SIM swap attack

SIM swap scam - a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication, with the second factor being a text message or call placed to a mobile telephone. Article “SIM swap attack” in English Wikipedia has 29.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 29 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “SIM swap attack”, its content was written by 92 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 125 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 222 times in English Wikipedia and cited 384 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9145 in April 2026
• Global: #52738 in April 2026

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #54387 in July 2020
• Global: #98661 in December 2023

There are 7 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	Japanese (ja) SIMスワップ詐欺		32.208
2	Chinese (zh) SIM卡交換攻擊		30.7346
3	English (en) SIM swap attack		29.5694
4	German (de) SIM-Swapping		28.7851
5	Arabic (ar) احتيال تبديل شريحة الاتصال		25.449
6	Spanish (es) SIM swapping		25.2351
7	Korean (ko) SIM 스와핑		23.5831

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

The most popular language versions of the article "SIM swap attack" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) SIM swap attack		1 114 618
2	German (de) SIM-Swapping		95 596
3	Spanish (es) SIM swapping		24 446
4	Japanese (ja) SIMスワップ詐欺		23 807
5	Chinese (zh) SIM卡交換攻擊		13 255
6	Arabic (ar) احتيال تبديل شريحة الاتصال		419
7	Korean (ko) SIM 스와핑		335

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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 "SIM swap attack" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) SIM swap attack		9 018
2	German (de) SIM-Swapping		498
3	Japanese (ja) SIMスワップ詐欺		275
4	Chinese (zh) SIM卡交換攻擊		249
5	Spanish (es) SIM swapping		86
6	Korean (ko) SIM 스와핑		12
7	Arabic (ar) احتيال تبديل شريحة الاتصال		0

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) SIM swap attack		92
2	German (de) SIM-Swapping		13
3	Japanese (ja) SIMスワップ詐欺		11
4	Spanish (es) SIM swapping		4
5	Chinese (zh) SIM卡交換攻擊		3
6	Arabic (ar) احتيال تبديل شريحة الاتصال		1
7	Korean (ko) SIM 스와핑		1

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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 "SIM swap attack" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) احتيال تبديل شريحة الاتصال		1
2	Japanese (ja) SIMスワップ詐欺		1
3	German (de) SIM-Swapping		0
4	English (en) SIM swap attack		0
5	Spanish (es) SIM swapping		0
6	Korean (ko) SIM 스와핑		0
7	Chinese (zh) SIM卡交換攻擊		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 "SIM swap attack" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) SIM swap attack		222
2	Japanese (ja) SIMスワップ詐欺		152
3	Korean (ko) SIM 스와핑		4
4	German (de) SIM-Swapping		3
5	Spanish (es) SIM swapping		2
6	Arabic (ar) احتيال تبديل شريحة الاتصال		1
7	Chinese (zh) SIM卡交換攻擊		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic احتيال تبديل شريحة الاتصال
de	German SIM-Swapping
en	English SIM swap attack
es	Spanish SIM swapping
ja	Japanese SIMスワップ詐欺
ko	Korean SIM 스와핑
zh	Chinese SIM卡交換攻擊

Best Rank

English: #54387 07.2020

Global: #98661 12.2023

Best Rank

English: #9145 04.2026

Global: #52738 04.2026

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