Character (computing)

Character - primitive data type. Article “Character (computing)” in English Wikipedia has 29.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 15 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.24 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Character (computing)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Character (computing)”, its content was written by 132 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 719 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 366 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2499 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #801 in March 2001
• Global: #811 in March 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #51799 in September 2014
• Global: #39431 in November 2014

There are 34 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	Catalan (ca) Caràcter (tipus de dada)		29.9737
2	English (en) Character (computing)		29.1237
3	Malay (ms) Aksara (pengkomputeran)		28.2891
4	Korean (ko) 문자 (컴퓨팅)		25.5767
5	Hindi (hi) कैरेक्टर (संगणन)		23.91
6	Kazakh (kk) Таңба		22.5171
7	Arabic (ar) محرف (حوسبة)		22.1629
8	Portuguese (pt) Caractere		21.3848
9	Hebrew (he) תו (מחשב)		19.9188
10	Persian (fa) نویسه (رایانش)		17.9187

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Character (computing)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Character (computing)		2 148 631
2	Spanish (es) Carácter (tipo de dato)		1 676 428
3	Portuguese (pt) Caractere		654 406
4	German (de) Char (Datentyp)		454 813
5	Russian (ru) Символьный тип		340 197
6	French (fr) Caractère (informatique)		224 378
7	Polish (pl) Znakowy typ danych		214 344
8	Japanese (ja) キャラクタ (コンピュータ)		130 385
9	Hungarian (hu) Karakter		89 104
10	Italian (it) Carattere (informatica)		83 738

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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 "Character (computing)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Character (computing)		2 459
2	Spanish (es) Carácter (tipo de dato)		1 922
3	Portuguese (pt) Caractere		407
4	German (de) Char (Datentyp)		394
5	Greek (el) Χαρακτήρας (υπολογιστές)		352
6	Chinese (zh) 字符 (计算机科学)		298
7	French (fr) Caractère (informatique)		221
8	Japanese (ja) キャラクタ (コンピュータ)		163
9	Persian (fa) نویسه (رایانش)		162
10	Russian (ru) Символьный тип		140

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Character (computing)		132
2	French (fr) Caractère (informatique)		61
3	German (de) Char (Datentyp)		42
4	Italian (it) Carattere (informatica)		40
5	Portuguese (pt) Caractere		39
6	Japanese (ja) キャラクタ (コンピュータ)		37
7	Spanish (es) Carácter (tipo de dato)		35
8	Russian (ru) Символьный тип		33
9	Hungarian (hu) Karakter		31
10	Persian (fa) نویسه (رایانش)		26

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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 "Character (computing)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) محرف (حوسبة)		1
2	Catalan (ca) Caràcter (tipus de dada)		1
3	English (en) Character (computing)		1
4	Simple English (simple) Character (computing)		1
5	Bulgarian (bg) Символен тип		0
6	Czech (cs) Znak (počítače)		0
7	Danish (da) Tegn (datalogi)		0
8	German (de) Char (Datentyp)		0
9	Greek (el) Χαρακτήρας (υπολογιστές)		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Skribsigno		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 "Character (computing)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Character (computing)		366
2	French (fr) Caractère (informatique)		201
3	Portuguese (pt) Caractere		201
4	Japanese (ja) キャラクタ (コンピュータ)		157
5	Persian (fa) نویسه (رایانش)		154
6	Russian (ru) Символьный тип		147
7	Chinese (zh) 字符 (计算机科学)		137
8	Spanish (es) Carácter (tipo de dato)		115
9	Ukrainian (uk) Символьний тип даних		114
10	Korean (ko) 문자 (컴퓨팅)		98

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic محرف (حوسبة)
bg	Bulgarian Символен тип
ca	Catalan Caràcter (tipus de dada)
cs	Czech Znak (počítače)
da	Danish Tegn (datalogi)
de	German Char (Datentyp)
el	Greek Χαρακτήρας (υπολογιστές)
en	English Character (computing)
eo	Esperanto Skribsigno
es	Spanish Carácter (tipo de dato)
fa	Persian نویسه (رایانش)
fr	French Caractère (informatique)
he	Hebrew תו (מחשב)
hi	Hindi कैरेक्टर (संगणन)
hu	Hungarian Karakter
id	Indonesian Karakter (komputasi)
it	Italian Carattere (informatica)
ja	Japanese キャラクタ (コンピュータ)
kk	Kazakh Таңба
ko	Korean 문자 (컴퓨팅)
ms	Malay Aksara (pengkomputeran)
nl	Dutch Karakter (informatica)
pl	Polish Znakowy typ danych
pt	Portuguese Caractere
ro	Romanian Caracter (informatică)
ru	Russian Символьный тип
simple	Simple English Character (computing)
sk	Slovak Znak (písmo)
sl	Slovenian Znak (računalništvo)
th	Thai อักขระ (คอมพิวเตอร์)
tr	Turkish Karakter (bilişim)
uk	Ukrainian Символьний тип даних
zh	Chinese 字符 (计算机科学)
zhminnan	Min Nan Jī-goân

Best Rank

English: #51799 09.2014

Global: #39431 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #801 03.2001

Global: #811 03.2001

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