Meet-in-the-middle attack

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Meet-in-the-middle attack

Quality:

Meet-in-the-middle attack - cryptographic attack against encryption schemes that rely on performing multiple encryption operations in sequence. Article “Meet-in-the-middle attack” in English Wikipedia has 28.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 13 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 12.14 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 “Meet-in-the-middle attack” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Meet-in-the-middle attack”, its content was written by 87 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 218 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 196 times in English Wikipedia and cited 651 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #25021 in June 2004
  • Global: #18582 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #211989 in November 2013
  • Global: #194635 in August 2013

There are 15 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)
Meet-in-the-middle attack
28.3329
2Russian (ru)
Метод встречи посередине
25.0455
3Ukrainian (uk)
Метод зустрічі посередині
24.7978
4Polish (pl)
Meet in the middle
24.3579
5Hebrew (he)
תקיפת היפגשות באמצע
23.4844
6Persian (fa)
حمله ملاقات در میانه
23.2649
7Spanish (es)
Ataque Meet-in-the-middle
17.6741
8Chinese (zh)
中途相遇攻擊
15.3204
9Turkish (tr)
Ortada buluşma akını
8.3323
10German (de)
Meet-in-the-middle-Angriff
7.9297
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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 "Meet-in-the-middle attack" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Meet-in-the-middle attack
607 455
2Polish (pl)
Meet in the middle
65 715
3Russian (ru)
Метод встречи посередине
39 497
4Spanish (es)
Ataque Meet-in-the-middle
36 940
5Japanese (ja)
中間一致攻撃
28 353
6Italian (it)
Attacco meet-in-the-middle
27 513
7Chinese (zh)
中途相遇攻擊
24 982
8German (de)
Meet-in-the-middle-Angriff
21 074
9Hungarian (hu)
Meet-in-the-middle támadás
5 028
10Turkish (tr)
Ortada buluşma akını
4 696
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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 "Meet-in-the-middle attack" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Meet-in-the-middle attack
1 339
2Russian (ru)
Метод встречи посередине
146
3Chinese (zh)
中途相遇攻擊
115
4Japanese (ja)
中間一致攻撃
82
5German (de)
Meet-in-the-middle-Angriff
69
6Italian (it)
Attacco meet-in-the-middle
46
7Polish (pl)
Meet in the middle
43
8Spanish (es)
Ataque Meet-in-the-middle
38
9Hebrew (he)
תקיפת היפגשות באמצע
15
10Ukrainian (uk)
Метод зустрічі посередині
15
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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 "Meet-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)
Meet-in-the-middle attack
87
2Polish (pl)
Meet in the middle
23
3Italian (it)
Attacco meet-in-the-middle
22
4Norwegian (no)
Meet-in-the-middle-angrep
13
5Spanish (es)
Ataque Meet-in-the-middle
12
6Russian (ru)
Метод встречи посередине
12
7Hungarian (hu)
Meet-in-the-middle támadás
7
8Japanese (ja)
中間一致攻撃
7
9Ukrainian (uk)
Метод зустрічі посередині
7
10German (de)
Meet-in-the-middle-Angriff
6
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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 "Meet-in-the-middle attack" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Meet-in-the-middle attack
3
2Catalan (ca)
Atac Meet-in-the-middle
0
3German (de)
Meet-in-the-middle-Angriff
0
4Spanish (es)
Ataque Meet-in-the-middle
0
5Persian (fa)
حمله ملاقات در میانه
0
6Hebrew (he)
תקיפת היפגשות באמצע
0
7Hungarian (hu)
Meet-in-the-middle támadás
0
8Italian (it)
Attacco meet-in-the-middle
0
9Japanese (ja)
中間一致攻撃
0
10Norwegian (no)
Meet-in-the-middle-angrep
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 "Meet-in-the-middle attack" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Hebrew (he)
תקיפת היפגשות באמצע
202
2English (en)
Meet-in-the-middle attack
196
3Chinese (zh)
中途相遇攻擊
133
4Japanese (ja)
中間一致攻撃
44
5Spanish (es)
Ataque Meet-in-the-middle
18
6Italian (it)
Attacco meet-in-the-middle
15
7Russian (ru)
Метод встречи посередине
13
8Catalan (ca)
Atac Meet-in-the-middle
6
9Persian (fa)
حمله ملاقات در میانه
5
10Polish (pl)
Meet in the middle
5
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Atac Meet-in-the-middle
deGerman
Meet-in-the-middle-Angriff
enEnglish
Meet-in-the-middle attack
esSpanish
Ataque Meet-in-the-middle
faPersian
حمله ملاقات در میانه
heHebrew
תקיפת היפגשות באמצע
huHungarian
Meet-in-the-middle támadás
itItalian
Attacco meet-in-the-middle
jaJapanese
中間一致攻撃
noNorwegian
Meet-in-the-middle-angrep
plPolish
Meet in the middle
ruRussian
Метод встречи посередине
trTurkish
Ortada buluşma akını
ukUkrainian
Метод зустрічі посередині
zhChinese
中途相遇攻擊

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#211989
11.2013
Global:
#194635
08.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#25021
06.2004
Global:
#18582
07.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Meet-in-the-middle attack from Wikipedia articles about Man-in-the-middle attack, Triple DES, Birthday attack, Biclique attack and Kuznyechik. Whereas reading the article about Meet-in-the-middle attack people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Triple DES, Space–time tradeoff, Man-in-the-middle attack, Birthday attack and 3-Subset Meet-in-the-Middle attack.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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