Comment (computer programming)

Program comment - explanatory note in the source code of a computer program, skipped during its compilation or interpretation and without effect on execution. Article “Comment (computer programming)” in English Wikipedia has 65.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 70 references and 30 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Comment (computer programming)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Comment (computer programming)”, its content was written by 383 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1005 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 324 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1132 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #162 in November 2004
• Global: #1002 in November 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #41094 in December 2013
• Global: #58419 in December 2013

There are 27 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	Estonian (et) Kommentaar (programmeerimine)		71.2351
2	English (en) Comment (computer programming)		65.132
3	Vietnamese (vi) Comment (lập trình máy tính)		60.3506
4	Greek (el) Σχόλιο (προγραμματισμός)		53.8217
5	Polish (pl) Komentarz (informatyka)		52.2462
6	Ukrainian (uk) Коментар (програмування)		43.7116
7	Spanish (es) Comentario (informática)		40.9637
8	Chinese (zh) 註解 (程式設計)		35.6337
9	Dutch (nl) Commentaar (programmeren)		33.5568
10	Italian (it) Commento (informatica)		29.9182

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Comment (computer programming)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Comment (computer programming)		2 467 116
2	Russian (ru) Комментарии (программирование)		415 302
3	Spanish (es) Comentario (informática)		329 566
4	German (de) Kommentar (Programmierung)		239 365
5	Japanese (ja) コメント (コンピュータ)		192 467
6	Polish (pl) Komentarz (informatyka)		126 788
7	French (fr) Commentaire (informatique)		121 305
8	Chinese (zh) 註解 (程式設計)		65 241
9	Italian (it) Commento (informatica)		39 246
10	Korean (ko) 주석 (프로그래밍)		29 619

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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 "Comment (computer programming)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Comment (computer programming)		3 062
2	Chinese (zh) 註解 (程式設計)		268
3	Japanese (ja) コメント (コンピュータ)		197
4	German (de) Kommentar (Programmierung)		194
5	Russian (ru) Комментарии (программирование)		185
6	Korean (ko) 주석 (프로그래밍)		152
7	French (fr) Commentaire (informatique)		87
8	Spanish (es) Comentario (informática)		62
9	Italian (it) Commento (informatica)		39
10	Polish (pl) Komentarz (informatyka)		34

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Comment (computer programming)		383
2	German (de) Kommentar (Programmierung)		107
3	Russian (ru) Комментарии (программирование)		96
4	French (fr) Commentaire (informatique)		72
5	Italian (it) Commento (informatica)		56
6	Japanese (ja) コメント (コンピュータ)		51
7	Polish (pl) Komentarz (informatyka)		41
8	Spanish (es) Comentario (informática)		36
9	Chinese (zh) 註解 (程式設計)		29
10	Dutch (nl) Commentaar (programmeren)		19

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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 "Comment (computer programming)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) تعليق (برمجة)		1
2	Greek (el) Σχόλιο (προγραμματισμός)		1
3	English (en) Comment (computer programming)		1
4	Estonian (et) Kommentaar (programmeerimine)		1
5	Indonesian (id) Komentar (pemrograman)		1
6	Vietnamese (vi) Comment (lập trình máy tính)		1
7	Chinese (zh) 註解 (程式設計)		1
8	Azerbaijani (az) Şərh (proqramlaşdırma)		0
9	Czech (cs) Komentář (programování)		0
10	Danish (da) Kommentar (datalogi)		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 "Comment (computer programming)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Comment (computer programming)		324
2	Japanese (ja) コメント (コンピュータ)		128
3	French (fr) Commentaire (informatique)		110
4	Korean (ko) 주석 (프로그래밍)		91
5	Chinese (zh) 註解 (程式設計)		86
6	German (de) Kommentar (Programmierung)		62
7	Russian (ru) Комментарии (программирование)		53
8	Arabic (ar) تعليق (برمجة)		36
9	Polish (pl) Komentarz (informatyka)		32
10	Italian (it) Commento (informatica)		29

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تعليق (برمجة)
az	Azerbaijani Şərh (proqramlaşdırma)
cs	Czech Komentář (programování)
da	Danish Kommentar (datalogi)
de	German Kommentar (Programmierung)
el	Greek Σχόλιο (προγραμματισμός)
en	English Comment (computer programming)
eo	Esperanto Kodkomento
es	Spanish Comentario (informática)
et	Estonian Kommentaar (programmeerimine)
eu	Basque Ohar (programazioa)
fa	Persian توضیح (برنامه‌نویسی رایانه‌ای)
fr	French Commentaire (informatique)
id	Indonesian Komentar (pemrograman)
it	Italian Commento (informatica)
ja	Japanese コメント (コンピュータ)
kk	Kazakh Түсініктеме (бағдарламалау)
ko	Korean 주석 (프로그래밍)
nl	Dutch Commentaar (programmeren)
pl	Polish Komentarz (informatyka)
ru	Russian Комментарии (программирование)
sv	Swedish Kodkommentar
ta	Tamil குறிப்புரை (நிரலாக்கம்)
tr	Turkish Yorum satırı
uk	Ukrainian Коментар (програмування)
vi	Vietnamese Comment (lập trình máy tính)
zh	Chinese 註解 (程式設計)

Best Rank

English: #41094 12.2013

Global: #58419 12.2013

Best Rank

English: #162 11.2004

Global: #1002 11.2004

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