Honeypot (computing)

Honeypot - computer security mechanism; consists of data that appears to be a legitimate part of the site, but is actually isolated and monitored, and that seems to contain information or a resource of value to attackers, who are then blocked and/or analyzed. Article "Honeypot (computing)" in English Wikipedia has 56.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 48 references and 15 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Honeypot (computing)" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Honeypot (computing)", its content was written by 312 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 866 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 150 times in English Wikipedia and cited 655 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8038 in March 2005
• Global: #9430 in March 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #12803 in August 2015
• Global: #20730 in August 2015

There are 28 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Honeypot (computing)		56.1264
2	Estonian (et) Meepurk (arvutiteadus)		55.1871
3	Spanish (es) Honeypot		40.4446
4	Portuguese (pt) Pote de mel (computação)		39.012
5	Catalan (ca) Esquer (informàtica)		37.5926
6	Slovenian (sl) Honeypot (detekcijski sistem)		31.4782
7	German (de) Honeypot		28.4912
8	Croatian (hr) Honeypot		26.6113
9	Italian (it) Honeypot		26.1609
10	French (fr) Honeypot		21.7248

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Honeypot (computing)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Honeypot (computing)		4 249 432
2	German (de) Honeypot		634 309
3	Japanese (ja) ハニーポット		443 951
4	Spanish (es) Honeypot		415 446
5	French (fr) Honeypot		280 252
6	Russian (ru) Honeypot		237 181
7	Italian (it) Honeypot		171 076
8	Chinese (zh) 蜜罐 (電腦科學)		117 425
9	Portuguese (pt) Pote de mel (computação)		115 014
10	Polish (pl) Honeypot		113 053

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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 "Honeypot (computing)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Honeypot (computing)		10 498
2	German (de) Honeypot		1 625
3	Russian (ru) Honeypot		1 193
4	French (fr) Honeypot		558
5	Japanese (ja) ハニーポット		488
6	Chinese (zh) 蜜罐 (電腦科學)		457
7	Spanish (es) Honeypot		432
8	Italian (it) Honeypot		238
9	Polish (pl) Honeypot		225
10	Simple English (simple) Honeypot (computing)		213

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Honeypot (computing)		312
2	German (de) Honeypot		123
3	French (fr) Honeypot		66
4	Italian (it) Honeypot		43
5	Japanese (ja) ハニーポット		41
6	Russian (ru) Honeypot		33
7	Spanish (es) Honeypot		29
8	Persian (fa) هانی‌پات		28
9	Dutch (nl) Honeypot (informatica)		23
10	Portuguese (pt) Pote de mel (computação)		23

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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 "Honeypot (computing)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Honeypot (computing)		3
2	German (de) Honeypot		1
3	Polish (pl) Honeypot		1
4	Arabic (ar) هوني بوت		0
5	Catalan (ca) Esquer (informàtica)		0
6	Czech (cs) Honeypot		0
7	Spanish (es) Honeypot		0
8	Estonian (et) Meepurk (arvutiteadus)		0
9	Basque (eu) Honeypot		0
10	Persian (fa) هانی‌پات		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 "Honeypot (computing)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Honeypot (computing)		150
2	French (fr) Honeypot		78
3	Persian (fa) هانی‌پات		53
4	Ukrainian (uk) Honeypot		50
5	Japanese (ja) ハニーポット		48
6	Russian (ru) Honeypot		47
7	Arabic (ar) هوني بوت		44
8	German (de) Honeypot		44
9	Korean (ko) 허니팟		34
10	Chinese (zh) 蜜罐 (電腦科學)		23

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic هوني بوت
ca	Catalan Esquer (informàtica)
cs	Czech Honeypot
de	German Honeypot
en	English Honeypot (computing)
es	Spanish Honeypot
et	Estonian Meepurk (arvutiteadus)
eu	Basque Honeypot
fa	Persian هانی‌پات
fi	Finnish Hunajapurkki
fr	French Honeypot
he	Hebrew מלכודת דבש (מחשבים)
hr	Croatian Honeypot
hu	Hungarian Mézesbödön (számítástechnika)
id	Indonesian Madukala
it	Italian Honeypot
ja	Japanese ハニーポット
ko	Korean 허니팟
nl	Dutch Honeypot (informatica)
pl	Polish Honeypot
pt	Portuguese Pote de mel (computação)
ru	Russian Honeypot
simple	Simple English Honeypot (computing)
sl	Slovenian Honeypot (detekcijski sistem)
th	Thai ฮันนีพอต
tr	Turkish Bal küpü
uk	Ukrainian Honeypot
zh	Chinese 蜜罐 (電腦科學)

Best Rank

English: #12803 08.2015

Global: #20730 08.2015

Best Rank

English: #8038 03.2005

Global: #9430 03.2005

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