Rule of 72

Rule of 72 - methods of estimating the doubling time of an investment. Article “Rule of 72” in English Wikipedia has 27.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 10 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Rule of 72”, its content was written by 153 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 295 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 19 times in English Wikipedia and cited 111 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1858 in October 2003
• Global: #6456 in October 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #19326 in February 2014
• Global: #38007 in February 2014

There are 13 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	German (de) 72er-Regel		27.5123
2	English (en) Rule of 72		27.1327
3	Catalan (ca) Regla del 72		23.1775
4	Russian (ru) Правило 72		21.7996
5	Portuguese (pt) Regra de 72		21.5415
6	Italian (it) Regola del 72		18.3643
7	Chinese (zh) 72法則		16.2666
8	Ukrainian (uk) Правило 72		14.3771
9	French (fr) Règle des 72		11.1835
10	Korean (ko) 72의 법칙		10.5239

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rule of 72" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rule of 72		3 822 998
2	Japanese (ja) 72の法則		382 226
3	German (de) 72er-Regel		331 673
4	Chinese (zh) 72法則		310 168
5	Russian (ru) Правило 72		251 463
6	French (fr) Règle des 72		49 773
7	Polish (pl) Reguła 72		38 261
8	Italian (it) Regola del 72		26 870
9	Korean (ko) 72의 법칙		11 414
10	Ukrainian (uk) Правило 72		7 366

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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 "Rule of 72" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rule of 72		9 718
2	Japanese (ja) 72の法則		1 449
3	Chinese (zh) 72法則		1 130
4	German (de) 72er-Regel		1 080
5	French (fr) Règle des 72		532
6	Italian (it) Regola del 72		255
7	Russian (ru) Правило 72		247
8	Portuguese (pt) Regra de 72		237
9	Korean (ko) 72의 법칙		149
10	Polish (pl) Reguła 72		70

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

Language versions of the article "Rule of 72" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rule of 72		153
2	German (de) 72er-Regel		44
3	Russian (ru) Правило 72		21
4	French (fr) Règle des 72		17
5	Japanese (ja) 72の法則		16
6	Ukrainian (uk) Правило 72		11
7	Italian (it) Regola del 72		10
8	Polish (pl) Reguła 72		9
9	Chinese (zh) 72法則		8
10	Catalan (ca) Regla del 72		3

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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 "Rule of 72" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الاثنين وسبعين		0
2	Catalan (ca) Regla del 72		0
3	German (de) 72er-Regel		0
4	English (en) Rule of 72		0
5	French (fr) Règle des 72		0
6	Italian (it) Regola del 72		0
7	Japanese (ja) 72の法則		0
8	Korean (ko) 72의 법칙		0
9	Polish (pl) Reguła 72		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Regra de 72		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 "Rule of 72" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Ukrainian (uk) Правило 72		53
2	English (en) Rule of 72		19
3	German (de) 72er-Regel		9
4	Japanese (ja) 72の法則		6
5	Russian (ru) Правило 72		6
6	French (fr) Règle des 72		5
7	Italian (it) Regola del 72		4
8	Chinese (zh) 72法則		4
9	Korean (ko) 72의 법칙		2
10	Polish (pl) Reguła 72		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قاعدة الاثنين وسبعين
ca	Catalan Regla del 72
de	German 72er-Regel
en	English Rule of 72
fr	French Règle des 72
it	Italian Regola del 72
ja	Japanese 72の法則
ko	Korean 72의 법칙
pl	Polish Reguła 72
pt	Portuguese Regra de 72
ru	Russian Правило 72
uk	Ukrainian Правило 72
zh	Chinese 72法則

Best Rank

English: #19326 02.2014

Global: #38007 02.2014

Best Rank

English: #1858 10.2003

Global: #6456 10.2003

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