Fermi paradox

Quality:

Fermi paradox - apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations. Article “Fermi paradox” in English Wikipedia has 94.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 248 references and 30 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

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The 7445^th most popular in English Wikipedia.

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The 4091^st most editable in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 8255^th most popular in all topics.

The 6106^th most popular in AI.

Achievements in the last month:

Global Wikipedia:

The 8189^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 8649^th most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “Fermi paradox” was edited by 7 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 22 authors in all languages (8649^th place).

Since the creation of article “Fermi paradox”, its content was written by 1225 registered users of English Wikipedia (4091^st place) and edited by 3272 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (6106^th place).

The article is cited 321 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3094 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #14 in January 2005
• Global: #29 in January 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #1529 in April 2024
• Global: #1487 in April 2024

There are 50 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	Thai (th) ปฏิทรรศน์ของแฟร์มี		100
2	Catalan (ca) Paradoxa de Fermi		100
3	Armenian (hy) Ֆերմիի պարադոքս		96.7391
4	French (fr) Paradoxe de Fermi		94.6652
5	English (en) Fermi paradox		94.2314
6	Romanian (ro) Paradoxul lui Fermi		91.5478
7	Greek (el) Παράδοξο του Φέρμι		89.6069
8	Korean (ko) 페르미 역설		72.7796
9	Turkish (tr) Fermi paradoksu		71.0587
10	Portuguese (pt) Paradoxo de Fermi		67.0181

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Fermi paradox		17 285 562
2	Russian (ru) Парадокс Ферми		2 335 085
3	French (fr) Paradoxe de Fermi		1 829 022
4	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Fermi		1 771 940
5	German (de) Fermi-Paradoxon		1 611 161
6	Polish (pl) Paradoks Fermiego		1 366 643
7	Japanese (ja) フェルミのパラドックス		1 063 832
8	Italian (it) Paradosso di Fermi		951 681
9	Chinese (zh) 费米悖论		791 792
10	Portuguese (pt) Paradoxo de Fermi		691 209

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) Fermi paradox		59 599
2	Russian (ru) Парадокс Ферми		9 823
3	French (fr) Paradoxe de Fermi		7 379
4	German (de) Fermi-Paradoxon		7 005
5	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Fermi		4 969
6	Italian (it) Paradosso di Fermi		4 521
7	Japanese (ja) フェルミのパラドックス		4 236
8	Polish (pl) Paradoks Fermiego		3 419
9	Chinese (zh) 费米悖论		3 135
10	Portuguese (pt) Paradoxo de Fermi		2 180

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Fermi paradox		1 225
2	French (fr) Paradoxe de Fermi		319
3	German (de) Fermi-Paradoxon		244
4	Russian (ru) Парадокс Ферми		155
5	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Fermi		125
6	Italian (it) Paradosso di Fermi		118
7	Polish (pl) Paradoks Fermiego		93
8	Dutch (nl) Fermiparadox		83
9	Hungarian (hu) Fermi-paradoxon		76
10	Hebrew (he) פרדוקס פרמי		64

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	English (en) Fermi paradox		7
2	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Fermi		4
3	Russian (ru) Парадокс Ферми		3
4	Arabic (ar) مفارقة فيرمي		1
5	Catalan (ca) Paradoxa de Fermi		1
6	German (de) Fermi-Paradoxon		1
7	French (fr) Paradoxe de Fermi		1
8	Italian (it) Paradosso di Fermi		1
9	Korean (ko) 페르미 역설		1
10	Simple English (simple) Fermi paradox		1

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

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