Rubber duck debugging

Rubber duck debugging - debugging method, in which a programmer explains code, line-by-line, to an inanimate object ("rubber duck") or to another person, until the incongruity between what the code should do and actually does becomes apparent. Article "Rubber duck debugging" in English Wikipedia has 25.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Rubber duck debugging", its content was written by 184 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 431 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 27 times in English Wikipedia and cited 90 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3355 in February 2013
• Global: #23866 in August 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #496 in August 2012
• Global: #1169 in August 2012

There are 24 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	Hebrew (he) ניפוי שגיאות באמצעות ברווז גומי		30.1137
2	Hungarian (hu) Rubber duck debugging		28.4212
3	Uzbek (uz) Rezina oʻrdak metodi		27.9186
4	English (en) Rubber duck debugging		25.454
5	French (fr) Méthode du canard en plastique		25.1569
6	German (de) Quietscheentchen-Debugging		23.3772
7	Armenian (hy) Բադի մեթոդ		23.0185
8	Spanish (es) Método de depuración del patito de goma		22.7704
9	Belarusian (be) Метад качаняці		22.4602
10	Arabic (ar) تصحيح البطة المطاطية		22.3541

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rubber duck debugging" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rubber duck debugging		5 944 154
2	Russian (ru) Метод утёнка		530 187
3	French (fr) Méthode du canard en plastique		460 454
4	Polish (pl) Metoda gumowej kaczuszki		424 252
5	Chinese (zh) 小黄鸭调试法		215 648
6	Spanish (es) Método de depuración del patito de goma		201 224
7	German (de) Quietscheentchen-Debugging		146 487
8	Japanese (ja) ラバーダック・デバッグ		137 716
9	Hebrew (he) ניפוי שגיאות באמצעות ברווז גומי		84 340
10	Portuguese (pt) Debug com Pato de Borracha		74 323

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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 "Rubber duck debugging" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rubber duck debugging		25 830
2	French (fr) Méthode du canard en plastique		3 306
3	Russian (ru) Метод утёнка		2 487
4	Japanese (ja) ラバーダック・デバッグ		1 406
5	Spanish (es) Método de depuración del patito de goma		1 313
6	Chinese (zh) 小黄鸭调试法		1 102
7	German (de) Quietscheentchen-Debugging		920
8	Polish (pl) Metoda gumowej kaczuszki		683
9	Portuguese (pt) Debug com Pato de Borracha		425
10	Hebrew (he) ניפוי שגיאות באמצעות ברווז גומי		201

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rubber duck debugging		184
2	French (fr) Méthode du canard en plastique		33
3	Hebrew (he) ניפוי שגיאות באמצעות ברווז גומי		30
4	Russian (ru) Метод утёнка		30
5	Polish (pl) Metoda gumowej kaczuszki		26
6	Chinese (zh) 小黄鸭调试法		25
7	German (de) Quietscheentchen-Debugging		16
8	Spanish (es) Método de depuración del patito de goma		13
9	Ukrainian (uk) Метод каченяти		9
10	Italian (it) Rubber duck debugging		8

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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 "Rubber duck debugging" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Korean (ko) 고무 오리 디버깅		1
2	Arabic (ar) تصحيح البطة المطاطية		0
3	Belarusian (be) Метад качаняці		0
4	Catalan (ca) Mètode de l'ànec de goma		0
5	German (de) Quietscheentchen-Debugging		0
6	Greek (el) Αποσφαλμάτωση μέσω πάπιας		0
7	English (en) Rubber duck debugging		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Kaŭĉuka anasa sencimigo		0
9	Spanish (es) Método de depuración del patito de goma		0
10	Persian (fa) اشکال‌زدایی اردک لاستیکی		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 "Rubber duck debugging" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Rubber duck debugging		27
2	Spanish (es) Método de depuración del patito de goma		9
3	French (fr) Méthode du canard en plastique		7
4	Russian (ru) Метод утёнка		7
5	Chinese (zh) 小黄鸭调试法		7
6	Italian (it) Rubber duck debugging		5
7	Ukrainian (uk) Метод каченяти		4
8	German (de) Quietscheentchen-Debugging		3
9	Hebrew (he) ניפוי שגיאות באמצעות ברווז גומי		3
10	Japanese (ja) ラバーダック・デバッグ		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تصحيح البطة المطاطية
be	Belarusian Метад качаняці
ca	Catalan Mètode de l'ànec de goma
de	German Quietscheentchen-Debugging
el	Greek Αποσφαλμάτωση μέσω πάπιας
en	English Rubber duck debugging
eo	Esperanto Kaŭĉuka anasa sencimigo
es	Spanish Método de depuración del patito de goma
fa	Persian اشکال‌زدایی اردک لاستیکی
fr	French Méthode du canard en plastique
he	Hebrew ניפוי שגיאות באמצעות ברווז גומי
hu	Hungarian Rubber duck debugging
hy	Armenian Բադի մեթոդ
it	Italian Rubber duck debugging
ja	Japanese ラバーダック・デバッグ
ko	Korean 고무 오리 디버깅
pl	Polish Metoda gumowej kaczuszki
pt	Portuguese Debug com Pato de Borracha
ru	Russian Метод утёнка
sv	Swedish Felsökning i kod med hjälp av gummianka
uk	Ukrainian Метод каченяти
uz	Uzbek Rezina oʻrdak metodi
vi	Vietnamese Gỡ lỗi vịt cao su
zh	Chinese 小黄鸭调试法

Best Rank

English: #496 08.2012

Global: #1169 08.2012

Best Rank

English: #3355 02.2013

Global: #23866 08.2012

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