Garbage collection (computer science)

Garbage collection - form of automatic memory management. Article “Garbage collection (computer science)” in English Wikipedia has 52.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 54 references and 19 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 9.27 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 “Garbage collection (computer science)”, its content was written by 373 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1388 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 535 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2508 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #817 in January 2002
• Global: #205 in September 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #28507 in March 2015
• Global: #32679 in March 2015

There are 37 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) Garbage collection (computer science)		52.5176
2	German (de) Garbage Collection		45.8857
3	Greek (el) Συλλογή απορριμμάτων (υπολογιστές)		42.0851
4	Italian (it) Garbage collection		31.0015
5	Hungarian (hu) Szemétgyűjtés		28.0591
6	Croatian (hr) Sakupljanje smeća (računarstvo)		27.0737
7	Hebrew (he) איסוף זבל (מדעי המחשב)		26.5761
8	Russian (ru) Сборка мусора		25.7408
9	Serbian (sr) Сакупљање смећа (рачунарство)		25.3445
10	French (fr) Ramasse-miettes (informatique)		22.9458

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Garbage collection (computer science)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Garbage collection (computer science)		4 117 841
2	Japanese (ja) ガベージコレクション		877 628
3	Russian (ru) Сборка мусора		507 667
4	German (de) Garbage Collection		423 257
5	Spanish (es) Recolector de basura		419 029
6	French (fr) Ramasse-miettes (informatique)		276 091
7	Polish (pl) Odśmiecanie pamięci		185 110
8	Chinese (zh) 垃圾回收 (計算機科學)		153 645
9	Italian (it) Garbage collection		147 682
10	Korean (ko) 쓰레기 수집 (컴퓨터 과학)		73 010

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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 "Garbage collection (computer science)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Garbage collection (computer science)		7 932
2	Japanese (ja) ガベージコレクション		1 033
3	Russian (ru) Сборка мусора		580
4	French (fr) Ramasse-miettes (informatique)		510
5	Chinese (zh) 垃圾回收 (計算機科學)		439
6	German (de) Garbage Collection		397
7	Italian (it) Garbage collection		189
8	Spanish (es) Recolector de basura		139
9	Polish (pl) Odśmiecanie pamięci		137
10	Czech (cs) Garbage collection		102

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

Language versions of the article "Garbage collection (computer science)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Garbage collection (computer science)		373
2	German (de) Garbage Collection		163
3	French (fr) Ramasse-miettes (informatique)		140
4	Italian (it) Garbage collection		89
5	Japanese (ja) ガベージコレクション		72
6	Russian (ru) Сборка мусора		63
7	Hebrew (he) איסוף זבל (מדעי המחשב)		56
8	Polish (pl) Odśmiecanie pamięci		48
9	Spanish (es) Recolector de basura		38
10	Dutch (nl) Garbage collection		37

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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 "Garbage collection (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) جمع القمامة (حاسوب)		1
2	Vietnamese (vi) Thu gom rác (khoa học máy tính)		1
3	Chinese (zh) 垃圾回收 (計算機科學)		1
4	Bulgarian (bg) Система за почистване на паметта (компютърни науки)		0
5	Catalan (ca) Recollida de memòria brossa		0
6	Czech (cs) Garbage collection		0
7	Danish (da) Spildopsamling		0
8	German (de) Garbage Collection		0
9	Greek (el) Συλλογή απορριμμάτων (υπολογιστές)		0
10	English (en) Garbage collection (computer science)		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 "Garbage collection (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Garbage collection (computer science)		535
2	French (fr) Ramasse-miettes (informatique)		218
3	Japanese (ja) ガベージコレクション		215
4	Russian (ru) Сборка мусора		179
5	Chinese (zh) 垃圾回收 (計算機科學)		165
6	German (de) Garbage Collection		110
7	Arabic (ar) جمع القمامة (حاسوب)		98
8	Spanish (es) Recolector de basura		95
9	Korean (ko) 쓰레기 수집 (컴퓨터 과학)		90
10	Hebrew (he) איסוף זבל (מדעי המחשב)		85

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic جمع القمامة (حاسوب)
bg	Bulgarian Система за почистване на паметта (компютърни науки)
ca	Catalan Recollida de memòria brossa
cs	Czech Garbage collection
da	Danish Spildopsamling
de	German Garbage Collection
el	Greek Συλλογή απορριμμάτων (υπολογιστές)
en	English Garbage collection (computer science)
eo	Esperanto Senrubigo (en komputado)
es	Spanish Recolector de basura
fa	Persian بازیافت حافظه
fi	Finnish Automaattinen roskienkeräys
fr	French Ramasse-miettes (informatique)
gl	Galician Recolección de lixo
he	Hebrew איסוף זבל (מדעי המחשב)
hr	Croatian Sakupljanje smeća (računarstvo)
hu	Hungarian Szemétgyűjtés
id	Indonesian Pengumpulan sampah (ilmu komputer)
it	Italian Garbage collection
ja	Japanese ガベージコレクション
ko	Korean 쓰레기 수집 (컴퓨터 과학)
lt	Lithuanian Šiukšlių surinktuvas
ms	Malay Pengutipan sampah (sains komputer)
nl	Dutch Garbage collection
no	Norwegian Avfallsinnhenting (informatikk)
pl	Polish Odśmiecanie pamięci
pt	Portuguese Coletor de lixo (informática)
ru	Russian Сборка мусора
simple	Simple English Garbage collection (computer science)
sl	Slovenian Čiščenje spomina (računalništvo)
sr	Serbian Сакупљање смећа (рачунарство)
sv	Swedish Skräpsamling
ta	Tamil நினைவகச் சுத்திகரிப்பு
tr	Turkish Çöp toplama (bilgisayar bilimi)
uk	Ukrainian Збирання сміття
vi	Vietnamese Thu gom rác (khoa học máy tính)
zh	Chinese 垃圾回收 (計算機科學)

Best Rank

English: #28507 03.2015

Global: #32679 03.2015

Best Rank

English: #817 01.2002

Global: #205 09.2001

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