Padding (cryptography)

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Padding (cryptography)

Quality:

Padding - adding data to a message prior to encryption to hide its length. Article “Padding (cryptography)” in English Wikipedia has 32.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 22 references and 11 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.64 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.

Since the creation of article “Padding (cryptography)”, its content was written by 74 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 175 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 222 times in English Wikipedia and cited 481 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #27114 in June 2004
  • Global: #65982 in June 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #92567 in February 2015
  • Global: #151806 in February 2015

There are 11 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Padding (cryptography)
32.7424
2Turkish (tr)
Doldurma (kriptografi)
23.2432
3German (de)
Padding (Informatik)
21.9735
4Russian (ru)
Дополнение (криптография)
18.9476
5Indonesian (id)
Bantalan (kriptografi)
16.0501
6Chinese (zh)
填充 (密码学)
10.7871
7French (fr)
Remplissage (cryptographie)
8.8686
8Spanish (es)
Esquema de relleno
5.1631
9Simple English (simple)
Padding (cryptography)
0.4525
10Czech (cs)
Výplň (kryptografie)
0.3811
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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 "Padding (cryptography)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Padding (cryptography)
1 254 944
2German (de)
Padding (Informatik)
102 167
3French (fr)
Remplissage (cryptographie)
41 501
4Russian (ru)
Дополнение (криптография)
36 160
5Spanish (es)
Esquema de relleno
20 626
6Chinese (zh)
填充 (密码学)
19 743
7Simple English (simple)
Padding (cryptography)
12 763
8Korean (ko)
패딩 (데이터베이스)
3 276
9Turkish (tr)
Doldurma (kriptografi)
1 450
10Czech (cs)
Výplň (kryptografie)
1 342
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Padding (cryptography)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Padding (cryptography)
2 662
2German (de)
Padding (Informatik)
182
3Chinese (zh)
填充 (密码学)
107
4Russian (ru)
Дополнение (криптография)
73
5French (fr)
Remplissage (cryptographie)
59
6Spanish (es)
Esquema de relleno
19
7Korean (ko)
패딩 (데이터베이스)
15
8Simple English (simple)
Padding (cryptography)
14
9Czech (cs)
Výplň (kryptografie)
11
10Turkish (tr)
Doldurma (kriptografi)
9
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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 "Padding (cryptography)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Padding (cryptography)
74
2German (de)
Padding (Informatik)
30
3French (fr)
Remplissage (cryptographie)
22
4Turkish (tr)
Doldurma (kriptografi)
11
5Russian (ru)
Дополнение (криптография)
9
6Simple English (simple)
Padding (cryptography)
7
7Chinese (zh)
填充 (密码学)
7
8Spanish (es)
Esquema de relleno
6
9Korean (ko)
패딩 (데이터베이스)
6
10Indonesian (id)
Bantalan (kriptografi)
2
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Padding (cryptography)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Výplň (kryptografie)
0
2German (de)
Padding (Informatik)
0
3English (en)
Padding (cryptography)
0
4Spanish (es)
Esquema de relleno
0
5French (fr)
Remplissage (cryptographie)
0
6Indonesian (id)
Bantalan (kriptografi)
0
7Korean (ko)
패딩 (데이터베이스)
0
8Russian (ru)
Дополнение (криптография)
0
9Simple English (simple)
Padding (cryptography)
0
10Turkish (tr)
Doldurma (kriptografi)
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 "Padding (cryptography)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Padding (cryptography)
222
2French (fr)
Remplissage (cryptographie)
70
3Chinese (zh)
填充 (密码学)
50
4German (de)
Padding (Informatik)
41
5Korean (ko)
패딩 (데이터베이스)
34
6Indonesian (id)
Bantalan (kriptografi)
19
7Spanish (es)
Esquema de relleno
15
8Russian (ru)
Дополнение (криптография)
12
9Czech (cs)
Výplň (kryptografie)
10
10Turkish (tr)
Doldurma (kriptografi)
6
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Výplň (kryptografie)
deGerman
Padding (Informatik)
enEnglish
Padding (cryptography)
esSpanish
Esquema de relleno
frFrench
Remplissage (cryptographie)
idIndonesian
Bantalan (kriptografi)
koKorean
패딩 (데이터베이스)
ruRussian
Дополнение (криптография)
simpleSimple English
Padding (cryptography)
trTurkish
Doldurma (kriptografi)
zhChinese
填充 (密码学)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#92567
02.2015
Global:
#151806
02.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#27114
06.2004
Global:
#65982
06.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Padding from Wikipedia articles about Padding oracle attack, RSA cryptosystem, The world wonders, Block cipher mode of operation and Optimal asymmetric encryption padding. Whereas reading the article about Padding people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Public Key Cryptography Standards, The world wonders, Padding oracle attack, Optimal asymmetric encryption padding and Length extension attack.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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