Philosophical razor

Philosophical razor - principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate unlikely explanations for a phenomenon. Article “Philosophical razor” in English Wikipedia has 16.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 2 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Philosophical razor” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Philosophical razor”, its content was written by 116 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 219 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 61 times in English Wikipedia and cited 130 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #31086 in May 2024
• Global: #64063 in May 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #14487 in March 2020
• Global: #35009 in March 2020

There are 17 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Spanish (es) Navaja (filosofía)		29.4315
2	German (de) Rasiermesser (Philosophie)		28.8068
3	Hebrew (he) תער פילוסופי		25.7933
4	Greek (el) Φιλοσοφικό ξυράφι		24.6812
5	Italian (it) Rasoio (filosofia)		24.4603
6	Ukrainian (uk) Бритва (філософія)		23.7079
7	Arabic (ar) نصل فلسفي		23.4793
8	Portuguese (pt) Navalha filosófica		22.9443
9	Thai (th) มีดโกน (ปรัชญา)		22.7323
10	Chinese (zh) 哲学剃刀		21.6844

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Philosophical razor" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Philosophical razor		1 876 406
2	German (de) Rasiermesser (Philosophie)		62 785
3	French (fr) Rasoir (philosophie)		33 811
4	Spanish (es) Navaja (filosofía)		28 777
5	Chinese (zh) 哲学剃刀		26 315
6	Portuguese (pt) Navalha filosófica		19 958
7	Vietnamese (vi) Quy tắc loại trừ		6 788
8	Turkish (tr) Felsefi ustura		5 191
9	Persian (fa) تیغ (فلسفه)		3 963
10	Norwegian (no) Barberkniv (filosofi)		2 566

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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 "Philosophical razor" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Philosophical razor		13 183
2	Spanish (es) Navaja (filosofía)		423
3	German (de) Rasiermesser (Philosophie)		421
4	Chinese (zh) 哲学剃刀		334
5	French (fr) Rasoir (philosophie)		299
6	Portuguese (pt) Navalha filosófica		113
7	Turkish (tr) Felsefi ustura		45
8	Arabic (ar) نصل فلسفي		44
9	Vietnamese (vi) Quy tắc loại trừ		38
10	Hebrew (he) תער פילוסופי		37

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Philosophical razor		116
2	German (de) Rasiermesser (Philosophie)		23
3	Chinese (zh) 哲学剃刀		16
4	French (fr) Rasoir (philosophie)		12
5	Spanish (es) Navaja (filosofía)		8
6	Italian (it) Rasoio (filosofia)		6
7	Hebrew (he) תער פילוסופי		5
8	Portuguese (pt) Navalha filosófica		5
9	Thai (th) มีดโกน (ปรัชญา)		5
10	Turkish (tr) Felsefi ustura		5

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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 "Philosophical razor" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Italian (it) Rasoio (filosofia)		3
2	English (en) Philosophical razor		2
3	Arabic (ar) نصل فلسفي		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Ülgüc (fəlsəfə)		0
5	German (de) Rasiermesser (Philosophie)		0
6	Greek (el) Φιλοσοφικό ξυράφι		0
7	Spanish (es) Navaja (filosofía)		0
8	Persian (fa) تیغ (فلسفه)		0
9	French (fr) Rasoir (philosophie)		0
10	Hebrew (he) תער פילוסופי		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 "Philosophical razor" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Philosophical razor		61
2	Chinese (zh) 哲学剃刀		11
3	French (fr) Rasoir (philosophie)		10
4	Portuguese (pt) Navalha filosófica		7
5	Spanish (es) Navaja (filosofía)		5
6	Persian (fa) تیغ (فلسفه)		5
7	Hebrew (he) תער פילוסופי		5
8	German (de) Rasiermesser (Philosophie)		4
9	Thai (th) มีดโกน (ปรัชญา)		4
10	Turkish (tr) Felsefi ustura		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نصل فلسفي
az	Azerbaijani Ülgüc (fəlsəfə)
de	German Rasiermesser (Philosophie)
el	Greek Φιλοσοφικό ξυράφι
en	English Philosophical razor
es	Spanish Navaja (filosofía)
fa	Persian تیغ (فلسفه)
fr	French Rasoir (philosophie)
he	Hebrew תער פילוסופי
it	Italian Rasoio (filosofia)
no	Norwegian Barberkniv (filosofi)
pt	Portuguese Navalha filosófica
th	Thai มีดโกน (ปรัชญา)
tr	Turkish Felsefi ustura
uk	Ukrainian Бритва (філософія)
vi	Vietnamese Quy tắc loại trừ
zh	Chinese 哲学剃刀

Best Rank

English: #14487 03.2020

Global: #35009 03.2020

Best Rank

English: #31086 05.2024

Global: #64063 05.2024

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