File Explorer

File Explorer - file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This software is the 102^nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of software and the 146^th most popular software in English Wikipedia. Article “File Explorer” in English Wikipedia has 76.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 72 references and 18 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.04 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 “File Explorer”, its content was written by 342 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1405 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

File Explorer is on the 146^th place in local ranking of software in English Wikipedia and on the 102^nd place in global ranking of software in all the time.

The article is cited 617 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3685 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8053 in July 2004
• Global: #4400 in December 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #16807 in June 2008
• Global: #11914 in September 2010

There are 31 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) File Explorer		76.7609
2	Chinese (zh) 檔案總管		45.6285
3	Hindi (hi) विन्डोज़ एक्स्प्लोरर		44.6841
4	Vietnamese (vi) File Explorer		43.9236
5	Tamil (ta) விண்டோசுத் துருவி		37.361
6	German (de) Windows-Explorer		37.248
7	Italian (it) Esplora file		31.1663
8	Russian (ru) Проводник Windows		29.3641
9	Catalan (ca) Windows Explorer		27.307
10	Hebrew (he) סייר הקבצים (חלונות)		26.2152

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

The most popular language versions of the article "File Explorer" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) File Explorer		4 229 001
2	Spanish (es) Explorador de archivos		3 190 976
3	Russian (ru) Проводник Windows		809 483
4	German (de) Windows-Explorer		764 460
5	Portuguese (pt) Windows Explorer		550 948
6	Japanese (ja) Windows Explorer		470 976
7	French (fr) Explorateur de fichiers		377 430
8	Indonesian (id) Windows Explorer		232 543
9	Polish (pl) Eksplorator Windows		221 491
10	Italian (it) Esplora file		190 416

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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 "File Explorer" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) File Explorer		6 741
2	Russian (ru) Проводник Windows		865
3	Chinese (zh) 檔案總管		706
4	Spanish (es) Explorador de archivos		651
5	German (de) Windows-Explorer		634
6	Japanese (ja) Windows Explorer		511
7	Simple English (simple) This PC		270
8	Italian (it) Esplora file		234
9	French (fr) Explorateur de fichiers		229
10	Indonesian (id) Windows Explorer		137

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) File Explorer		342
2	Spanish (es) Explorador de archivos		137
3	German (de) Windows-Explorer		128
4	Italian (it) Esplora file		113
5	Russian (ru) Проводник Windows		107
6	French (fr) Explorateur de fichiers		90
7	Chinese (zh) 檔案總管		49
8	Japanese (ja) Windows Explorer		47
9	Polish (pl) Eksplorator Windows		43
10	Dutch (nl) Windows Verkenner		41

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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 "File Explorer" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 檔案總管		1
2	Arabic (ar) مستكشف الملفات		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) File Explorer		0
4	Catalan (ca) Windows Explorer		0
5	Czech (cs) Průzkumník souborů		0
6	German (de) Windows-Explorer		0
7	English (en) File Explorer		0
8	Spanish (es) Explorador de archivos		0
9	Persian (fa) کاوشگر فایل		0
10	Finnish (fi) Windows Resurssienhallinta		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 "File Explorer" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) File Explorer		617
2	Chinese (zh) 檔案總管		341
3	Russian (ru) Проводник Windows		335
4	Italian (it) Esplora file		311
5	Korean (ko) 파일 탐색기		292
6	Japanese (ja) Windows Explorer		253
7	French (fr) Explorateur de fichiers		169
8	Ukrainian (uk) Провідник Windows		164
9	Vietnamese (vi) File Explorer		137
10	Arabic (ar) مستكشف الملفات		130

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مستكشف الملفات
az	Azerbaijani File Explorer
ca	Catalan Windows Explorer
cs	Czech Průzkumník souborů
de	German Windows-Explorer
en	English File Explorer
es	Spanish Explorador de archivos
fa	Persian کاوشگر فایل
fi	Finnish Windows Resurssienhallinta
fr	French Explorateur de fichiers
he	Hebrew סייר הקבצים (חלונות)
hi	Hindi विन्डोज़ एक्स्प्लोरर
hu	Hungarian Windows Intéző
id	Indonesian Windows Explorer
it	Italian Esplora file
ja	Japanese Windows Explorer
ko	Korean 파일 탐색기
ms	Malay Windows Explorer
nl	Dutch Windows Verkenner
no	Norwegian Windows Utforsker
pl	Polish Eksplorator Windows
pt	Portuguese Windows Explorer
ro	Romanian Windows Explorer
ru	Russian Проводник Windows
simple	Simple English This PC
sv	Swedish Utforskaren
ta	Tamil விண்டோசுத் துருவி
tr	Turkish Dosya Gezgini
uk	Ukrainian Провідник Windows
vi	Vietnamese File Explorer
zh	Chinese 檔案總管

Best Rank

English: #16807 06.2008

Global: #11914 09.2010

Best Rank

English: #8053 07.2004

Global: #4400 12.2010

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