Differential cryptanalysis

Differential cryptanalysis - general form of cryptanalysis applicable primarily to block ciphers, but also to stream ciphers and cryptographic hash functions. Article “Differential cryptanalysis” in English Wikipedia has 20.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 8 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.3 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Differential cryptanalysis”, its content was written by 94 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 332 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 224 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1034 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #2358 in February 2002
• Global: #2752 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #62745 in May 2009
• Global: #91898 in May 2009

There are 18 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	Hebrew (he) קריפטואנליזה דיפרנציאלית		31.1668
2	German (de) Differenzielle Kryptoanalyse		25.5815
3	Chinese (zh) 差分密码分析		22.1548
4	English (en) Differential cryptanalysis		20.7088
5	Catalan (ca) Criptoanàlisi diferencial		18.9382
6	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный криптоанализ		17.815
7	Ukrainian (uk) Диференціальний криптоаналіз		16.2512
8	Italian (it) Crittanalisi differenziale		12.2484
9	Spanish (es) Criptoanálisis diferencial		12.163
10	Korean (ko) 차분 공격		12.1454

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Differential cryptanalysis" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Differential cryptanalysis		619 222
2	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный криптоанализ		83 721
3	German (de) Differenzielle Kryptoanalyse		66 320
4	Japanese (ja) 差分解読法		64 265
5	French (fr) Cryptanalyse différentielle		55 305
6	Polish (pl) Kryptoanaliza różnicowa		48 257
7	Italian (it) Crittanalisi differenziale		21 287
8	Korean (ko) 차분 공격		17 738
9	Chinese (zh) 差分密码分析		17 603
10	Hebrew (he) קריפטואנליזה דיפרנציאלית		13 190

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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 "Differential cryptanalysis" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Differential cryptanalysis		1 050
2	Chinese (zh) 差分密码分析		130
3	Japanese (ja) 差分解読法		92
4	German (de) Differenzielle Kryptoanalyse		86
5	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный криптоанализ		78
6	French (fr) Cryptanalyse différentielle		76
7	Italian (it) Crittanalisi differenziale		64
8	Polish (pl) Kryptoanaliza różnicowa		46
9	Hebrew (he) קריפטואנליזה דיפרנציאלית		17
10	Simple English (simple) Differential cryptanalysis		17

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Differential cryptanalysis		94
2	German (de) Differenzielle Kryptoanalyse		57
3	French (fr) Cryptanalyse différentielle		33
4	Hebrew (he) קריפטואנליזה דיפרנציאלית		23
5	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный криптоанализ		22
6	Italian (it) Crittanalisi differenziale		20
7	Polish (pl) Kryptoanaliza różnicowa		11
8	Ukrainian (uk) Диференціальний криптоаналіз		11
9	Japanese (ja) 差分解読法		10
10	Simple English (simple) Differential cryptanalysis		10

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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 "Differential cryptanalysis" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Criptoanàlisi diferencial		0
2	German (de) Differenzielle Kryptoanalyse		0
3	English (en) Differential cryptanalysis		0
4	Spanish (es) Criptoanálisis diferencial		0
5	Persian (fa) رمزگذاری تفاضلی		0
6	Finnish (fi) Differentiaalinen kryptoanalyysi		0
7	French (fr) Cryptanalyse différentielle		0
8	Hebrew (he) קריפטואנליזה דיפרנציאלית		0
9	Italian (it) Crittanalisi differenziale		0
10	Japanese (ja) 差分解読法		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 "Differential cryptanalysis" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Differential cryptanalysis		224
2	Hebrew (he) קריפטואנליזה דיפרנציאלית		211
3	French (fr) Cryptanalyse différentielle		180
4	Japanese (ja) 差分解読法		87
5	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный криптоанализ		81
6	Chinese (zh) 差分密码分析		45
7	Italian (it) Crittanalisi differenziale		40
8	Korean (ko) 차분 공격		36
9	Ukrainian (uk) Диференціальний криптоаналіз		30
10	Catalan (ca) Criptoanàlisi diferencial		22

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Criptoanàlisi diferencial
de	German Differenzielle Kryptoanalyse
en	English Differential cryptanalysis
es	Spanish Criptoanálisis diferencial
fa	Persian رمزگذاری تفاضلی
fi	Finnish Differentiaalinen kryptoanalyysi
fr	French Cryptanalyse différentielle
he	Hebrew קריפטואנליזה דיפרנציאלית
it	Italian Crittanalisi differenziale
ja	Japanese 差分解読法
ko	Korean 차분 공격
pl	Polish Kryptoanaliza różnicowa
ru	Russian Дифференциальный криптоанализ
simple	Simple English Differential cryptanalysis
sr	Serbian Диференцијална криптоанализа
tr	Turkish Farksal kriptoanaliz
uk	Ukrainian Диференціальний криптоаналіз
zh	Chinese 差分密码分析

Best Rank

English: #62745 05.2009

Global: #91898 05.2009

Best Rank

English: #2358 02.2002

Global: #2752 11.2001

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