Divide-and-conquer algorithm

Divide-and-conquer algorithm - algorithm design paradigm based on multi-branched recursion. Article “Divide-and-conquer algorithm” in English Wikipedia has 41.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 18 references and 16 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.

In June 2026 the article “Divide-and-conquer algorithm” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Divide-and-conquer algorithm”, its content was written by 159 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 706 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 149 times in English Wikipedia and cited 879 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8185 in March 2003
• Global: #3246 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #49787 in November 2014
• Global: #52547 in February 2015

There are 34 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) Divide-and-conquer algorithm		41.2836
2	Estonian (et) Jaga-ja-valitse algoritm		38.159
3	French (fr) Diviser pour régner (informatique)		34.799
4	Persian (fa) الگوریتم تقسیم و حل		30.8248
5	Serbian (sr) Подели па владај (информатика)		27.5763
6	Catalan (ca) Algorisme divideix i venceràs		27.4049
7	Armenian (hy) Բաժանիր և տիրիր (ալգորիթմ)		26.1941
8	Basque (eu) Zatitu eta irabazi erako algoritmo		25.9749
9	Russian (ru) Разделяй и властвуй (информатика)		21.3772
10	Spanish (es) Algoritmo divide y vencerás		20.616

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Divide-and-conquer algorithm" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Divide-and-conquer algorithm		2 872 748
2	Spanish (es) Algoritmo divide y vencerás		515 392
3	German (de) Teile-und-herrsche-Verfahren		470 442
4	Russian (ru) Разделяй и властвуй (информатика)		258 962
5	Polish (pl) Dziel i zwyciężaj		236 678
6	Japanese (ja) 分割統治法		202 249
7	French (fr) Diviser pour régner (informatique)		175 527
8	Chinese (zh) 分治法		169 903
9	Romanian (ro) Divide et impera (informatică)		141 561
10	Italian (it) Divide et impera (informatica)		139 346

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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 "Divide-and-conquer algorithm" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Divide-and-conquer algorithm		3 255
2	German (de) Teile-und-herrsche-Verfahren		899
3	Japanese (ja) 分割統治法		574
4	Chinese (zh) 分治法		324
5	French (fr) Diviser pour régner (informatique)		302
6	Russian (ru) Разделяй и властвуй (информатика)		295
7	Spanish (es) Algoritmo divide y vencerás		281
8	Polish (pl) Dziel i zwyciężaj		194
9	Italian (it) Divide et impera (informatica)		81
10	Persian (fa) الگوریتم تقسیم و حل		59

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

Language versions of the article "Divide-and-conquer algorithm" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Divide-and-conquer algorithm		159
2	French (fr) Diviser pour régner (informatique)		75
3	German (de) Teile-und-herrsche-Verfahren		72
4	Italian (it) Divide et impera (informatica)		43
5	Persian (fa) الگوریتم تقسیم و حل		37
6	Spanish (es) Algoritmo divide y vencerás		35
7	Russian (ru) Разделяй и властвуй (информатика)		35
8	Chinese (zh) 分治法		26
9	Polish (pl) Dziel i zwyciężaj		22
10	Hebrew (he) אלגוריתם הפרד ומשול		21

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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 "Divide-and-conquer algorithm" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) خوارزمية فرق تسد		2
2	English (en) Divide-and-conquer algorithm		1
3	French (fr) Diviser pour régner (informatique)		1
4	Russian (ru) Разделяй и властвуй (информатика)		1
5	Vietnamese (vi) Thuật toán chia để trị		1
6	Azerbaijani (az) Parçala və idarə et (alqoritm)		0
7	Catalan (ca) Algorisme divideix i venceràs		0
8	Czech (cs) Rozděl a panuj (algoritmus)		0
9	German (de) Teile-und-herrsche-Verfahren		0
10	Greek (el) Διαίρει και βασίλευε (υπολογιστές)		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 "Divide-and-conquer algorithm" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Diviser pour régner (informatique)		152
2	English (en) Divide-and-conquer algorithm		149
3	Chinese (zh) 分治法		84
4	Japanese (ja) 分割統治法		72
5	German (de) Teile-und-herrsche-Verfahren		49
6	Russian (ru) Разделяй и властвуй (информатика)		43
7	Persian (fa) الگوریتم تقسیم و حل		36
8	Portuguese (pt) Divisão e conquista		29
9	Ukrainian (uk) Розділяй та володарюй (інформатика)		25
10	Spanish (es) Algoritmo divide y vencerás		24

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic خوارزمية فرق تسد
az	Azerbaijani Parçala və idarə et (alqoritm)
ca	Catalan Algorisme divideix i venceràs
cs	Czech Rozděl a panuj (algoritmus)
de	German Teile-und-herrsche-Verfahren
el	Greek Διαίρει και βασίλευε (υπολογιστές)
en	English Divide-and-conquer algorithm
es	Spanish Algoritmo divide y vencerás
et	Estonian Jaga-ja-valitse algoritm
eu	Basque Zatitu eta irabazi erako algoritmo
fa	Persian الگوریتم تقسیم و حل
fr	French Diviser pour régner (informatique)
gl	Galician Algoritmo divide e vencerás
he	Hebrew אלגוריתם הפרד ומשול
hi	Hindi बाँटो-और-जीतो कलनविधि
hu	Hungarian Divide et impera (informatika)
hy	Armenian Բաժանիր և տիրիր (ալգորիթմ)
id	Indonesian Bagi dan atasi
it	Italian Divide et impera (informatica)
ja	Japanese 分割統治法
ko	Korean 분할 정복 알고리즘
nl	Dutch Verdeel-en-heers-algoritme
no	Norwegian Splitt og hersk-algoritme
pl	Polish Dziel i zwyciężaj
pt	Portuguese Divisão e conquista
ro	Romanian Divide et impera (informatică)
ru	Russian Разделяй и властвуй (информатика)
simple	Simple English Divide and conquer algorithm
sl	Slovenian Deli in vladaj (računalništvo)
sr	Serbian Подели па владај (информатика)
th	Thai ขั้นตอนวิธีแบ่งแยกและเอาชนะ
uk	Ukrainian Розділяй та володарюй (інформатика)
vi	Vietnamese Thuật toán chia để trị
zh	Chinese 分治法

Best Rank

English: #49787 11.2014

Global: #52547 02.2015

Best Rank

English: #8185 03.2003

Global: #3246 07.2003

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