Man-in-the-middle attack

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Man-in-the-middle attack

Quality:

Man-in-the-middle attack - form of active eavesdropping in which the attacker makes connections with the victims and relays messages between them. Article "Man-in-the-middle attack" in English Wikipedia has 44.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 32 references and 11 sections.

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

Achievements in the last month:
English Wikipedia:
The 5572nd most editable in English Wikipedia in the last month.

In June 2025 the article "Man-in-the-middle attack" was edited by 12 authors in English Wikipedia (5572nd place) and written by 18 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Man-in-the-middle attack", its content was written by 443 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1306 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 492 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2498 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2350 in November 2002
  • Global: #5319 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #6575 in March 2010
  • Global: #11271 in March 2010

There are 30 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
1Estonian (et)
Vahendajarünne
56.4978
2English (en)
Man-in-the-middle attack
44.5681
3Turkish (tr)
Aradaki adam saldırısı
36.2419
4Finnish (fi)
Väliintulohyökkäys
34.8476
5Russian (ru)
Атака посредника
34.6548
6Ukrainian (uk)
Атака «людина посередині»
29.582
7Armenian (hy)
Մարդը միջանկյալ օղակում կիբեռհարձակում
29.4215
8Chinese (zh)
中间人攻击
26.9605
9Belarusian (be)
Чалавек пасярэдзіне
23.9868
10Persian (fa)
حمله مرد میانی
21.5408
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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 "Man-in-the-middle attack" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Man-in-the-middle attack
6 942 976
2German (de)
Man-in-the-Middle-Angriff
1 014 110
3Russian (ru)
Атака посредника
724 125
4French (fr)
Attaque de l'homme du milieu
669 567
5Spanish (es)
Ataque de intermediario
532 579
6Italian (it)
Attacco man in the middle
383 825
7Chinese (zh)
中间人攻击
319 611
8Japanese (ja)
中間者攻撃
228 758
9Polish (pl)
Atak man in the middle
224 916
10Portuguese (pt)
Ataque man-in-the-middle
145 713
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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 "Man-in-the-middle attack" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Man-in-the-middle attack
23 164
2Russian (ru)
Атака посредника
1 955
3German (de)
Man-in-the-Middle-Angriff
1 940
4French (fr)
Attaque de l'homme du milieu
1 445
5Italian (it)
Attacco man in the middle
1 251
6Chinese (zh)
中间人攻击
938
7Polish (pl)
Atak man in the middle
637
8Spanish (es)
Ataque de intermediario
582
9Arabic (ar)
هجوم الوسيط
416
10Japanese (ja)
中間者攻撃
366
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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 "Man-in-the-middle attack" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Man-in-the-middle attack
443
2German (de)
Man-in-the-Middle-Angriff
144
3French (fr)
Attaque de l'homme du milieu
105
4Russian (ru)
Атака посредника
69
5Italian (it)
Attacco man in the middle
65
6Dutch (nl)
Man-in-the-middle-aanval
49
7Spanish (es)
Ataque de intermediario
41
8Finnish (fi)
Väliintulohyökkäys
36
9Chinese (zh)
中间人攻击
33
10Hebrew (he)
התקפת אדם בתווך
27
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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 "Man-in-the-middle attack" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Man-in-the-middle attack
12
2Arabic (ar)
هجوم الوسيط
1
3Czech (cs)
Man-in-the-middle
1
4Estonian (et)
Vahendajarünne
1
5Galician (gl)
Man-in-the-middle attack
1
6Japanese (ja)
中間者攻撃
1
7Russian (ru)
Атака посредника
1
8Azerbaijani (az)
Ortada adam hücumu
0
9Belarusian (be)
Чалавек пасярэдзіне
0
10Catalan (ca)
Intercepció
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 "Man-in-the-middle attack" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Man-in-the-middle attack
492
2Japanese (ja)
中間者攻撃
279
3Chinese (zh)
中间人攻击
209
4French (fr)
Attaque de l'homme du milieu
173
5German (de)
Man-in-the-Middle-Angriff
146
6Russian (ru)
Атака посредника
137
7Finnish (fi)
Väliintulohyökkäys
136
8Ukrainian (uk)
Атака «людина посередині»
131
9Persian (fa)
حمله مرد میانی
90
10Korean (ko)
중간자 공격
84
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
هجوم الوسيط
azAzerbaijani
Ortada adam hücumu
beBelarusian
Чалавек пасярэдзіне
caCatalan
Intercepció
csCzech
Man-in-the-middle
deGerman
Man-in-the-Middle-Angriff
elGreek
Επίθεση man-in-the-middle
enEnglish
Man-in-the-middle attack
esSpanish
Ataque de intermediario
etEstonian
Vahendajarünne
faPersian
حمله مرد میانی
fiFinnish
Väliintulohyökkäys
frFrench
Attaque de l'homme du milieu
glGalician
Man-in-the-middle attack
heHebrew
התקפת אדם בתווך
huHungarian
Közbeékelődéses támadás
hyArmenian
Մարդը միջանկյալ օղակում կիբեռհարձակում
itItalian
Attacco man in the middle
jaJapanese
中間者攻撃
koKorean
중간자 공격
nlDutch
Man-in-the-middle-aanval
noNorwegian
Man in the middle-angrep
plPolish
Atak man in the middle
ptPortuguese
Ataque man-in-the-middle
ruRussian
Атака посредника
simpleSimple English
Man-in-the-middle attack
trTurkish
Aradaki adam saldırısı
ukUkrainian
Атака «людина посередині»
viVietnamese
Tấn công xen giữa
zhChinese
中间人攻击

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#6575
03.2010
Global:
#11271
03.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2350
11.2002
Global:
#5319
11.2002

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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