K-nearest neighbors algorithm

K-nearest neighbors algorithm - classification algorithm. Article "K-nearest neighbors algorithm" in English Wikipedia has 65.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 20 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 "K-nearest neighbors algorithm" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "K-nearest neighbors algorithm", its content was written by 232 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 645 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 356 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1892 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6601 in March 2013
• Global: #23881 in April 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #12826 in April 2019
• Global: #19805 in February 2015

There are 23 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) K-nearest neighbors algorithm		65.1887
2	Hebrew (he) אלגוריתם שכן קרוב		54.6581
3	Chinese (zh) K-近邻算法		44.5612
4	Korean (ko) K-최근접 이웃 알고리즘		44.2349
5	Serbian (sr) Алгоритам к најближих суседа		38.174
6	Basque (eu) K auzokide hurbilenak		33.2918
7	Persian (fa) الگوریتم کی-نزدیک‌ترین همسایه		32.0382
8	Ukrainian (uk) Метод k-найближчих сусідів		31.6409
9	Thai (th) ขั้นตอนวิธีการค้นหาเพื่อนบ้านใกล้สุด k ตัว		25.2817
10	Arabic (ar) كي أقرب جار		22.2593

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

The most popular language versions of the article "K-nearest neighbors algorithm" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) K-nearest neighbors algorithm		6 340 054
2	Chinese (zh) K-近邻算法		642 053
3	Japanese (ja) K近傍法		386 515
4	French (fr) Méthode des k plus proches voisins		348 926
5	German (de) Nächste-Nachbarn-Klassifikation		340 926
6	Spanish (es) K vecinos más próximos		233 730
7	Korean (ko) K-최근접 이웃 알고리즘		200 977
8	Italian (it) K-nearest neighbors		146 957
9	Russian (ru) Метод k ближайших соседей		144 798
10	Polish (pl) K najbliższych sąsiadów		114 279

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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 "K-nearest neighbors algorithm" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) K-nearest neighbors algorithm		16 702
2	French (fr) Méthode des k plus proches voisins		1 537
3	Chinese (zh) K-近邻算法		1 337
4	German (de) Nächste-Nachbarn-Klassifikation		798
5	Korean (ko) K-최근접 이웃 알고리즘		740
6	Italian (it) K-nearest neighbors		701
7	Japanese (ja) K近傍法		684
8	Polish (pl) K najbliższych sąsiadów		576
9	Spanish (es) K vecinos más próximos		540
10	Russian (ru) Метод k ближайших соседей		422

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

Language versions of the article "K-nearest neighbors algorithm" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) K-nearest neighbors algorithm		232
2	German (de) Nächste-Nachbarn-Klassifikation		52
3	French (fr) Méthode des k plus proches voisins		40
4	Chinese (zh) K-近邻算法		37
5	Italian (it) K-nearest neighbors		35
6	Spanish (es) K vecinos más próximos		33
7	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật k hàng xóm gần nhất		25
8	Japanese (ja) K近傍法		21
9	Hebrew (he) אלגוריתם שכן קרוב		20
10	Russian (ru) Метод k ближайших соседей		18

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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 "K-nearest neighbors algorithm" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) K-nearest neighbors algorithm		2
2	Hebrew (he) אלגוריתם שכן קרוב		1
3	Arabic (ar) كي أقرب جار		0
4	Catalan (ca) Knn		0
5	Czech (cs) Algoritmus k-nejbližších sousedů		0
6	Danish (da) K-nærmeste naboer		0
7	German (de) Nächste-Nachbarn-Klassifikation		0
8	Spanish (es) K vecinos más próximos		0
9	Basque (eu) K auzokide hurbilenak		0
10	Persian (fa) الگوریتم کی-نزدیک‌ترین همسایه		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 "K-nearest neighbors algorithm" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) K-nearest neighbors algorithm		356
2	Japanese (ja) K近傍法		266
3	French (fr) Méthode des k plus proches voisins		162
4	Russian (ru) Метод k ближайших соседей		152
5	Korean (ko) K-최근접 이웃 알고리즘		137
6	Ukrainian (uk) Метод k-найближчих сусідів		130
7	Chinese (zh) K-近邻算法		119
8	Hebrew (he) אלגוריתם שכן קרוב		103
9	Italian (it) K-nearest neighbors		95
10	Persian (fa) الگوریتم کی-نزدیک‌ترین همسایه		83

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic كي أقرب جار
ca	Catalan Knn
cs	Czech Algoritmus k-nejbližších sousedů
da	Danish K-nærmeste naboer
de	German Nächste-Nachbarn-Klassifikation
en	English K-nearest neighbors algorithm
es	Spanish K vecinos más próximos
eu	Basque K auzokide hurbilenak
fa	Persian الگوریتم کی-نزدیک‌ترین همسایه
fr	French Méthode des k plus proches voisins
he	Hebrew אלגוריתם שכן קרוב
id	Indonesian Algoritma k tetangga terdekat
it	Italian K-nearest neighbors
ja	Japanese K近傍法
ko	Korean K-최근접 이웃 알고리즘
no	Norwegian K-NN
pl	Polish K najbliższych sąsiadów
ru	Russian Метод k ближайших соседей
sr	Serbian Алгоритам к најближих суседа
th	Thai ขั้นตอนวิธีการค้นหาเพื่อนบ้านใกล้สุด k ตัว
uk	Ukrainian Метод k-найближчих сусідів
vi	Vietnamese Giải thuật k hàng xóm gần nhất
zh	Chinese K-近邻算法

Best Rank

English: #12826 04.2019

Global: #19805 02.2015

Best Rank

English: #6601 03.2013

Global: #23881 04.2015

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