Path of least resistance

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Path of least resistance

Quality:

Path of least resistance - physical or metaphorical pathway that provides the least resistance to forward motion. Article “Path of least resistance” in English Wikipedia has 14.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.51 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.

In June 2025 the article “Path of least resistance” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Path of least resistance”, its content was written by 52 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 65 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 28 times in English Wikipedia and cited 41 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12828 in August 2017
  • Global: #57934 in August 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #223845 in March 2019
  • Global: #383410 in March 2019

There are 4 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)
Path of least resistance
14.2195
2French (fr)
Chemin du moindre effort
8.159
3Norwegian (no)
Minste motstands veg
7.1976
4Dutch (nl)
Weg van de minste weerstand
4.3391
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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 "Path of least resistance" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Path of least resistance
602 196
2Dutch (nl)
Weg van de minste weerstand
18 120
3French (fr)
Chemin du moindre effort
626
4Norwegian (no)
Minste motstands veg
159
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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 "Path of least resistance" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Path of least resistance
1 956
2French (fr)
Chemin du moindre effort
61
3Dutch (nl)
Weg van de minste weerstand
34
4Norwegian (no)
Minste motstands veg
21
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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 "Path of least resistance" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Path of least resistance
52
2Dutch (nl)
Weg van de minste weerstand
7
3French (fr)
Chemin du moindre effort
5
4Norwegian (no)
Minste motstands veg
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 "Path of least resistance" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Path of least resistance
2
2Norwegian (no)
Minste motstands veg
1
3French (fr)
Chemin du moindre effort
0
4Dutch (nl)
Weg van de minste weerstand
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 "Path of least resistance" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Path of least resistance
28
2Norwegian (no)
Minste motstands veg
9
3French (fr)
Chemin du moindre effort
3
4Dutch (nl)
Weg van de minste weerstand
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Path of least resistance
frFrench
Chemin du moindre effort
nlDutch
Weg van de minste weerstand
noNorwegian
Minste motstands veg

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#223845
03.2019
Global:
#383410
03.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12828
08.2017
Global:
#57934
08.2017

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Path of least resistance from Wikipedia articles about Principle of least effort, Desire path, Yellow River, Viveza criolla and Dental abscess. Whereas reading the article about Path of least resistance people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Desire path, Principle of least effort, Principle of least action, Cognitive miser and Naïve physics.

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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