Inheritance (object-oriented programming)

Inheritance - concept in object-oriented programming. Article “Inheritance (object-oriented programming)” in English Wikipedia has 58 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 26 references and 16 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.05 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Inheritance (object-oriented programming)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Inheritance (object-oriented programming)”, its content was written by 390 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1174 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 393 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1824 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1407 in July 2003
• Global: #4105 in January 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #20667 in April 2015
• Global: #19585 in September 2009

There are 32 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	German (de) Vererbung (Programmierung)		87.1027
2	English (en) Inheritance (object-oriented programming)		57.9527
3	Hungarian (hu) Öröklődés (objektumorientált programozás)		44.9745
4	Catalan (ca) Herència (programació)		33.1303
5	Ukrainian (uk) Успадкування (програмування)		33.0188
6	Serbian (sr) Наслеђивање (објектно-оријентисано програмирање)		27.3803
7	Italian (it) Ereditarietà (informatica)		26.7674
8	Turkish (tr) Kalıtım (programlama)		25.9256
9	Russian (ru) Наследование (программирование)		24.6406
10	Hindi (hi) वंशानुक्रम (कंप्यूटर विज्ञान)		24.2036

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Inheritance (object-oriented programming)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Inheritance (object-oriented programming)		4 896 705
2	Spanish (es) Herencia (informática)		1 212 593
3	Russian (ru) Наследование (программирование)		883 373
4	German (de) Vererbung (Programmierung)		602 620
5	Polish (pl) Dziedziczenie (programowanie)		311 366
6	Portuguese (pt) Herança (programação orientada a objetos)		213 744
7	Japanese (ja) 継承 (プログラミング)		203 407
8	French (fr) Héritage (informatique)		198 978
9	Ukrainian (uk) Успадкування (програмування)		133 983
10	Italian (it) Ereditarietà (informatica)		119 047

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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 "Inheritance (object-oriented programming)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Inheritance (object-oriented programming)		3 279
2	German (de) Vererbung (Programmierung)		426
3	Russian (ru) Наследование (программирование)		419
4	Chinese (zh) 继承 (计算机科学)		220
5	Japanese (ja) 継承 (プログラミング)		204
6	Spanish (es) Herencia (informática)		149
7	French (fr) Héritage (informatique)		149
8	Polish (pl) Dziedziczenie (programowanie)		112
9	Ukrainian (uk) Успадкування (програмування)		82
10	Portuguese (pt) Herança (programação orientada a objetos)		81

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

Language versions of the article "Inheritance (object-oriented programming)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Inheritance (object-oriented programming)		390
2	German (de) Vererbung (Programmierung)		127
3	Russian (ru) Наследование (программирование)		77
4	Spanish (es) Herencia (informática)		69
5	French (fr) Héritage (informatique)		61
6	Italian (it) Ereditarietà (informatica)		59
7	Japanese (ja) 継承 (プログラミング)		43
8	Polish (pl) Dziedziczenie (programowanie)		39
9	Dutch (nl) Overerving (informatica)		34
10	Ukrainian (uk) Успадкування (програмування)		32

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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 "Inheritance (object-oriented programming)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) وراثة (حوسبة)		1
2	English (en) Inheritance (object-oriented programming)		1
3	Spanish (es) Herencia (informática)		1
4	Hungarian (hu) Öröklődés (objektumorientált programozás)		1
5	Serbian (sr) Наслеђивање (објектно-оријентисано програмирање)		1
6	Azerbaijani (az) İrsilik		0
7	Catalan (ca) Herència (programació)		0
8	Czech (cs) Dědičnost (objektově orientované programování)		0
9	German (de) Vererbung (Programmierung)		0
10	Persian (fa) وراثت (برنامه‌نویسی شیءگرا)		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 "Inheritance (object-oriented programming)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Inheritance (object-oriented programming)		393
2	French (fr) Héritage (informatique)		209
3	Japanese (ja) 継承 (プログラミング)		155
4	Russian (ru) Наследование (программирование)		124
5	German (de) Vererbung (Programmierung)		117
6	Chinese (zh) 继承 (计算机科学)		110
7	Ukrainian (uk) Успадкування (програмування)		99
8	Portuguese (pt) Herança (programação orientada a objetos)		63
9	Polish (pl) Dziedziczenie (programowanie)		60
10	Persian (fa) وراثت (برنامه‌نویسی شیءگرا)		59

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وراثة (حوسبة)
az	Azerbaijani İrsilik
ca	Catalan Herència (programació)
cs	Czech Dědičnost (objektově orientované programování)
de	German Vererbung (Programmierung)
en	English Inheritance (object-oriented programming)
es	Spanish Herencia (informática)
fa	Persian وراثت (برنامه‌نویسی شیءگرا)
fi	Finnish Perintä (ohjelmointi)
fr	French Héritage (informatique)
he	Hebrew ירושה (תכנות)
hi	Hindi वंशानुक्रम (कंप्यूटर विज्ञान)
hu	Hungarian Öröklődés (objektumorientált programozás)
hy	Armenian Ժառանգում (ծրագրավորում)
it	Italian Ereditarietà (informatica)
ja	Japanese 継承 (プログラミング)
ka	Georgian მემკვიდრეობა (პროგრამირება)
ko	Korean 상속 (객체 지향 프로그래밍)
lt	Lithuanian Paveldėjimas (programavimas)
ms	Malay Pewarisan (pengaturcaraan berorientasi objek)
nl	Dutch Overerving (informatica)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Arv i programmering
pl	Polish Dziedziczenie (programowanie)
pt	Portuguese Herança (programação orientada a objetos)
ru	Russian Наследование (программирование)
simple	Simple English Inheritance (object-oriented programming)
sr	Serbian Наслеђивање (објектно-оријентисано програмирање)
ta	Tamil மரபியல்பு (கணினியியல்)
tr	Turkish Kalıtım (programlama)
uk	Ukrainian Успадкування (програмування)
vi	Vietnamese Kế thừa (lập trình hướng đối tượng)
zh	Chinese 继承 (计算机科学)

Best Rank

English: #20667 04.2015

Global: #19585 09.2009

Best Rank

English: #1407 07.2003

Global: #4105 01.2002

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