Kolmogorov complexity

Kolmogorov complexity - measure of algorithmic complexity. Article “Kolmogorov complexity” in English Wikipedia has 57.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 49 references and 27 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.02 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 “Kolmogorov complexity” was edited by 6 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Kolmogorov complexity”, its content was written by 273 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 620 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 592 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1400 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #659 in August 2001
• Global: #769 in August 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #34735 in January 2013
• Global: #57570 in January 2013

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) Kolmogorov complexity		57.4237
2	Chinese (zh) 柯氏复杂性		44.7086
3	Catalan (ca) Complexitat de Kolmogórov		33.3478
4	Russian (ru) Колмогоровская сложность		25.1437
5	Arabic (ar) تعقيد كولموغروف		24.4163
6	Portuguese (pt) Complexidade de Kolmogorov		20.008
7	French (fr) Complexité de Kolmogorov		19.8191
8	Turkish (tr) Kolmogorov karmaşıklığı		19.7261
9	Swedish (sv) Kolmogorovkomplexitet		17.3949
10	Galician (gl) Complexidade de Kolmogorov		17.1598

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Kolmogorov complexity" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Kolmogorov complexity		1 863 978
2	Japanese (ja) コルモゴロフ複雑性		171 800
3	Russian (ru) Колмогоровская сложность		165 394
4	German (de) Kolmogorow-Komplexität		126 162
5	French (fr) Complexité de Kolmogorov		117 465
6	Portuguese (pt) Complexidade de Kolmogorov		54 614
7	Chinese (zh) 柯氏复杂性		51 627
8	Polish (pl) Złożoność Kołmogorowa		47 180
9	Spanish (es) Complejidad de Kolmogórov		42 732
10	Hebrew (he) סיבוכיות קולמוגורוב		19 171

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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 "Kolmogorov complexity" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Kolmogorov complexity		12 485
2	Russian (ru) Колмогоровская сложность		804
3	Japanese (ja) コルモゴロフ複雑性		765
4	German (de) Kolmogorow-Komplexität		361
5	Chinese (zh) 柯氏复杂性		302
6	French (fr) Complexité de Kolmogorov		300
7	Spanish (es) Complejidad de Kolmogórov		156
8	Portuguese (pt) Complexidade de Kolmogorov		106
9	Korean (ko) 콜모고로프 복잡도		104
10	Turkish (tr) Kolmogorov karmaşıklığı		89

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Kolmogorov complexity		273
2	French (fr) Complexité de Kolmogorov		47
3	German (de) Kolmogorow-Komplexität		41
4	Japanese (ja) コルモゴロフ複雑性		36
5	Russian (ru) Колмогоровская сложность		31
6	Hebrew (he) סיבוכיות קולמוגורוב		27
7	Galician (gl) Complexidade de Kolmogorov		24
8	Polish (pl) Złożoność Kołmogorowa		17
9	Turkish (tr) Kolmogorov karmaşıklığı		16
10	Chinese (zh) 柯氏复杂性		15

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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 "Kolmogorov complexity" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Kolmogorov complexity		6
2	German (de) Kolmogorow-Komplexität		1
3	Arabic (ar) تعقيد كولموغروف		0
4	Catalan (ca) Complexitat de Kolmogórov		0
5	Czech (cs) Kolmogorovská složitost		0
6	Spanish (es) Complejidad de Kolmogórov		0
7	Estonian (et) Kolmogorovi keerukus		0
8	Persian (fa) پیچیدگی کولموگروف		0
9	French (fr) Complexité de Kolmogorov		0
10	Galician (gl) Complexidade de Kolmogorov		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 "Kolmogorov complexity" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Kolmogorov complexity		592
2	Chinese (zh) 柯氏复杂性		140
3	Russian (ru) Колмогоровская сложность		113
4	Japanese (ja) コルモゴロフ複雑性		110
5	Ukrainian (uk) Колмогоровська складність		72
6	Korean (ko) 콜모고로프 복잡도		70
7	French (fr) Complexité de Kolmogorov		46
8	Arabic (ar) تعقيد كولموغروف		44
9	Persian (fa) پیچیدگی کولموگروف		44
10	German (de) Kolmogorow-Komplexität		40

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تعقيد كولموغروف
ca	Catalan Complexitat de Kolmogórov
cs	Czech Kolmogorovská složitost
de	German Kolmogorow-Komplexität
en	English Kolmogorov complexity
es	Spanish Complejidad de Kolmogórov
et	Estonian Kolmogorovi keerukus
fa	Persian پیچیدگی کولموگروف
fr	French Complexité de Kolmogorov
gl	Galician Complexidade de Kolmogorov
he	Hebrew סיבוכיות קולמוגורוב
id	Indonesian Kompleksitas Kolmogorov
it	Italian Complessità di Kolmogorov
ja	Japanese コルモゴロフ複雑性
ko	Korean 콜모고로프 복잡도
nl	Dutch Kolmogorov-complexiteit
pl	Polish Złożoność Kołmogorowa
pt	Portuguese Complexidade de Kolmogorov
ru	Russian Колмогоровская сложность
sv	Swedish Kolmogorovkomplexitet
tr	Turkish Kolmogorov karmaşıklığı
uk	Ukrainian Колмогоровська складність
zh	Chinese 柯氏复杂性

Best Rank

English: #34735 01.2013

Global: #57570 01.2013

Best Rank

English: #659 08.2001

Global: #769 08.2001

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