Euclidean algorithm

Quality:

Euclidean algorithm - algorithm for computing greatest common divisors. Article “Euclidean algorithm” in English Wikipedia has 93 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 196 references and 37 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Euclidean algorithm”, its content was written by 400 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 2098 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 361 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2249 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #339 in October 2002
• Global: #380 in October 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #5233 in June 2009
• Global: #6902 in June 2009

There are 47 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	Greek (el) Αλγόριθμος του Ευκλείδη		97.2217
2	Chinese (zh) 輾轉相除法		96.0118
3	English (en) Euclidean algorithm		92.9673
4	Catalan (ca) Algorisme d'Euclides		92.3077
5	Hungarian (hu) Euklideszi algoritmus		90
6	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Euclides		89.9925
7	Romanian (ro) Algoritmul lui Euclid		87.6503
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Euklidov algoritam		75.0657
9	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật Euclid		73.9115
10	German (de) Euklidischer Algorithmus		60.1453

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Euclidean algorithm		5 902 521
2	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Евклида		1 511 846
3	German (de) Euklidischer Algorithmus		1 490 618
4	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Euclides		1 461 957
5	Japanese (ja) ユークリッドの互除法		1 257 921
6	Polish (pl) Algorytm Euklidesa		1 181 711
7	French (fr) Algorithme d'Euclide		932 553
8	Chinese (zh) 輾轉相除法		746 013
9	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Euclides		480 907
10	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Euclide		441 784

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Euclidean algorithm		9 758
2	German (de) Euklidischer Algorithmus		1 915
3	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Евклида		1 753
4	Japanese (ja) ユークリッドの互除法		1 643
5	Chinese (zh) 輾轉相除法		1 451
6	French (fr) Algorithme d'Euclide		1 237
7	Polish (pl) Algorytm Euklidesa		953
8	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Euclides		941
9	Korean (ko) 유클리드 호제법		592
10	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Euclides		485

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Euclidean algorithm		400
2	German (de) Euklidischer Algorithmus		212
3	Polish (pl) Algorytm Euklidesa		173
4	French (fr) Algorithme d'Euclide		162
5	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Евклида		105
6	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Euclides		99
7	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Euclide		99
8	Chinese (zh) 輾轉相除法		84
9	Dutch (nl) Algoritme van Euclides		64
10	Hungarian (hu) Euklideszi algoritmus		55

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) خوارزمية أقليدس		2
2	Catalan (ca) Algorisme d'Euclides		2
3	Azerbaijani (az) Evklid alqoritmi		1
4	Basque (eu) Euklidesen algoritmo		1
5	Hungarian (hu) Euklideszi algoritmus		1
6	Polish (pl) Algorytm Euklidesa		1
7	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Euklidov algoritam		1
8	Chinese (zh) 輾轉相除法		1
9	Belarusian (be) Алгарытм Эўкліда		0
10	Bulgarian (bg) Алгоритъм на Евклид		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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