Content-based image retrieval

Content-based image retrieval - method of image retrieval. Article “Content-based image retrieval” in English Wikipedia has 52.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 46 references and 24 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.75 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Content-based image retrieval”, its content was written by 145 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 372 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 108 times in English Wikipedia and cited 199 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #22618 in May 2005
• Global: #30157 in October 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #110702 in April 2008
• Global: #144719 in April 2008

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, 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	English (en) Content-based image retrieval		52.2129
2	Finnish (fi) Sisältöpohjainen kuvatiedonhaku		35.7928
3	Greek (el) Αυτόματη Ανάκτηση Εικόνων		29.9402
4	German (de) Content Based Image Retrieval		25.9629
5	Ukrainian (uk) Пошук зображень за вмістом		18.0868
6	Chinese (zh) 基于内容的图像检索		14.9856
7	Catalan (ca) Consulta d'imatges mitjançant exemple		14.9472
8	Italian (it) CBIR		13.8711
9	French (fr) Recherche d'image par le contenu		13.6441
10	Spanish (es) Consulta de imágenes mediante ejemplo		12.5488

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Content-based image retrieval" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Content-based image retrieval		1 048 678
2	French (fr) Recherche d'image par le contenu		99 703
3	Russian (ru) Поиск изображений по содержанию		72 740
4	Spanish (es) Consulta de imágenes mediante ejemplo		57 564
5	Chinese (zh) 基于内容的图像检索		57 380
6	German (de) Content Based Image Retrieval		28 587
7	Persian (fa) بازیابی محتوامحور تصاویر		20 706
8	Italian (it) CBIR		10 548
9	Ukrainian (uk) Пошук зображень за вмістом		8 864
10	Polish (pl) QBIC		6 954

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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 "Content-based image retrieval" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Content-based image retrieval		955
2	Chinese (zh) 基于内容的图像检索		113
3	Russian (ru) Поиск изображений по содержанию		55
4	German (de) Content Based Image Retrieval		44
5	French (fr) Recherche d'image par le contenu		37
6	Spanish (es) Consulta de imágenes mediante ejemplo		31
7	Persian (fa) بازیابی محتوامحور تصاویر		23
8	Catalan (ca) Consulta d'imatges mitjançant exemple		15
9	Korean (ko) 내용 기반 이미지 검색		15
10	Italian (it) CBIR		14

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

Language versions of the article "Content-based image retrieval" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Content-based image retrieval		145
2	French (fr) Recherche d'image par le contenu		39
3	German (de) Content Based Image Retrieval		33
4	Italian (it) CBIR		31
5	Catalan (ca) Consulta d'imatges mitjançant exemple		27
6	Spanish (es) Consulta de imágenes mediante ejemplo		20
7	Persian (fa) بازیابی محتوامحور تصاویر		15
8	Finnish (fi) Sisältöpohjainen kuvatiedonhaku		13
9	Russian (ru) Поиск изображений по содержанию		13
10	Chinese (zh) 基于内容的图像检索		13

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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 "Content-based image retrieval" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Italian (it) CBIR		1
2	Catalan (ca) Consulta d'imatges mitjançant exemple		0
3	German (de) Content Based Image Retrieval		0
4	Greek (el) Αυτόματη Ανάκτηση Εικόνων		0
5	English (en) Content-based image retrieval		0
6	Spanish (es) Consulta de imágenes mediante ejemplo		0
7	Persian (fa) بازیابی محتوامحور تصاویر		0
8	Finnish (fi) Sisältöpohjainen kuvatiedonhaku		0
9	French (fr) Recherche d'image par le contenu		0
10	Korean (ko) 내용 기반 이미지 검색		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 "Content-based image retrieval" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Content-based image retrieval		108
2	French (fr) Recherche d'image par le contenu		40
3	Catalan (ca) Consulta d'imatges mitjançant exemple		9
4	Chinese (zh) 基于内容的图像检索		9
5	Ukrainian (uk) Пошук зображень за вмістом		7
6	German (de) Content Based Image Retrieval		6
7	Spanish (es) Consulta de imágenes mediante ejemplo		6
8	Persian (fa) بازیابی محتوامحور تصاویر		6
9	Russian (ru) Поиск изображений по содержанию		3
10	Italian (it) CBIR		2

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Consulta d'imatges mitjançant exemple
de	German Content Based Image Retrieval
el	Greek Αυτόματη Ανάκτηση Εικόνων
en	English Content-based image retrieval
es	Spanish Consulta de imágenes mediante ejemplo
fa	Persian بازیابی محتوامحور تصاویر
fi	Finnish Sisältöpohjainen kuvatiedonhaku
fr	French Recherche d'image par le contenu
it	Italian CBIR
ko	Korean 내용 기반 이미지 검색
pl	Polish QBIC
ru	Russian Поиск изображений по содержанию
uk	Ukrainian Пошук зображень за вмістом
zh	Chinese 基于内容的图像检索

Best Rank

English: #110702 04.2008

Global: #144719 04.2008

Best Rank

English: #22618 05.2005

Global: #30157 10.2011

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