Network function virtualization

Network functions virtualization - network architecture that virtualizes entire classes of network node functions into building blocks that may chain together to create communication services. Article "Network function virtualization" in English Wikipedia has 52.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 47 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Network function virtualization", its content was written by 122 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 200 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 63 times in English Wikipedia and cited 155 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9655 in June 2014
• Global: #40498 in June 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #40972 in April 2015
• Global: #80992 in April 2015

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, 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) Network function virtualization		52.943
2	Ukrainian (uk) Віртуалізація функцій мережі		47.1022
3	Greek (el) Εικονικοποίηση δικτυακών λειτουργιών		41.0734
4	Persian (fa) مجازی‌سازی عملکردهای شبکه		39.8946
5	Japanese (ja) ネットワーク仮想化		34.6455
6	Italian (it) Network functions virtualization		24.8229
7	Simple English (simple) Network function virtualization		22.8513
8	Korean (ko) 네트워크 기능 가상화		19.3875
9	Arabic (ar) التمثيل الافتراضي لوظائف الشبكة		16.5017
10	Portuguese (pt) Network Functions Virtualization		14.963

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Network function virtualization" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Network function virtualization		1 293 974
2	Spanish (es) Virtualización de funciones de red		79 898
3	Russian (ru) Виртуализация сетевых функций		47 237
4	Chinese (zh) 網路功能虛擬化		31 988
5	Portuguese (pt) Network Functions Virtualization		17 646
6	Italian (it) Network functions virtualization		16 626
7	Japanese (ja) ネットワーク仮想化		11 657
8	Greek (el) Εικονικοποίηση δικτυακών λειτουργιών		6 849
9	Korean (ko) 네트워크 기능 가상화		6 202
10	Arabic (ar) التمثيل الافتراضي لوظائف الشبكة		4 458

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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 "Network function virtualization" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Network function virtualization		2 010
2	Spanish (es) Virtualización de funciones de red		138
3	Russian (ru) Виртуализация сетевых функций		122
4	Japanese (ja) ネットワーク仮想化		62
5	Italian (it) Network functions virtualization		50
6	Chinese (zh) 網路功能虛擬化		45
7	Portuguese (pt) Network Functions Virtualization		32
8	Ukrainian (uk) Віртуалізація функцій мережі		27
9	Persian (fa) مجازی‌سازی عملکردهای شبکه		21
10	Korean (ko) 네트워크 기능 가상화		17

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Network function virtualization		122
2	Spanish (es) Virtualización de funciones de red		18
3	Japanese (ja) ネットワーク仮想化		14
4	Italian (it) Network functions virtualization		9
5	Portuguese (pt) Network Functions Virtualization		7
6	Ukrainian (uk) Віртуалізація функцій мережі		6
7	Russian (ru) Виртуализация сетевых функций		5
8	Chinese (zh) 網路功能虛擬化		5
9	Greek (el) Εικονικοποίηση δικτυακών λειτουργιών		4
10	Simple English (simple) Network function virtualization		4

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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 "Network function virtualization" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) التمثيل الافتراضي لوظائف الشبكة		0
2	Czech (cs) Virtualizace síťových funkcí		0
3	Greek (el) Εικονικοποίηση δικτυακών λειτουργιών		0
4	English (en) Network function virtualization		0
5	Spanish (es) Virtualización de funciones de red		0
6	Persian (fa) مجازی‌سازی عملکردهای شبکه		0
7	Italian (it) Network functions virtualization		0
8	Japanese (ja) ネットワーク仮想化		0
9	Korean (ko) 네트워크 기능 가상화		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Network Functions Virtualization		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 "Network function virtualization" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Network function virtualization		63
2	Italian (it) Network functions virtualization		43
3	Japanese (ja) ネットワーク仮想化		12
4	Ukrainian (uk) Віртуалізація функцій мережі		8
5	Russian (ru) Виртуализация сетевых функций		7
6	Chinese (zh) 網路功能虛擬化		5
7	Portuguese (pt) Network Functions Virtualization		4
8	Arabic (ar) التمثيل الافتراضي لوظائف الشبكة		3
9	Spanish (es) Virtualización de funciones de red		3
10	Korean (ko) 네트워크 기능 가상화		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic التمثيل الافتراضي لوظائف الشبكة
cs	Czech Virtualizace síťových funkcí
el	Greek Εικονικοποίηση δικτυακών λειτουργιών
en	English Network function virtualization
es	Spanish Virtualización de funciones de red
fa	Persian مجازی‌سازی عملکردهای شبکه
it	Italian Network functions virtualization
ja	Japanese ネットワーク仮想化
ko	Korean 네트워크 기능 가상화
pt	Portuguese Network Functions Virtualization
ru	Russian Виртуализация сетевых функций
simple	Simple English Network function virtualization
uk	Ukrainian Віртуалізація функцій мережі
zh	Chinese 網路功能虛擬化

Best Rank

English: #40972 04.2015

Global: #80992 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #9655 06.2014

Global: #40498 06.2014

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