Fortune (Unix)

Quality:

Fortune - Unix command to print a random message. This software is the 1223rd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of software. Article "Fortune (Unix)" in English Wikipedia has 20.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 7 references and 7 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 1223rd most popular in software.

Since the creation of article "Fortune (Unix)", its content was written by 83 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 193 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Fortune is on the 1223rd place in global ranking of software on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 66 times in English Wikipedia and cited 103 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #16720 in February 2005
  • Global: #8004 in April 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #161741 in November 2017
  • Global: #215572 in March 2008

There are 11 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, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Finnish (fi)
Fortune (Unix)
22.7629
2Dutch (nl)
Fortune (programma)
22.1688
3English (en)
Fortune (Unix)
20.1532
4Korean (ko)
Fortune (유닉스)
19.242
5Japanese (ja)
Fortune (UNIX)
10.7719
6French (fr)
Fortune (logiciel)
3.4445
7German (de)
Fortune (Computerprogramm)
1.5918
8Persian (fa)
Fortune (یونیکس)
1.3114
9Ukrainian (uk)
Fortune (Unix)
1.149
10Russian (ru)
Fortune (Unix)
0.2636
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Fortune (Unix)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Fortune (Unix)
469 095
2Japanese (ja)
Fortune (UNIX)
41 873
3German (de)
Fortune (Computerprogramm)
32 889
4French (fr)
Fortune (logiciel)
25 695
5Polish (pl)
Fortunki
17 060
6Russian (ru)
Fortune (Unix)
13 581
7Dutch (nl)
Fortune (programma)
5 489
8Ukrainian (uk)
Fortune (Unix)
5 317
9Persian (fa)
Fortune (یونیکس)
1 697
10Korean (ko)
Fortune (유닉스)
169
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Fortune (Unix)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Fortune (Unix)
1 835
2Japanese (ja)
Fortune (UNIX)
78
3French (fr)
Fortune (logiciel)
62
4German (de)
Fortune (Computerprogramm)
35
5Russian (ru)
Fortune (Unix)
17
6Ukrainian (uk)
Fortune (Unix)
11
7Dutch (nl)
Fortune (programma)
7
8Persian (fa)
Fortune (یونیکس)
6
9Finnish (fi)
Fortune (Unix)
6
10Polish (pl)
Fortunki
6
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Fortune (Unix)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Fortune (Unix)
83
2French (fr)
Fortune (logiciel)
26
3German (de)
Fortune (Computerprogramm)
23
4Russian (ru)
Fortune (Unix)
20
5Polish (pl)
Fortunki
13
6Dutch (nl)
Fortune (programma)
12
7Japanese (ja)
Fortune (UNIX)
7
8Ukrainian (uk)
Fortune (Unix)
5
9Persian (fa)
Fortune (یونیکس)
2
10Finnish (fi)
Fortune (Unix)
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Fortune (Unix)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Fortune (Computerprogramm)
1
2English (en)
Fortune (Unix)
0
3Persian (fa)
Fortune (یونیکس)
0
4Finnish (fi)
Fortune (Unix)
0
5French (fr)
Fortune (logiciel)
0
6Japanese (ja)
Fortune (UNIX)
0
7Korean (ko)
Fortune (유닉스)
0
8Dutch (nl)
Fortune (programma)
0
9Polish (pl)
Fortunki
0
10Russian (ru)
Fortune (Unix)
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Fortune (Unix)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Fortune (Unix)
66
2Japanese (ja)
Fortune (UNIX)
9
3French (fr)
Fortune (logiciel)
6
4Dutch (nl)
Fortune (programma)
6
5German (de)
Fortune (Computerprogramm)
4
6Persian (fa)
Fortune (یونیکس)
4
7Ukrainian (uk)
Fortune (Unix)
3
8Finnish (fi)
Fortune (Unix)
2
9Korean (ko)
Fortune (유닉스)
1
10Polish (pl)
Fortunki
1
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Fortune (Computerprogramm)
enEnglish
Fortune (Unix)
faPersian
Fortune (یونیکس)
fiFinnish
Fortune (Unix)
frFrench
Fortune (logiciel)
jaJapanese
Fortune (UNIX)
koKorean
Fortune (유닉스)
nlDutch
Fortune (programma)
plPolish
Fortunki
ruRussian
Fortune (Unix)
ukUkrainian
Fortune (Unix)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#161741
11.2017
Global:
#215572
03.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#16720
02.2005
Global:
#8004
04.2002

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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