Global variable

Global variable - variable in a computer program that is visible throughout the program, unless shadowed. Article “Global variable” in English Wikipedia has 20.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 5 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.09 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.

In June 2026 the article “Global variable” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Global variable”, its content was written by 103 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 265 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 106 times in English Wikipedia and cited 490 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #12500 in July 2003
• Global: #13260 in December 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #84377 in October 2014
• Global: #93998 in October 2014

There are 17 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) Global variable		20.7695
2	Kazakh (kk) Ауқымды айнымалы		20.3165
3	Korean (ko) 전역 변수		15.2053
4	Czech (cs) Globální proměnná		9.8948
5	Russian (ru) Глобальная переменная		9.4273
6	Persian (fa) متغیر سراسری		8.8969
7	Chinese (zh) 全局变量		6.3163
8	French (fr) Variable globale		6.2065
9	Japanese (ja) グローバル変数		5.164
10	Spanish (es) Variable global		3.9541

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Global variable" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global variable		1 297 446
2	Japanese (ja) グローバル変数		277 526
3	Spanish (es) Variable global		210 313
4	French (fr) Variable globale		123 374
5	Russian (ru) Глобальная переменная		80 558
6	Polish (pl) Zmienna globalna		78 018
7	Chinese (zh) 全局变量		71 496
8	Korean (ko) 전역 변수		68 347
9	Portuguese (pt) Variável global		50 085
10	Ukrainian (uk) Глобальна змінна		11 718

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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 "Global variable" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global variable		836
2	Chinese (zh) 全局变量		112
3	Japanese (ja) グローバル変数		107
4	French (fr) Variable globale		38
5	Russian (ru) Глобальная переменная		31
6	Spanish (es) Variable global		17
7	Korean (ko) 전역 변수		17
8	Portuguese (pt) Variável global		14
9	Polish (pl) Zmienna globalna		12
10	Vietnamese (vi) Biến toàn cục		12

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Global variable		103
2	French (fr) Variable globale		38
3	Polish (pl) Zmienna globalna		18
4	Japanese (ja) グローバル変数		14
5	Korean (ko) 전역 변수		13
6	Ukrainian (uk) Глобальна змінна		13
7	Spanish (es) Variable global		12
8	Chinese (zh) 全局变量		11
9	Russian (ru) Глобальная переменная		10
10	Czech (cs) Globální proměnná		9

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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 "Global variable" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Global variable		1
2	Chinese (zh) 全局变量		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) Qlobal dəyişən		0
4	Czech (cs) Globální proměnná		0
5	Esperanto (eo) Malloka variablo		0
6	Spanish (es) Variable global		0
7	Estonian (et) Globaalne muutuja		0
8	Persian (fa) متغیر سراسری		0
9	French (fr) Variable globale		0
10	Japanese (ja) グローバル変数		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 "Global variable" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Variable globale		125
2	English (en) Global variable		106
3	Japanese (ja) グローバル変数		44
4	Korean (ko) 전역 변수		43
5	Chinese (zh) 全局变量		35
6	Polish (pl) Zmienna globalna		23
7	Russian (ru) Глобальная переменная		19
8	Portuguese (pt) Variável global		17
9	Spanish (es) Variable global		15
10	Persian (fa) متغیر سراسری		15

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#	Language	Value
az	Azerbaijani Qlobal dəyişən
cs	Czech Globální proměnná
en	English Global variable
eo	Esperanto Malloka variablo
es	Spanish Variable global
et	Estonian Globaalne muutuja
fa	Persian متغیر سراسری
fr	French Variable globale
ja	Japanese グローバル変数
kk	Kazakh Ауқымды айнымалы
ko	Korean 전역 변수
pl	Polish Zmienna globalna
pt	Portuguese Variável global
ru	Russian Глобальная переменная
uk	Ukrainian Глобальна змінна
vi	Vietnamese Biến toàn cục
zh	Chinese 全局变量

Best Rank

English: #84377 10.2014

Global: #93998 10.2014

Best Rank

English: #12500 07.2003

Global: #13260 12.2002

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