Code smell

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Code smell

Quality:

Code smell - symptom in the source code of a program that possibly indicates a deeper problem. Article "Code smell" in English Wikipedia has 29.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 16 references and 9 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

Since the creation of article "Code smell", its content was written by 140 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 346 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 34 times in English Wikipedia and cited 187 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #11654 in June 2018
  • Global: #23711 in October 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #56211 in October 2016
  • Global: #92586 in October 2016

There are 20 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
1Ukrainian (uk)
Запахи коду
43.2901
2Russian (ru)
Код с запашком
38.6726
3French (fr)
Code smell
32.9113
4English (en)
Code smell
29.508
5Italian (it)
Code smell
26.5611
6Estonian (et)
Lõhnav kood
24.1528
7Portuguese (pt)
Code smell
20.2099
8Persian (fa)
بوی کد
17.8222
9Croatian (hr)
Kodni smrad
17.0926
10Polish (pl)
Zapachy kodu
16.3699
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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 "Code smell" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Code smell
1 883 818
2Russian (ru)
Код с запашком
201 076
3Japanese (ja)
コードの臭い
114 513
4Spanish (es)
Hediondez del código
73 031
5German (de)
Code-Smell
47 240
6French (fr)
Code smell
40 408
7Chinese (zh)
代码异味
37 560
8Polish (pl)
Zapachy kodu
30 397
9Italian (it)
Code smell
21 338
10Korean (ko)
코드 스멜
14 852
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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 "Code smell" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Code smell
7 130
2Russian (ru)
Код с запашком
764
3Chinese (zh)
代码异味
523
4Japanese (ja)
コードの臭い
278
5German (de)
Code-Smell
230
6French (fr)
Code smell
213
7Spanish (es)
Hediondez del código
111
8Italian (it)
Code smell
70
9Polish (pl)
Zapachy kodu
64
10Korean (ko)
코드 스멜
50
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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 "Code smell" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Code smell
140
2German (de)
Code-Smell
38
3French (fr)
Code smell
35
4Polish (pl)
Zapachy kodu
20
5Russian (ru)
Код с запашком
19
6Czech (cs)
Pachy v kódu
12
7Italian (it)
Code smell
12
8Ukrainian (uk)
Запахи коду
12
9Chinese (zh)
代码异味
12
10Spanish (es)
Hediondez del código
9
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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 "Code smell" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
رائحة الكود
0
2Czech (cs)
Pachy v kódu
0
3German (de)
Code-Smell
0
4English (en)
Code smell
0
5Spanish (es)
Hediondez del código
0
6Estonian (et)
Lõhnav kood
0
7Persian (fa)
بوی کد
0
8Finnish (fi)
Koodihaju
0
9French (fr)
Code smell
0
10Croatian (hr)
Kodni smrad
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 "Code smell" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Code smell
61
2English (en)
Code smell
34
3German (de)
Code-Smell
15
4Chinese (zh)
代码异味
11
5Spanish (es)
Hediondez del código
10
6Russian (ru)
Код с запашком
10
7Ukrainian (uk)
Запахи коду
8
8Croatian (hr)
Kodni smrad
7
9Korean (ko)
코드 스멜
7
10Japanese (ja)
コードの臭い
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
رائحة الكود
csCzech
Pachy v kódu
deGerman
Code-Smell
enEnglish
Code smell
esSpanish
Hediondez del código
etEstonian
Lõhnav kood
faPersian
بوی کد
fiFinnish
Koodihaju
frFrench
Code smell
hrCroatian
Kodni smrad
itItalian
Code smell
jaJapanese
コードの臭い
koKorean
코드 스멜
plPolish
Zapachy kodu
ptPortuguese
Code smell
roRomanian
Code smell
ruRussian
Код с запашком
svSwedish
Programröta
ukUkrainian
Запахи коду
zhChinese
代码异味

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#56211
10.2016
Global:
#92586
10.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#11654
06.2018
Global:
#23711
10.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Code smell from Wikipedia articles about Software refactoring, Anti-pattern, God object, SOLID and Technical debt. Whereas reading the article about Code smell people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Anti-pattern, Design smell, Software rot, Technical debt and Agile software development.

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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