Pascal's mugging

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Pascal's mugging

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Pascal's mugging - philosophical thought experiment: “A mugger, who forgot his weapon, proposes a deal to Pascal: ‘you give me your wallet, and I will give you N times the money, where N is large enough to compensate for the low probability of me honoring the deal’”. Article “Pascal's mugging” in English Wikipedia has 35 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 26 references and 6 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.

Since the creation of article “Pascal's mugging”, its content was written by 42 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 61 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 35 times in English Wikipedia and cited 39 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #50841 in August 2014
  • Global: #90310 in January 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #124816 in March 2023
  • Global: #223617 in March 2023

There are 5 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)
Pascal's mugging
35.0481
2Spanish (es)
El atraco de Pascal
24.4297
3Ukrainian (uk)
Грабіж Паскаля
23.5845
4Romanian (ro)
Jefuirea lui Pascal
22.7027
5French (fr)
Braquage de Pascal
11.0565
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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 "Pascal's mugging" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pascal's mugging
217 797
2Spanish (es)
El atraco de Pascal
3 755
3French (fr)
Braquage de Pascal
546
4Romanian (ro)
Jefuirea lui Pascal
258
5Ukrainian (uk)
Грабіж Паскаля
168
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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 "Pascal's mugging" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pascal's mugging
2 518
2Spanish (es)
El atraco de Pascal
57
3French (fr)
Braquage de Pascal
42
4Romanian (ro)
Jefuirea lui Pascal
9
5Ukrainian (uk)
Грабіж Паскаля
8
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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 "Pascal's mugging" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Pascal's mugging
42
2French (fr)
Braquage de Pascal
9
3Spanish (es)
El atraco de Pascal
7
4Ukrainian (uk)
Грабіж Паскаля
2
5Romanian (ro)
Jefuirea lui Pascal
1
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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 "Pascal's mugging" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Pascal's mugging
0
2Spanish (es)
El atraco de Pascal
0
3French (fr)
Braquage de Pascal
0
4Romanian (ro)
Jefuirea lui Pascal
0
5Ukrainian (uk)
Грабіж Паскаля
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 "Pascal's mugging" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Pascal's mugging
35
2Spanish (es)
El atraco de Pascal
2
3French (fr)
Braquage de Pascal
2
4Romanian (ro)
Jefuirea lui Pascal
0
5Ukrainian (uk)
Грабіж Паскаля
0
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Pascal's mugging
esSpanish
El atraco de Pascal
frFrench
Braquage de Pascal
roRomanian
Jefuirea lui Pascal
ukUkrainian
Грабіж Паскаля

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#124816
03.2023
Global:
#223617
03.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#50841
08.2014
Global:
#90310
01.2024

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Pascal's mugging from Wikipedia articles about St. Petersburg paradox, Longtermism, Pascals Wager, Nick Bostrom and Blaise Pascal. Whereas reading the article about Pascal's mugging people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Dutch book, Pascals Wager, Knuths up-arrow notation, St. Petersburg paradox and Eliezer Yudkowsky.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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