Ns (simulator)

Ns-3 - discrete event network simulator. Article “Ns (simulator)” in English Wikipedia has 24 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 10 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Ns (simulator)”, its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 241 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 55 times in English Wikipedia and cited 135 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #16157 in January 2014
• Global: #47550 in November 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #117342 in March 2015
• Global: #186310 in March 2015

There are 13 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	Chinese (zh) Ns (模拟器)		39.248
2	Spanish (es) Ns (simulador)		35.1793
3	Turkish (tr) Ns (simülatör)		30.9688
4	Catalan (ca) Ns (simulador)		26.4925
5	German (de) Ns-3		24.9357
6	English (en) Ns (simulator)		24.035
7	Persian (fa) ان اس (شبیه‌ساز)		22.4508
8	French (fr) Network Simulator		17.8303
9	Korean (ko) Ns (시뮬레이터)		17.3589
10	Croatian (hr) Ns (simulator)		16.8818

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Ns (simulator)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ns (simulator)		727 911
2	Spanish (es) Ns (simulador)		58 577
3	French (fr) Network Simulator		41 915
4	Chinese (zh) Ns (模拟器)		29 927
5	Japanese (ja) Ns (シミュレータ)		25 291
6	Portuguese (pt) Network simulator		15 306
7	Korean (ko) Ns (시뮬레이터)		14 266
8	Persian (fa) ان اس (شبیه‌ساز)		13 389
9	German (de) Ns-3		6 911
10	Croatian (hr) Ns (simulator)		1 801

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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 "Ns (simulator)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ns (simulator)		499
2	Japanese (ja) Ns (シミュレータ)		116
3	Chinese (zh) Ns (模拟器)		103
4	Spanish (es) Ns (simulador)		58
5	German (de) Ns-3		34
6	French (fr) Network Simulator		33
7	Persian (fa) ان اس (شبیه‌ساز)		15
8	Turkish (tr) Ns (simülatör)		11
9	Portuguese (pt) Network simulator		10
10	Catalan (ca) Ns (simulador)		8

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ns (simulator)		127
2	French (fr) Network Simulator		29
3	Spanish (es) Ns (simulador)		13
4	Japanese (ja) Ns (シミュレータ)		13
5	Persian (fa) ان اس (شبیه‌ساز)		11
6	German (de) Ns-3		8
7	Croatian (hr) Ns (simulator)		7
8	Ukrainian (uk) Ns (simulator)		7
9	Chinese (zh) Ns (模拟器)		7
10	Korean (ko) Ns (시뮬레이터)		6

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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 "Ns (simulator)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Ns (simulador)		0
2	German (de) Ns-3		0
3	English (en) Ns (simulator)		0
4	Spanish (es) Ns (simulador)		0
5	Persian (fa) ان اس (شبیه‌ساز)		0
6	French (fr) Network Simulator		0
7	Croatian (hr) Ns (simulator)		0
8	Japanese (ja) Ns (シミュレータ)		0
9	Korean (ko) Ns (시뮬레이터)		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Network simulator		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 "Ns (simulator)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Ns (simulator)		55
2	French (fr) Network Simulator		18
3	Ukrainian (uk) Ns (simulator)		18
4	Persian (fa) ان اس (شبیه‌ساز)		15
5	Japanese (ja) Ns (シミュレータ)		7
6	Turkish (tr) Ns (simülatör)		5
7	Catalan (ca) Ns (simulador)		4
8	Korean (ko) Ns (시뮬레이터)		4
9	Spanish (es) Ns (simulador)		3
10	Chinese (zh) Ns (模拟器)		3

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Ns (simulador)
de	German Ns-3
en	English Ns (simulator)
es	Spanish Ns (simulador)
fa	Persian ان اس (شبیه‌ساز)
fr	French Network Simulator
hr	Croatian Ns (simulator)
ja	Japanese Ns (シミュレータ)
ko	Korean Ns (시뮬레이터)
pt	Portuguese Network simulator
tr	Turkish Ns (simülatör)
uk	Ukrainian Ns (simulator)
zh	Chinese Ns (模拟器)

Best Rank

English: #117342 03.2015

Global: #186310 03.2015

Best Rank

English: #16157 01.2014

Global: #47550 11.2012

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