Destructor (computer programming)

Destructor - special method in object-oriented programming which is called deterministically to perform cleanup just before the object is deallocated. Article “Destructor (computer programming)” in English Wikipedia has 41.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 19 references and 13 sections.

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 “Destructor (computer programming)”, its content was written by 77 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 313 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 98 times in English Wikipedia and cited 363 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #13851 in August 2025
• Global: #53532 in May 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #157107 in December 2009
• Global: #144029 in December 2009

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, 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) Destructor (computer programming)		41.751
2	Arabic (ar) مدمر (برمجة حاسوب)		24.024
3	Lithuanian (lt) Destruktorius (programavimas)		21.8788
4	French (fr) Destructeur		18.1503
5	Russian (ru) Деструктор		17.2287
6	Korean (ko) 소멸자 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		16.6212
7	Ukrainian (uk) Деструктор (програмування)		14.9541
8	Vietnamese (vi) Hàm hủy (lập trình máy tính)		12.8726
9	Polish (pl) Destruktor		12.57
10	Spanish (es) Destructor (informática)		12.0429

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Destructor (computer programming)		483 469
2	Russian (ru) Деструктор		219 856
3	Polish (pl) Destruktor		157 523
4	Japanese (ja) デストラクタ		98 641
5	Spanish (es) Destructor (informática)		58 541
6	French (fr) Destructeur		39 174
7	Chinese (zh) 解構子		33 184
8	Ukrainian (uk) Деструктор (програмування)		21 733
9	Italian (it) Distruttore (informatica)		13 042
10	Portuguese (pt) Destrutor (programação)		12 575

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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 "Destructor (computer programming)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Destructor (computer programming)		399
2	Russian (ru) Деструктор		110
3	Chinese (zh) 解構子		109
4	Japanese (ja) デストラクタ		62
5	French (fr) Destructeur		33
6	Polish (pl) Destruktor		32
7	Dutch (nl) Destructor (informatica)		30
8	Spanish (es) Destructor (informática)		26
9	Hungarian (hu) Destruktor		20
10	Ukrainian (uk) Деструктор (програмування)		19

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

Language versions of the article "Destructor (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) Destructor (computer programming)		77
2	Russian (ru) Деструктор		32
3	Polish (pl) Destruktor		30
4	Italian (it) Distruttore (informatica)		28
5	French (fr) Destructeur		25
6	Hungarian (hu) Destruktor		15
7	Spanish (es) Destructor (informática)		13
8	Japanese (ja) デストラクタ		13
9	Chinese (zh) 解構子		12
10	Czech (cs) Destruktor		11

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Korean (ko) 소멸자 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		1
2	Arabic (ar) مدمر (برمجة حاسوب)		0
3	Czech (cs) Destruktor		0
4	English (en) Destructor (computer programming)		0
5	Spanish (es) Destructor (informática)		0
6	Persian (fa) مخرب (برنامه‌نویسی رایانه)		0
7	French (fr) Destructeur		0
8	Hungarian (hu) Destruktor		0
9	Italian (it) Distruttore (informatica)		0
10	Japanese (ja) デストラクタ		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 "Destructor (computer programming)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Destructeur		107
2	English (en) Destructor (computer programming)		98
3	Japanese (ja) デストラクタ		33
4	Russian (ru) Деструктор		32
5	Chinese (zh) 解構子		16
6	Ukrainian (uk) Деструктор (програмування)		15
7	Czech (cs) Destruktor		12
8	Korean (ko) 소멸자 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		10
9	Italian (it) Distruttore (informatica)		7
10	Polish (pl) Destruktor		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مدمر (برمجة حاسوب)
cs	Czech Destruktor
en	English Destructor (computer programming)
es	Spanish Destructor (informática)
fa	Persian مخرب (برنامه‌نویسی رایانه)
fr	French Destructeur
hu	Hungarian Destruktor
it	Italian Distruttore (informatica)
ja	Japanese デストラクタ
ko	Korean 소멸자 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)
lt	Lithuanian Destruktorius (programavimas)
nl	Dutch Destructor (informatica)
pl	Polish Destruktor
pt	Portuguese Destrutor (programação)
ru	Russian Деструктор
sl	Slovenian Destruktor
sv	Swedish Destruktor
uk	Ukrainian Деструктор (програмування)
vi	Vietnamese Hàm hủy (lập trình máy tính)
zh	Chinese 解構子

Best Rank

English: #157107 12.2009

Global: #144029 12.2009

Best Rank

English: #13851 08.2025

Global: #53532 05.2006

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