Principle of least effort

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Principle of least effort

Quality:

Principle of least effort - idea that agents prefer to do what's easiest. Article “Principle of least effort” in English Wikipedia has 20.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 4 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Principle of least effort” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Principle of least effort”, its content was written by 36 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 66 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 21 times in English Wikipedia and cited 39 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #139812 in September 2011
  • Global: #188726 in November 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #216685 in May 2014
  • Global: #368793 in May 2014

There are 8 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
1Czech (cs)
Princip nejmenšího úsilí
34.1127
2German (de)
Prinzip des geringsten Aufwandes
22.3445
3Persian (fa)
اصل کمترین تلاش
21.2548
4English (en)
Principle of least effort
20.0693
5Turkish (tr)
En düşük çaba prensibi
17.5708
6French (fr)
Principe du moindre effort
13.3521
7Arabic (ar)
مبدأ أقل جهد
12.8312
8Korean (ko)
최소노력의 원칙
6.6859
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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 "Principle of least effort" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of least effort
414 168
2German (de)
Prinzip des geringsten Aufwandes
14 766
3Arabic (ar)
مبدأ أقل جهد
7 717
4Persian (fa)
اصل کمترین تلاش
3 362
5Czech (cs)
Princip nejmenšího úsilí
3 058
6Korean (ko)
최소노력의 원칙
2 009
7Turkish (tr)
En düşük çaba prensibi
1 007
8French (fr)
Principe du moindre effort
803
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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 "Principle of least effort" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of least effort
1 431
2French (fr)
Principe du moindre effort
122
3German (de)
Prinzip des geringsten Aufwandes
85
4Korean (ko)
최소노력의 원칙
33
5Czech (cs)
Princip nejmenšího úsilí
20
6Arabic (ar)
مبدأ أقل جهد
14
7Turkish (tr)
En düşük çaba prensibi
14
8Persian (fa)
اصل کمترین تلاش
12
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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 "Principle of least effort" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Principle of least effort
36
2German (de)
Prinzip des geringsten Aufwandes
11
3Czech (cs)
Princip nejmenšího úsilí
6
4Persian (fa)
اصل کمترین تلاش
3
5French (fr)
Principe du moindre effort
3
6Korean (ko)
최소노력의 원칙
3
7Turkish (tr)
En düşük çaba prensibi
3
8Arabic (ar)
مبدأ أقل جهد
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 "Principle of least effort" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Principle of least effort
1
2Arabic (ar)
مبدأ أقل جهد
0
3Czech (cs)
Princip nejmenšího úsilí
0
4German (de)
Prinzip des geringsten Aufwandes
0
5Persian (fa)
اصل کمترین تلاش
0
6French (fr)
Principe du moindre effort
0
7Korean (ko)
최소노력의 원칙
0
8Turkish (tr)
En düşük çaba prensibi
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 "Principle of least effort" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Principle of least effort
21
2Czech (cs)
Princip nejmenšího úsilí
6
3Korean (ko)
최소노력의 원칙
4
4Arabic (ar)
مبدأ أقل جهد
3
5French (fr)
Principe du moindre effort
3
6Persian (fa)
اصل کمترین تلاش
1
7Turkish (tr)
En düşük çaba prensibi
1
8German (de)
Prinzip des geringsten Aufwandes
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مبدأ أقل جهد
csCzech
Princip nejmenšího úsilí
deGerman
Prinzip des geringsten Aufwandes
enEnglish
Principle of least effort
faPersian
اصل کمترین تلاش
frFrench
Principe du moindre effort
koKorean
최소노력의 원칙
trTurkish
En düşük çaba prensibi

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#216685
05.2014
Global:
#368793
05.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#139812
09.2011
Global:
#188726
11.2024

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Principle of least effort from Wikipedia articles about Zipfs law, Path of least resistance, Brevity law, Language change and Principle of least interest. Whereas reading the article about Principle of least effort people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Principle of least action, Path of least resistance, Zipfs law, Pareto principle and Fermats principle.

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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