Salt (cryptography)

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Salt (cryptography)

Quality:

Salt - secret added to an input such as a password prior to being hashed with a cryptographic hash function and stored alongside the hashed output. Article “Salt (cryptography)” in English Wikipedia has 34.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 15 references and 12 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Salt (cryptography)”, its content was written by 228 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 564 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 179 times in English Wikipedia and cited 580 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #6997 in May 2021
  • Global: #14948 in June 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #11496 in June 2012
  • Global: #20049 in June 2012

There are 22 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Salt (cryptography)
34.3769
2Estonian (et)
Sool (krüptograafia)
28.927
3Russian (ru)
Соль (криптография)
28.1974
4Malay (ms)
Garam (kriptografi)
25.4866
5Ukrainian (uk)
Сіль (криптографія)
23.1938
6German (de)
Salt (Kryptologie)
22.7716
7Croatian (hr)
Sol (kriptografija)
18.0132
8Dutch (nl)
Salt (cryptografie)
17.6657
9Japanese (ja)
ソルト (暗号)
14.7441
10French (fr)
Salage (cryptographie)
14.5021
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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 "Salt (cryptography)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Salt (cryptography)
4 806 197
2German (de)
Salt (Kryptologie)
692 005
3Russian (ru)
Соль (криптография)
509 947
4French (fr)
Salage (cryptographie)
194 529
5Chinese (zh)
盐 (密码学)
177 024
6Spanish (es)
Sal (criptografía)
117 332
7Japanese (ja)
ソルト (暗号)
87 419
8Polish (pl)
Sól (kryptografia)
82 364
9Dutch (nl)
Salt (cryptografie)
43 025
10Swedish (sv)
Salt (kryptografi)
32 846
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Salt (cryptography)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Salt (cryptography)
8 406
2German (de)
Salt (Kryptologie)
950
3Russian (ru)
Соль (криптография)
868
4French (fr)
Salage (cryptographie)
434
5Japanese (ja)
ソルト (暗号)
391
6Chinese (zh)
盐 (密码学)
364
7Polish (pl)
Sól (kryptografia)
107
8Italian (it)
Salt (crittografia)
99
9Korean (ko)
솔트 (암호학)
93
10Spanish (es)
Sal (criptografía)
65
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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 "Salt (cryptography)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Salt (cryptography)
228
2German (de)
Salt (Kryptologie)
111
3French (fr)
Salage (cryptographie)
48
4Russian (ru)
Соль (криптография)
33
5Dutch (nl)
Salt (cryptografie)
19
6Chinese (zh)
盐 (密码学)
18
7Polish (pl)
Sól (kryptografia)
15
8Swedish (sv)
Salt (kryptografi)
14
9Czech (cs)
Sůl (kryptografie)
13
10Spanish (es)
Sal (criptografía)
11
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Salt (cryptography)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Salt (Kryptologie)
2
2Russian (ru)
Соль (криптография)
1
3Bulgarian (bg)
Сол (криптография)
0
4Czech (cs)
Sůl (kryptografie)
0
5English (en)
Salt (cryptography)
0
6Spanish (es)
Sal (criptografía)
0
7Estonian (et)
Sool (krüptograafia)
0
8Basque (eu)
Gatz (kriptografia)
0
9French (fr)
Salage (cryptographie)
0
10Croatian (hr)
Sol (kriptografija)
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 "Salt (cryptography)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Salt (cryptography)
179
2Ukrainian (uk)
Сіль (криптографія)
64
3Chinese (zh)
盐 (密码学)
51
4Japanese (ja)
ソルト (暗号)
46
5Russian (ru)
Соль (криптография)
42
6German (de)
Salt (Kryptologie)
41
7Korean (ko)
솔트 (암호학)
41
8French (fr)
Salage (cryptographie)
23
9Czech (cs)
Sůl (kryptografie)
19
10Spanish (es)
Sal (criptografía)
18
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
bgBulgarian
Сол (криптография)
csCzech
Sůl (kryptografie)
deGerman
Salt (Kryptologie)
enEnglish
Salt (cryptography)
esSpanish
Sal (criptografía)
etEstonian
Sool (krüptograafia)
euBasque
Gatz (kriptografia)
frFrench
Salage (cryptographie)
hrCroatian
Sol (kriptografija)
idIndonesian
Salt (kriptografi)
itItalian
Salt (crittografia)
jaJapanese
ソルト (暗号)
koKorean
솔트 (암호학)
msMalay
Garam (kriptografi)
nlDutch
Salt (cryptografie)
plPolish
Sól (kryptografia)
ptPortuguese
Sal (criptografia)
ruRussian
Соль (криптография)
svSwedish
Salt (kryptografi)
ukUkrainian
Сіль (криптографія)
zhChinese
盐 (密码学)
zhminnanMin Nan
Salt

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#11496
06.2012
Global:
#20049
06.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#6997
05.2021
Global:
#14948
06.2012

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Salt from Wikipedia articles about Rainbow table, Pepper, Nonce, Cryptographic hash function and Salt. Whereas reading the article about Salt people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Rainbow table, Pepper, Nonce, Passwd and Cryptographic hash function.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

zhminnan: Salt

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