Magic number (programming)

Magic number - sequence of bytes used to identify or indicate the format of a file. Article "Magic number (programming)" in English Wikipedia has 51.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 53 references and 14 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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 "Magic number (programming)" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Magic number (programming)", its content was written by 393 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 736 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 183 times in English Wikipedia and cited 868 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1979 in April 2004
• Global: #7299 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #36133 in October 2014
• Global: #53288 in October 2014

There are 18 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) Magic number (programming)		51.6368
2	Catalan (ca) Número màgic (informàtica)		30.762
3	French (fr) Nombre magique (programmation)		23.1478
4	Hungarian (hu) Varázsszámok (antiminta)		17.9262
5	Arabic (ar) رقم سحري		16.5681
6	Finnish (fi) Maaginen numero		15.4621
7	Korean (ko) 매직 넘버 (프로그래밍)		13.225
8	Ukrainian (uk) Магічне число (програмування)		9.4881
9	German (de) Magische Zahl (Informatik)		8.6882
10	Russian (ru) Магическое число (программирование)		8.607

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Magic number (programming)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magic number (programming)		3 871 391
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Informatik)		456 159
3	Japanese (ja) マジックナンバー (プログラム)		444 147
4	Russian (ru) Магическое число (программирование)		342 519
5	Spanish (es) Número mágico (informática)		182 506
6	French (fr) Nombre magique (programmation)		121 375
7	Italian (it) Magic number		67 841
8	Chinese (zh) 魔術數字 (程式設計)		52 770
9	Portuguese (pt) Número mágico (programação de sistemas)		41 694
10	Hebrew (he) מספר קסם (תכנות)		17 700

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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 "Magic number (programming)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magic number (programming)		16 478
2	Japanese (ja) マジックナンバー (プログラム)		1 192
3	Russian (ru) Магическое число (программирование)		996
4	German (de) Magische Zahl (Informatik)		702
5	Chinese (zh) 魔術數字 (程式設計)		453
6	French (fr) Nombre magique (programmation)		336
7	Italian (it) Magic number		225
8	Spanish (es) Número mágico (informática)		159
9	Korean (ko) 매직 넘버 (프로그래밍)		63
10	Portuguese (pt) Número mágico (programação de sistemas)		51

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Magic number (programming)		393
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Informatik)		90
3	French (fr) Nombre magique (programmation)		44
4	Italian (it) Magic number		42
5	Russian (ru) Магическое число (программирование)		40
6	Spanish (es) Número mágico (informática)		25
7	Japanese (ja) マジックナンバー (プログラム)		24
8	Chinese (zh) 魔術數字 (程式設計)		21
9	Hebrew (he) מספר קסם (תכנות)		14
10	Portuguese (pt) Número mágico (programação de sistemas)		12

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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 "Magic number (programming)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Magic number (programming)		2
2	French (fr) Nombre magique (programmation)		1
3	Japanese (ja) マジックナンバー (プログラム)		1
4	Arabic (ar) رقم سحري		0
5	Catalan (ca) Número màgic (informàtica)		0
6	German (de) Magische Zahl (Informatik)		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Magia nombro		0
8	Spanish (es) Número mágico (informática)		0
9	Persian (fa) اعداد جادویی (برنامه‌نویسی)		0
10	Finnish (fi) Maaginen numero		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 "Magic number (programming)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Magic number (programming)		183
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Informatik)		115
3	French (fr) Nombre magique (programmation)		115
4	Spanish (es) Número mágico (informática)		105
5	Russian (ru) Магическое число (программирование)		73
6	Japanese (ja) マジックナンバー (プログラム)		45
7	Italian (it) Magic number		41
8	Korean (ko) 매직 넘버 (프로그래밍)		34
9	Persian (fa) اعداد جادویی (برنامه‌نویسی)		29
10	Arabic (ar) رقم سحري		26

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic رقم سحري
ca	Catalan Número màgic (informàtica)
de	German Magische Zahl (Informatik)
en	English Magic number (programming)
eo	Esperanto Magia nombro
es	Spanish Número mágico (informática)
fa	Persian اعداد جادویی (برنامه‌نویسی)
fi	Finnish Maaginen numero
fr	French Nombre magique (programmation)
he	Hebrew מספר קסם (תכנות)
hu	Hungarian Varázsszámok (antiminta)
it	Italian Magic number
ja	Japanese マジックナンバー (プログラム)
ko	Korean 매직 넘버 (프로그래밍)
pt	Portuguese Número mágico (programação de sistemas)
ru	Russian Магическое число (программирование)
uk	Ukrainian Магічне число (програмування)
zh	Chinese 魔術數字 (程式設計)

Best Rank

English: #36133 10.2014

Global: #53288 10.2014

Best Rank

English: #1979 04.2004

Global: #7299 04.2004

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