M4 (computer language)

M4 - traditional UNIX macro processor. This programming language is the 205^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of programming languages and the 188^th most popular programming language in English Wikipedia. Article “M4 (computer language)” in English Wikipedia has 23 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 7 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “M4 (computer language)”, its content was written by 114 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 251 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

M4 is on the 188^th place in local ranking of programming languages in English Wikipedia and on the 205^th place in global ranking of programming languages in all the time.

The article is cited 240 times in English Wikipedia and cited 759 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6458 in April 2002
• Global: #7314 in April 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #31828 in May 2019
• Global: #68367 in May 2019

There are 14 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	Finnish (fi) M4 (makrokieli)		26.0722
2	German (de) M4 (Programmiersprache)		24.186
3	English (en) M4 (computer language)		23.0463
4	Russian (ru) M4 (макропроцессор)		20.5118
5	Spanish (es) M4 (lenguaje de programación)		15.4682
6	Japanese (ja) M4 (プログラミング言語)		15.0444
7	French (fr) M4 (langage)		10.9248
8	Chinese (zh) M4語言		8.699
9	Arabic (ar) إم 4 (معالج)		8.6601
10	Greek (el) M4 (γλώσσα προγραμματισμού)		7.8498

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

The most popular language versions of the article "M4 (computer language)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) M4 (computer language)		691 824
2	Russian (ru) M4 (макропроцессор)		60 787
3	Japanese (ja) M4 (プログラミング言語)		48 836
4	German (de) M4 (Programmiersprache)		43 822
5	French (fr) M4 (langage)		19 477
6	Chinese (zh) M4語言		17 507
7	Polish (pl) M4 (informatyka)		16 707
8	Korean (ko) M4 (프로그래밍 언어)		10 529
9	Arabic (ar) إم 4 (معالج)		5 537
10	Czech (cs) M4 (makroprocesor)		5 065

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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 "M4 (computer language)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) M4 (computer language)		1 599
2	Chinese (zh) M4語言		103
3	Japanese (ja) M4 (プログラミング言語)		80
4	Russian (ru) M4 (макропроцессор)		67
5	German (de) M4 (Programmiersprache)		52
6	French (fr) M4 (langage)		38
7	Spanish (es) M4 (lenguaje de programación)		27
8	Polish (pl) M4 (informatyka)		26
9	Korean (ko) M4 (프로그래밍 언어)		11
10	Czech (cs) M4 (makroprocesor)		8

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

Language versions of the article "M4 (computer language)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) M4 (computer language)		114
2	French (fr) M4 (langage)		28
3	German (de) M4 (Programmiersprache)		25
4	Japanese (ja) M4 (プログラミング言語)		16
5	Polish (pl) M4 (informatyka)		12
6	Chinese (zh) M4語言		12
7	Arabic (ar) إم 4 (معالج)		9
8	Czech (cs) M4 (makroprocesor)		8
9	Spanish (es) M4 (lenguaje de programación)		8
10	Greek (el) M4 (γλώσσα προγραμματισμού)		7

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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 "M4 (computer language)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Czech (cs) M4 (makroprocesor)		1
2	Greek (el) M4 (γλώσσα προγραμματισμού)		1
3	Arabic (ar) إم 4 (معالج)		0
4	German (de) M4 (Programmiersprache)		0
5	English (en) M4 (computer language)		0
6	Spanish (es) M4 (lenguaje de programación)		0
7	Finnish (fi) M4 (makrokieli)		0
8	French (fr) M4 (langage)		0
9	Japanese (ja) M4 (プログラミング言語)		0
10	Korean (ko) M4 (프로그래밍 언어)		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 "M4 (computer language)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) M4 (computer language)		240
2	Russian (ru) M4 (макропроцессор)		181
3	Japanese (ja) M4 (プログラミング言語)		138
4	Chinese (zh) M4語言		116
5	German (de) M4 (Programmiersprache)		14
6	French (fr) M4 (langage)		14
7	Korean (ko) M4 (프로그래밍 언어)		12
8	Ukrainian (uk) M4 (мова програмування)		11
9	Arabic (ar) إم 4 (معالج)		7
10	Czech (cs) M4 (makroprocesor)		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic إم 4 (معالج)
cs	Czech M4 (makroprocesor)
de	German M4 (Programmiersprache)
el	Greek M4 (γλώσσα προγραμματισμού)
en	English M4 (computer language)
es	Spanish M4 (lenguaje de programación)
fi	Finnish M4 (makrokieli)
fr	French M4 (langage)
ja	Japanese M4 (プログラミング言語)
ko	Korean M4 (프로그래밍 언어)
pl	Polish M4 (informatyka)
ru	Russian M4 (макропроцессор)
uk	Ukrainian M4 (мова програмування)
zh	Chinese M4語言

Best Rank

English: #31828 05.2019

Global: #68367 05.2019

Best Rank

English: #6458 04.2002

Global: #7314 04.2002

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