Principal–agent problem

Principal–agent problem - conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf. Article “Principal–agent problem” in English Wikipedia has 43.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 57 references and 24 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 14.64 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.

In June 2026 the article “Principal–agent problem” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Principal–agent problem”, its content was written by 229 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 699 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 182 times in English Wikipedia and cited 639 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8148 in April 2023
• Global: #9985 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #22089 in April 2015
• Global: #10692 in October 2013

There are 25 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	English (en) Principal–agent problem		43.9277
2	Hebrew (he) בעיית הנציג		39.5312
3	Dutch (nl) Principaal-agenttheorie		38.1633
4	German (de) Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie		36.0286
5	Estonian (et) Esindamisprobleem		31.7325
6	Korean (ko) 본인-대리인 문제		30.7665
7	Catalan (ca) Problema de relació principal-agent		30.3024
8	Ukrainian (uk) Проблема «принципал—агент»		26.8108
9	Chinese (zh) 代理問題		24.5157
10	Italian (it) Modello principale-agente		24.0985

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Principal–agent problem" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Principal–agent problem		4 274 875
2	German (de) Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie		1 821 554
3	Japanese (ja) プリンシパル＝エージェント理論		420 140
4	Spanish (es) Problema del agente-principal		321 822
5	Chinese (zh) 代理問題		235 944
6	French (fr) Problème principal-agent		197 329
7	Dutch (nl) Principaal-agenttheorie		178 439
8	Italian (it) Modello principale-agente		157 387
9	Polish (pl) Teoria agencji		132 462
10	Russian (ru) Теория принципала-агента		98 552

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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 "Principal–agent problem" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Principal–agent problem		6 358
2	German (de) Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie		1 538
3	Japanese (ja) プリンシパル＝エージェント理論		1 001
4	Chinese (zh) 代理問題		394
5	French (fr) Problème principal-agent		314
6	Russian (ru) Теория принципала-агента		245
7	Spanish (es) Problema del agente-principal		194
8	Norwegian (no) Prinsipal–agent-teori		159
9	Italian (it) Modello principale-agente		153
10	Polish (pl) Teoria agencji		138

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

Language versions of the article "Principal–agent problem" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Principal–agent problem		229
2	German (de) Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie		111
3	French (fr) Problème principal-agent		46
4	Italian (it) Modello principale-agente		45
5	Hebrew (he) בעיית הנציג		41
6	Polish (pl) Teoria agencji		29
7	Dutch (nl) Principaal-agenttheorie		25
8	Danish (da) Principal-agent-teorien		20
9	Spanish (es) Problema del agente-principal		19
10	Vietnamese (vi) Vấn đề ông chủ và người đại diện		18

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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 "Principal–agent problem" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Principal–agent problem		1
2	Korean (ko) 본인-대리인 문제		1
3	Ukrainian (uk) Проблема «принципал—агент»		1
4	Arabic (ar) مشكلة الموكل والوكيل		0
5	Catalan (ca) Problema de relació principal-agent		0
6	Danish (da) Principal-agent-teorien		0
7	German (de) Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie		0
8	Greek (el) Πρόβλημα εντολέα-εντολοδόχου		0
9	Spanish (es) Problema del agente-principal		0
10	Estonian (et) Esindamisprobleem		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 "Principal–agent problem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Principal–agent problem		182
2	Japanese (ja) プリンシパル＝エージェント理論		132
3	German (de) Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie		103
4	Spanish (es) Problema del agente-principal		27
5	French (fr) Problème principal-agent		25
6	Korean (ko) 본인-대리인 문제		22
7	Russian (ru) Теория принципала-агента		19
8	Hebrew (he) בעיית הנציג		15
9	Chinese (zh) 代理問題		15
10	Italian (it) Modello principale-agente		13

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مشكلة الموكل والوكيل
ca	Catalan Problema de relació principal-agent
da	Danish Principal-agent-teorien
de	German Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie
el	Greek Πρόβλημα εντολέα-εντολοδόχου
en	English Principal–agent problem
es	Spanish Problema del agente-principal
et	Estonian Esindamisprobleem
fa	Persian مسئله کارفرما - کارگزار
fi	Finnish Päämies–agentti-ongelma
fr	French Problème principal-agent
he	Hebrew בעיית הנציג
id	Indonesian Masalah keagenan
it	Italian Modello principale-agente
ja	Japanese プリンシパル＝エージェント理論
ko	Korean 본인-대리인 문제
nl	Dutch Principaal-agenttheorie
no	Norwegian Prinsipal–agent-teori
pl	Polish Teoria agencji
pt	Portuguese Problema do principal-agente
ru	Russian Теория принципала-агента
sv	Swedish Agentproblemet
uk	Ukrainian Проблема «принципал—агент»
vi	Vietnamese Vấn đề ông chủ và người đại diện
zh	Chinese 代理問題

Best Rank

English: #22089 04.2015

Global: #10692 10.2013

Best Rank

English: #8148 04.2023

Global: #9985 07.2004

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