Search algorithm

Search algorithm - any algorithm which solves the search problem, namely, to retrieve information stored within some data structure, or calculated in the search space of a problem domain, either with discrete or continuous values. Article "Search algorithm" in English Wikipedia has 27.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 11 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

Since the creation of article "Search algorithm", its content was written by 207 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 714 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 212 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1166 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1848 in December 2001
• Global: #1936 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #51435 in November 2009
• Global: #47732 in November 2009

There are 29 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	Malay (ms) Algoritma gelintar		32.4851
2	English (en) Search algorithm		27.2775
3	Turkish (tr) Arama algoritması		24.783
4	Chinese (zh) 搜索算法		22.8545
5	Korean (ko) 검색 알고리즘		21.2143
6	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм пошуку		20.3007
7	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de busca		17.0688
8	Indonesian (id) Algoritma pencarian		16.6769
9	Armenian (hy) Ինֆորմացիոն փնտրում		16.4919
10	Hungarian (hu) Keresőalgoritmus		14.7599

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Search algorithm" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Search algorithm		2 477 527
2	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda		687 053
3	German (de) Suchverfahren		371 969
4	Japanese (ja) 探索		300 756
5	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de busca		102 434
6	Indonesian (id) Algoritma pencarian		100 875
7	Italian (it) Algoritmo di ricerca		97 199
8	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật tìm kiếm		91 647
9	French (fr) Algorithme de recherche		86 066
10	Persian (fa) الگوریتم جستجو		78 791

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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 "Search algorithm" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Search algorithm		4 811
2	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda		503
3	German (de) Suchverfahren		463
4	Japanese (ja) 探索		439
5	Chinese (zh) 搜索算法		317
6	Simple English (simple) Search algorithm		251
7	French (fr) Algorithme de recherche		204
8	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de busca		108
9	Persian (fa) الگوریتم جستجو		96
10	Italian (it) Algoritmo di ricerca		85

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Search algorithm		207
2	German (de) Suchverfahren		105
3	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda		60
4	Italian (it) Algoritmo di ricerca		41
5	French (fr) Algorithme de recherche		39
6	Persian (fa) الگوریتم جستجو		34
7	Chinese (zh) 搜索算法		30
8	Dutch (nl) Zoekalgoritme		19
9	Japanese (ja) 探索		18
10	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật tìm kiếm		17

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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 "Search algorithm" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda		2
2	Korean (ko) 검색 알고리즘		1
3	Arabic (ar) خوارزمية بحث		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Axtarış alqoritmləri		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Алгоритъм за търсене		0
6	Catalan (ca) Algorisme de cerca		0
7	Danish (da) Søgealgoritme		0
8	German (de) Suchverfahren		0
9	Greek (el) Αλγόριθμος αναζήτησης		0
10	English (en) Search algorithm		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 "Search algorithm" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Search algorithm		212
2	Chinese (zh) 搜索算法		136
3	Japanese (ja) 探索		106
4	German (de) Suchverfahren		94
5	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda		87
6	Persian (fa) الگوریتم جستجو		82
7	French (fr) Algorithme de recherche		69
8	Serbian (sr) Алгоритми претраживања		53
9	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм пошуку		40
10	Italian (it) Algoritmo di ricerca		39

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic خوارزمية بحث
az	Azerbaijani Axtarış alqoritmləri
bg	Bulgarian Алгоритъм за търсене
ca	Catalan Algorisme de cerca
da	Danish Søgealgoritme
de	German Suchverfahren
el	Greek Αλγόριθμος αναζήτησης
en	English Search algorithm
es	Spanish Algoritmo de búsqueda
fa	Persian الگوریتم جستجو
fi	Finnish Hakualgoritmi
fr	French Algorithme de recherche
he	Hebrew אלגוריתם חיפוש
hu	Hungarian Keresőalgoritmus
hy	Armenian Ինֆորմացիոն փնտրում
id	Indonesian Algoritma pencarian
it	Italian Algoritmo di ricerca
ja	Japanese 探索
ko	Korean 검색 알고리즘
ms	Malay Algoritma gelintar
nl	Dutch Zoekalgoritme
pt	Portuguese Algoritmo de busca
simple	Simple English Search algorithm
sr	Serbian Алгоритми претраживања
th	Thai ขั้นตอนวิธีการค้นหา
tr	Turkish Arama algoritması
uk	Ukrainian Алгоритм пошуку
vi	Vietnamese Giải thuật tìm kiếm
zh	Chinese 搜索算法

Best Rank

English: #51435 11.2009

Global: #47732 11.2009

Best Rank

English: #1848 12.2001

Global: #1936 12.2001

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