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Covert channel

Quality:

Covert channel - type of computer security attack that creates a capability to transfer information objects between processes that are not supposed to be allowed to communicate. Article “Covert channel” in English Wikipedia has 31.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 12 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Covert channel”, its content was written by 85 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 163 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 29 times in English Wikipedia and cited 81 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4298 in January 2003
  • Global: #7165 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #172241 in June 2012
  • Global: #264838 in June 2012

There are 8 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
1Spanish (es)
Canal encubierto
54.605
2English (en)
Covert channel
31.7755
3Arabic (ar)
قناة سرية
21.3125
4Persian (fa)
کانال پنهان
17.5485
5French (fr)
Canal caché
15.5427
6Russian (ru)
Скрытый канал
14.5183
7Ukrainian (uk)
Прихований канал
14.5123
8German (de)
Verdeckter Kanal
13.8063
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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 "Covert channel" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Covert channel
522 772
2Russian (ru)
Скрытый канал
47 878
3French (fr)
Canal caché
36 245
4Spanish (es)
Canal encubierto
31 950
5German (de)
Verdeckter Kanal
30 038
6Ukrainian (uk)
Прихований канал
2 306
7Arabic (ar)
قناة سرية
1 374
8Persian (fa)
کانال پنهان
1 367
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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 "Covert channel" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Covert channel
1 303
2Russian (ru)
Скрытый канал
123
3Spanish (es)
Canal encubierto
90
4German (de)
Verdeckter Kanal
62
5French (fr)
Canal caché
41
6Arabic (ar)
قناة سرية
14
7Ukrainian (uk)
Прихований канал
9
8Persian (fa)
کانال پنهان
7
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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 "Covert channel" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Covert channel
85
2French (fr)
Canal caché
17
3Spanish (es)
Canal encubierto
16
4German (de)
Verdeckter Kanal
15
5Russian (ru)
Скрытый канал
14
6Arabic (ar)
قناة سرية
7
7Ukrainian (uk)
Прихований канал
5
8Persian (fa)
کانال پنهان
4
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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 "Covert channel" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
قناة سرية
0
2German (de)
Verdeckter Kanal
0
3English (en)
Covert channel
0
4Spanish (es)
Canal encubierto
0
5Persian (fa)
کانال پنهان
0
6French (fr)
Canal caché
0
7Russian (ru)
Скрытый канал
0
8Ukrainian (uk)
Прихований канал
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 "Covert channel" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Covert channel
29
2Spanish (es)
Canal encubierto
15
3Russian (ru)
Скрытый канал
10
4German (de)
Verdeckter Kanal
8
5French (fr)
Canal caché
8
6Arabic (ar)
قناة سرية
5
7Ukrainian (uk)
Прихований канал
4
8Persian (fa)
کانال پنهان
2
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قناة سرية
deGerman
Verdeckter Kanal
enEnglish
Covert channel
esSpanish
Canal encubierto
faPersian
کانال پنهان
frFrench
Canal caché
ruRussian
Скрытый канал
ukUkrainian
Прихований канал

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#172241
06.2012
Global:
#264838
06.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4298
01.2003
Global:
#7165
01.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Covert channel from Wikipedia articles about Special Activities Division, Steganography, Side-channel attack, Minions and Internet Control Message Protocol. Whereas reading the article about Covert channel people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Steganography, Subliminal channel, Port knocking, Computer security and Side-channel attack.

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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