Entropy (computing)

Entropy - randomness collected by an operating system or application for use in cryptography or other uses that require random data. Article “Entropy (computing)” in English Wikipedia has 48.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 41 references and 16 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.54 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 “Entropy (computing)”, its content was written by 58 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 113 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 17 times in English Wikipedia and cited 73 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #55594 in February 2026
• Global: #151679 in February 2026

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #111458 in March 2015
• Global: #192166 in March 2015

There are 7 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) Entropy (computing)		48.2117
2	Catalan (ca) Entropia (informàtica)		34.6937
3	Spanish (es) Entropía (computación)		31.471
4	Portuguese (pt) Entropia (computação)		25.4066
5	French (fr) Entropie (informatique)		20.3859
6	Russian (ru) Источник энтропии		18.1785
7	Bulgarian (bg) Ентропия (компютри)		3.4454

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Entropy (computing)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Entropy (computing)		649 903
2	Spanish (es) Entropía (computación)		53 354
3	Russian (ru) Источник энтропии		47 810
4	Portuguese (pt) Entropia (computação)		3 609
5	Bulgarian (bg) Ентропия (компютри)		1 774
6	French (fr) Entropie (informatique)		1 445
7	Catalan (ca) Entropia (informàtica)		137

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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 "Entropy (computing)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Entropy (computing)		971
2	French (fr) Entropie (informatique)		217
3	Russian (ru) Источник энтропии		66
4	Spanish (es) Entropía (computación)		54
5	Portuguese (pt) Entropia (computação)		10
6	Catalan (ca) Entropia (informàtica)		6
7	Bulgarian (bg) Ентропия (компютри)		3

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Entropy (computing)		58
2	Russian (ru) Источник энтропии		29
3	Spanish (es) Entropía (computación)		8
4	Portuguese (pt) Entropia (computação)		7
5	French (fr) Entropie (informatique)		6
6	Bulgarian (bg) Ентропия (компютри)		4
7	Catalan (ca) Entropia (informàtica)		1

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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 "Entropy (computing)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Entropia (informàtica)		1
2	Bulgarian (bg) Ентропия (компютри)		0
3	English (en) Entropy (computing)		0
4	Spanish (es) Entropía (computación)		0
5	French (fr) Entropie (informatique)		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Entropia (computação)		0
7	Russian (ru) Источник энтропии		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 "Entropy (computing)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Entropie (informatique)		43
2	English (en) Entropy (computing)		17
3	Russian (ru) Источник энтропии		7
4	Spanish (es) Entropía (computación)		3
5	Catalan (ca) Entropia (informàtica)		2
6	Portuguese (pt) Entropia (computação)		1
7	Bulgarian (bg) Ентропия (компютри)		0

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Ентропия (компютри)
ca	Catalan Entropia (informàtica)
en	English Entropy (computing)
es	Spanish Entropía (computación)
fr	French Entropie (informatique)
pt	Portuguese Entropia (computação)
ru	Russian Источник энтропии

Best Rank

English: #111458 03.2015

Global: #192166 03.2015

Best Rank

English: #55594 02.2026

Global: #151679 02.2026

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