Irreducible complexity

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Irreducible complexity

Quality:

Irreducible complexity - argument by proponents of intelligent design that certain biological systems are too complex to have evolved. Article "Irreducible complexity" in English Wikipedia has 82.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 166 references and 23 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 "Irreducible complexity" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Irreducible complexity", its content was written by 558 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1118 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 82 times in English Wikipedia and cited 607 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #103 in July 2002
  • Global: #237 in July 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #54089 in April 2008
  • Global: #72056 in April 2008

There are 26 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
1English (en)
Irreducible complexity
82.554
2Portuguese (pt)
Complexidade irredutível
49.9138
3Galician (gl)
Complexidade irredutíbel
48.7049
4Polish (pl)
Nieredukowalna złożoność
44.0902
5Hebrew (he)
מורכבות שאינה ניתנת לפישוט
42.3389
6French (fr)
Complexité irréductible
41.8905
7Spanish (es)
Complejidad irreducible
38.7899
8Esperanto (eo)
Nereduktebla komplekso
38.5331
9Korean (ko)
환원 불가능한 복잡성
37.4321
10German (de)
Nichtreduzierbare Komplexität
36.0813
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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 "Irreducible complexity" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Irreducible complexity
1 438 059
2Spanish (es)
Complejidad irreducible
130 628
3Portuguese (pt)
Complexidade irredutível
81 450
4German (de)
Nichtreduzierbare Komplexität
79 665
5French (fr)
Complexité irréductible
69 287
6Polish (pl)
Nieredukowalna złożoność
56 816
7Chinese (zh)
不可化約的複雜性
24 902
8Italian (it)
Complessità irriducibile
24 667
9Arabic (ar)
تعقيد لا اختزالي
23 287
10Russian (ru)
Неуменьшаемая сложность
22 736
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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 "Irreducible complexity" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Irreducible complexity
5 974
2Turkish (tr)
İndirgenemez karmaşıklık
195
3Spanish (es)
Complejidad irreducible
178
4Portuguese (pt)
Complexidade irredutível
159
5Russian (ru)
Неуменьшаемая сложность
158
6German (de)
Nichtreduzierbare Komplexität
141
7Chinese (zh)
不可化約的複雜性
95
8Korean (ko)
환원 불가능한 복잡성
94
9Dutch (nl)
Onherleidbare complexiteit
88
10Italian (it)
Complessità irriducibile
83
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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 "Irreducible complexity" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Irreducible complexity
558
2German (de)
Nichtreduzierbare Komplexität
102
3French (fr)
Complexité irréductible
61
4Spanish (es)
Complejidad irreducible
48
5Italian (it)
Complessità irriducibile
41
6Polish (pl)
Nieredukowalna złożoność
41
7Portuguese (pt)
Complexidade irredutível
40
8Finnish (fi)
Palautumaton monimutkaisuus
32
9Dutch (nl)
Onherleidbare complexiteit
23
10Turkish (tr)
İndirgenemez karmaşıklık
20
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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 "Irreducible complexity" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Azerbaijani (az)
Sadələşməyən mürəkkəblik
1
2English (en)
Irreducible complexity
1
3Finnish (fi)
Palautumaton monimutkaisuus
1
4Galician (gl)
Complexidade irredutíbel
1
5Arabic (ar)
تعقيد لا اختزالي
0
6Czech (cs)
Nezjednodušitelná složitost
0
7Danish (da)
Irreducibel kompleksitet
0
8German (de)
Nichtreduzierbare Komplexität
0
9Esperanto (eo)
Nereduktebla komplekso
0
10Spanish (es)
Complejidad irreducible
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 "Irreducible complexity" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Portuguese (pt)
Complexidade irredutível
219
2English (en)
Irreducible complexity
82
3Russian (ru)
Неуменьшаемая сложность
45
4Korean (ko)
환원 불가능한 복잡성
37
5Arabic (ar)
تعقيد لا اختزالي
31
6Finnish (fi)
Palautumaton monimutkaisuus
19
7Hungarian (hu)
Egyszerűsíthetetlen összetettség
19
8French (fr)
Complexité irréductible
16
9Spanish (es)
Complejidad irreducible
13
10Hebrew (he)
מורכבות שאינה ניתנת לפישוט
13
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تعقيد لا اختزالي
azAzerbaijani
Sadələşməyən mürəkkəblik
csCzech
Nezjednodušitelná složitost
daDanish
Irreducibel kompleksitet
deGerman
Nichtreduzierbare Komplexität
enEnglish
Irreducible complexity
eoEsperanto
Nereduktebla komplekso
esSpanish
Complejidad irreducible
faPersian
پیچیدگی تجزیه‌ناپذیر
fiFinnish
Palautumaton monimutkaisuus
frFrench
Complexité irréductible
glGalician
Complexidade irredutíbel
heHebrew
מורכבות שאינה ניתנת לפישוט
hrCroatian
Nesvediva složenost
huHungarian
Egyszerűsíthetetlen összetettség
idIndonesian
Kerumitan tak tersederhanakan
itItalian
Complessità irriducibile
koKorean
환원 불가능한 복잡성
nlDutch
Onherleidbare complexiteit
plPolish
Nieredukowalna złożoność
ptPortuguese
Complexidade irredutível
ruRussian
Неуменьшаемая сложность
shSerbo-Croatian
Nesvediva složenost
trTurkish
İndirgenemez karmaşıklık
ukUkrainian
Нескорочувана складність
zhChinese
不可化約的複雜性

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#54089
04.2008
Global:
#72056
04.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#103
07.2002
Global:
#237
07.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Irreducible complexity from Wikipedia articles about Intelligent design, Michael Behe, Abiogenesis, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and Flagellum. Whereas reading the article about Irreducible complexity people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Specified complexity, Michael Behe, Intelligent design, Kitzmiller, et al. v. Dover Area School District, et al. and Darwins Black Box.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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