language)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Cg (programovací jazyk)
0
2German (de)
C for graphics
0
3English (en)
Cg (programming language)
0
4Spanish (es)
Cg (lenguaje de programación)
0
5French (fr)
Cg (langage)
0
6Japanese (ja)
Cg (プログラミング言語)
0
7Korean (ko)
Cg (프로그래밍 언어)
0
8Malay (ms)
Bahasa pengaturcaraan Cg
0
9Polish (pl)
Cg (język programowania)
0
10Portuguese (pt)
C for Graphics
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 "Cg (programming language)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Chinese (zh)
Cg語言
309
2English (en)
Cg (programming language)
129
3Japanese (ja)
Cg (プログラミング言語)
103
4Korean (ko)
Cg (프로그래밍 언어)
103
5Russian (ru)
Cg
90
6Portuguese (pt)
C for Graphics
53
7French (fr)
Cg (langage)
41
8Czech (cs)
Cg (programovací jazyk)
25
9Spanish (es)
Cg (lenguaje de programación)
19
10Turkish (tr)
Cg
9
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Cg (programovací jazyk)
deGerman
C for graphics
enEnglish
Cg (programming language)
esSpanish
Cg (lenguaje de programación)
frFrench
Cg (langage)
jaJapanese
Cg (プログラミング言語)
koKorean
Cg (프로그래밍 언어)
msMalay
Bahasa pengaturcaraan Cg
plPolish
Cg (język programowania)
ptPortuguese
C for Graphics
ruRussian
Cg
svSwedish
Cg (programspråk)
trTurkish
Cg
zhChinese
Cg語言

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#64577
02.2013
Global:
#100375
05.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#18576
09.2004
Global:
#30256
05.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Cg from Wikipedia articles about High Level Shader Language, List of C-based programming languages, Standard Portable Intermediate Representation, Shading language and Half-precision floating-point format. Whereas reading the article about Cg people most often go to Wikipedia articles on High Level Shader Language, OpenGL Shading Language, Shader, RenderMan Shading Language and PlayStation 4 system software.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

ru: Cg
tr: Cg

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