Security through obscurity

Security through obscurity - secrecy of the design or implementation as the main method of providing security. Article “Security through obscurity” in English Wikipedia has 28.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 15 references and 6 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 “Security through obscurity”, its content was written by 242 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 573 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 73 times in English Wikipedia and cited 335 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #963 in August 2002
• Global: #1960 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #62394 in February 2010
• Global: #76179 in October 2010

There are 18 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	English (en) Security through obscurity		28.4905
2	German (de) Security through obscurity		27.2064
3	Norwegian (no) Sikkerhet gjennom uklarhet		26.7983
4	Chinese (zh) 隱晦式安全		26.15
5	Greek (el) Ασφάλεια μέσω αφάνειας		25.5107
6	Ukrainian (uk) Безпека через неясність		20.814
7	Russian (ru) Безопасность через неясность		18.6213
8	Catalan (ca) Seguretat per la foscor		18.4399
9	Polish (pl) Security through obscurity		17.5825
10	French (fr) Sécurité par l'obscurité		13.6962

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Security through obscurity" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Security through obscurity		1 713 609
2	German (de) Security through obscurity		300 195
3	Russian (ru) Безопасность через неясность		147 100
4	Spanish (es) Seguridad por oscuridad		112 910
5	French (fr) Sécurité par l'obscurité		110 512
6	Polish (pl) Security through obscurity		53 898
7	Italian (it) Sicurezza tramite segretezza		33 417
8	Dutch (nl) Security through obscurity		29 326
9	Czech (cs) Security through obscurity		22 610
10	Portuguese (pt) Segurança por obscurantismo		11 788

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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 "Security through obscurity" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Security through obscurity		5 389
2	German (de) Security through obscurity		611
3	Russian (ru) Безопасность через неясность		236
4	Spanish (es) Seguridad por oscuridad		228
5	French (fr) Sécurité par l'obscurité		160
6	Polish (pl) Security through obscurity		95
7	Chinese (zh) 隱晦式安全		74
8	Italian (it) Sicurezza tramite segretezza		70
9	Czech (cs) Security through obscurity		67
10	Dutch (nl) Security through obscurity		36

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Security through obscurity		242
2	German (de) Security through obscurity		101
3	French (fr) Sécurité par l'obscurité		56
4	Italian (it) Sicurezza tramite segretezza		36
5	Russian (ru) Безопасность через неясность		26
6	Spanish (es) Seguridad por oscuridad		23
7	Dutch (nl) Security through obscurity		17
8	Czech (cs) Security through obscurity		16
9	Polish (pl) Security through obscurity		16
10	Hebrew (he) אבטחה באמצעות עמימות		10

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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 "Security through obscurity" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الأمن من خلال الغموض		0
2	Catalan (ca) Seguretat per la foscor		0
3	Czech (cs) Security through obscurity		0
4	German (de) Security through obscurity		0
5	Greek (el) Ασφάλεια μέσω αφάνειας		0
6	English (en) Security through obscurity		0
7	Spanish (es) Seguridad por oscuridad		0
8	French (fr) Sécurité par l'obscurité		0
9	Hebrew (he) אבטחה באמצעות עמימות		0
10	Hungarian (hu) Bizonytalanságon alapuló biztonság		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 "Security through obscurity" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Sécurité par l'obscurité		86
2	English (en) Security through obscurity		73
3	Portuguese (pt) Segurança por obscurantismo		41
4	German (de) Security through obscurity		29
5	Spanish (es) Seguridad por oscuridad		20
6	Russian (ru) Безопасность через неясность		14
7	Czech (cs) Security through obscurity		13
8	Italian (it) Sicurezza tramite segretezza		12
9	Arabic (ar) الأمن من خلال الغموض		10
10	Polish (pl) Security through obscurity		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الأمن من خلال الغموض
ca	Catalan Seguretat per la foscor
cs	Czech Security through obscurity
de	German Security through obscurity
el	Greek Ασφάλεια μέσω αφάνειας
en	English Security through obscurity
es	Spanish Seguridad por oscuridad
fr	French Sécurité par l'obscurité
he	Hebrew אבטחה באמצעות עמימות
hu	Hungarian Bizonytalanságon alapuló biztonság
it	Italian Sicurezza tramite segretezza
nl	Dutch Security through obscurity
no	Norwegian Sikkerhet gjennom uklarhet
pl	Polish Security through obscurity
pt	Portuguese Segurança por obscurantismo
ru	Russian Безопасность через неясность
uk	Ukrainian Безпека через неясність
zh	Chinese 隱晦式安全

Best Rank

English: #62394 02.2010

Global: #76179 10.2010

Best Rank

English: #963 08.2002

Global: #1960 12.2001

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