Knightian uncertainty

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Knightian uncertainty

Quality:

Knightian uncertainty - a lack of any quantifiable knowledge about some possible occurrence, as opposed to the presence of quantifiable risk, indicating some fundamental degree of ignorance, a limit to knowledge, and an essential unpredictability of future events. Article “Knightian uncertainty” in English Wikipedia has 32.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.73 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 2025 the article “Knightian uncertainty” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Knightian uncertainty”, its content was written by 37 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 80 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 194 times in English Wikipedia and cited 223 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #68968 in December 2019
  • Global: #139834 in February 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #234922 in September 2024
  • Global: #378565 in September 2024

There are 7 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)
Knightian uncertainty
32.8724
2German (de)
Knightsche Unsicherheit
27.5709
3Dutch (nl)
Knightiaanse onzekerheid
21.1365
4Catalan (ca)
Incertesa knightiana
12.6777
5French (fr)
Théorie du risque
10.9141
6Spanish (es)
Incertidumbre knightiana
10.2725
7Chinese (zh)
奈特氏不確定性
0.297
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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 "Knightian uncertainty" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Knightian uncertainty
403 483
2French (fr)
Théorie du risque
53 507
3German (de)
Knightsche Unsicherheit
24 243
4Spanish (es)
Incertidumbre knightiana
17 728
5Chinese (zh)
奈特氏不確定性
13 331
6Dutch (nl)
Knightiaanse onzekerheid
9 315
7Catalan (ca)
Incertesa knightiana
326
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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 "Knightian uncertainty" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Knightian uncertainty
2 156
2French (fr)
Théorie du risque
111
3German (de)
Knightsche Unsicherheit
102
4Chinese (zh)
奈特氏不確定性
69
5Spanish (es)
Incertidumbre knightiana
54
6Dutch (nl)
Knightiaanse onzekerheid
21
7Catalan (ca)
Incertesa knightiana
16
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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 "Knightian uncertainty" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Knightian uncertainty
37
2French (fr)
Théorie du risque
16
3German (de)
Knightsche Unsicherheit
12
4Dutch (nl)
Knightiaanse onzekerheid
7
5Spanish (es)
Incertidumbre knightiana
4
6Chinese (zh)
奈特氏不確定性
3
7Catalan (ca)
Incertesa knightiana
1
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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 "Knightian uncertainty" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Knightian uncertainty
3
2Catalan (ca)
Incertesa knightiana
0
3German (de)
Knightsche Unsicherheit
0
4Spanish (es)
Incertidumbre knightiana
0
5French (fr)
Théorie du risque
0
6Dutch (nl)
Knightiaanse onzekerheid
0
7Chinese (zh)
奈特氏不確定性
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 "Knightian uncertainty" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Knightian uncertainty
194
2Dutch (nl)
Knightiaanse onzekerheid
8
3Spanish (es)
Incertidumbre knightiana
7
4French (fr)
Théorie du risque
5
5Catalan (ca)
Incertesa knightiana
3
6German (de)
Knightsche Unsicherheit
3
7Chinese (zh)
奈特氏不確定性
3
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Incertesa knightiana
deGerman
Knightsche Unsicherheit
enEnglish
Knightian uncertainty
esSpanish
Incertidumbre knightiana
frFrench
Théorie du risque
nlDutch
Knightiaanse onzekerheid
zhChinese
奈特氏不確定性

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#234922
09.2024
Global:
#378565
09.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#68968
12.2019
Global:
#139834
02.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Knightian uncertainty from Wikipedia articles about Russells Teapot, Kelly criterion, Ellsberg paradox, Hyman Minsky and There are unknown unknowns. Whereas reading the article about Knightian uncertainty people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Frank Knight, Ellsberg paradox, Black swan theory, There are unknown unknowns and Emanuel Derman.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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