Shoulder surfing (computer security)

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Shoulder surfing (computer security)

Quality:

Shoulder surfing - using direct observation techniques, such as looking over someone's shoulder, to get information. Article “Shoulder surfing (computer security)” in English Wikipedia has 37.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 25 references and 11 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.95 points.

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

In June 2025 the article “Shoulder surfing (computer security)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Shoulder surfing (computer security)”, its content was written by 89 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 136 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 21 times in English Wikipedia and cited 33 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #30220 in December 2016
  • Global: #68228 in January 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #208622 in October 2013
  • Global: #351813 in October 2013

There are 6 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Shoulder surfing (computer security)
37.092
2Italian (it)
Shoulder surfing
34.6411
3Basque (eu)
Sorbalda surfing
24.04
4French (fr)
Shoulder surfing
5.0432
5Spanish (es)
Mirar por encima del hombro
4.7889
6Hungarian (hu)
Kifigyelés
1.766
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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 "Shoulder surfing (computer security)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shoulder surfing (computer security)
591 999
2Italian (it)
Shoulder surfing
61 712
3Spanish (es)
Mirar por encima del hombro
21 337
4French (fr)
Shoulder surfing
10 059
5Hungarian (hu)
Kifigyelés
9 109
6Basque (eu)
Sorbalda surfing
282
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Shoulder surfing (computer security)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shoulder surfing (computer security)
2 303
2Italian (it)
Shoulder surfing
329
3Spanish (es)
Mirar por encima del hombro
88
4French (fr)
Shoulder surfing
69
5Hungarian (hu)
Kifigyelés
20
6Basque (eu)
Sorbalda surfing
10
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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 "Shoulder surfing (computer security)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shoulder surfing (computer security)
89
2Italian (it)
Shoulder surfing
16
3French (fr)
Shoulder surfing
15
4Hungarian (hu)
Kifigyelés
8
5Spanish (es)
Mirar por encima del hombro
4
6Basque (eu)
Sorbalda surfing
4
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Shoulder surfing (computer security)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shoulder surfing (computer security)
1
2Italian (it)
Shoulder surfing
1
3Spanish (es)
Mirar por encima del hombro
0
4Basque (eu)
Sorbalda surfing
0
5French (fr)
Shoulder surfing
0
6Hungarian (hu)
Kifigyelés
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 "Shoulder surfing (computer security)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shoulder surfing (computer security)
21
2Basque (eu)
Sorbalda surfing
4
3Italian (it)
Shoulder surfing
4
4Spanish (es)
Mirar por encima del hombro
2
5French (fr)
Shoulder surfing
2
6Hungarian (hu)
Kifigyelés
0
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Shoulder surfing (computer security)
esSpanish
Mirar por encima del hombro
euBasque
Sorbalda surfing
frFrench
Shoulder surfing
huHungarian
Kifigyelés
itItalian
Shoulder surfing

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#208622
10.2013
Global:
#351813
10.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#30220
12.2016
Global:
#68228
01.2017

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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