Newcomb's problem

Quality:

Newcomb's problem - thought experiment about a game involving a reliable predictor of the player’s actions. Article “Newcomb's problem” in English Wikipedia has 63.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 45 references and 12 sections.

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 2026 the article “Newcomb's problem” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Newcomb's problem”, its content was written by 212 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 514 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 216 times in English Wikipedia and cited 505 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #968 in March 2004
• Global: #5977 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #5777 in March 2026
• Global: #9712 in March 2026

There are 19 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	English (en) Newcomb's problem		63.0561
2	Chinese (zh) 紐康伯悖論		39.109
3	Turkish (tr) Newcomb paradoksu		38.2465
4	Romanian (ro) Paradoxul lui Newcomb		22.9664
5	Dutch (nl) Paradox van Newcomb		21.2981
6	German (de) Newcombs Problem		20.8128
7	Ukrainian (uk) Парадокс Ньюкома		20.4511
8	Estonian (et) Newcombi paradoks		20.2623
9	Persian (fa) پارادوکس نیوکام		16.694
10	Slovak (sk) Newcombov paradox		13.4422

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Newcomb's problem		1 832 390
2	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Newcomb		228 269
3	Russian (ru) Парадокс Ньюкома		162 276
4	French (fr) Paradoxe de Newcomb		133 521
5	German (de) Newcombs Problem		112 810
6	Polish (pl) Paradoks Newcomba		78 474
7	Hebrew (he) הפרדוקס של ניוקום		36 495
8	Finnish (fi) Newcombin paradoksi		24 986
9	Chinese (zh) 紐康伯悖論		18 226
10	Persian (fa) پارادوکس نیوکام		11 809

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Newcomb's problem		10 999
2	French (fr) Paradoxe de Newcomb		776
3	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Newcomb		543
4	German (de) Newcombs Problem		523
5	Russian (ru) Парадокс Ньюкома		440
6	Chinese (zh) 紐康伯悖論		436
7	Polish (pl) Paradoks Newcomba		191
8	Hebrew (he) הפרדוקס של ניוקום		108
9	Turkish (tr) Newcomb paradoksu		107
10	Dutch (nl) Paradox van Newcomb		82

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Newcomb's problem		212
2	German (de) Newcombs Problem		56
3	French (fr) Paradoxe de Newcomb		49
4	Hebrew (he) הפרדוקס של ניוקום		38
5	Polish (pl) Paradoks Newcomba		31
6	Russian (ru) Парадокс Ньюкома		25
7	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Newcomb		23
8	Finnish (fi) Newcombin paradoksi		12
9	Lithuanian (lt) Niukomo paradoksas		11
10	Chinese (zh) 紐康伯悖論		11

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Newcomb's problem		4
2	French (fr) Paradoxe de Newcomb		1
3	German (de) Newcombs Problem		0
4	Spanish (es) Paradoja de Newcomb		0
5	Estonian (et) Newcombi paradoks		0
6	Persian (fa) پارادوکس نیوکام		0
7	Finnish (fi) Newcombin paradoksi		0
8	Hebrew (he) הפרדוקס של ניוקום		0
9	Georgian (ka) ნიუკომის პარადოქსი		0
10	Lithuanian (lt) Niukomo paradoksas		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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