Simulation hypothesis

Quality:

Simulation hypothesis - hypothesis that reality could be a computer simulation. Article “Simulation hypothesis” in English Wikipedia has 76.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 86 references and 15 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.

In June 2026 the article “Simulation hypothesis” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Simulation hypothesis”, its content was written by 923 registered users of English Wikipedia (8293^rd place) and edited by 1292 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 396 times in English Wikipedia and cited 895 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #250 in July 2003
• Global: #1624 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #7102 in April 2021
• Global: #13370 in April 2021

There are 25 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) Simulation hypothesis		76.0735
2	Chinese (zh) 模擬理論		75.2968
3	German (de) Simulationshypothese		61.0128
4	Catalan (ca) Hipòtesi de simulació		60.1374
5	Armenian (hy) Սիմուլյացիայի վարկած		47.6557
6	Serbian (sr) Хипотеза симулације		40.8628
7	Spanish (es) Hipótesis de simulación		40.8221
8	Portuguese (pt) Hipótese da simulação		38.5447
9	Russian (ru) Гипотеза симуляции		29.9673
10	Korean (ko) 모의실험 가설		28.3798

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Simulation hypothesis		4 708 807
2	Japanese (ja) シミュレーション仮説		684 247
3	Russian (ru) Гипотеза симуляции		579 580
4	German (de) Simulationshypothese		476 108
5	Spanish (es) Hipótesis de simulación		232 983
6	French (fr) Hypothèse de simulation		146 508
7	Portuguese (pt) Hipótese da simulação		118 233
8	Italian (it) Ipotesi della simulazione		78 624
9	Turkish (tr) Simülasyon argümanı		57 806
10	Korean (ko) 모의실험 가설		51 042

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Simulation hypothesis		22 324
2	Japanese (ja) シミュレーション仮説		3 001
3	Russian (ru) Гипотеза симуляции		2 965
4	German (de) Simulationshypothese		1 891
5	French (fr) Hypothèse de simulation		1 527
6	Chinese (zh) 模擬理論		960
7	Spanish (es) Hipótesis de simulación		892
8	Italian (it) Ipotesi della simulazione		677
9	Portuguese (pt) Hipótese da simulação		477
10	Turkish (tr) Simülasyon argümanı		228

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Simulation hypothesis		923
2	German (de) Simulationshypothese		46
3	Russian (ru) Гипотеза симуляции		41
4	Japanese (ja) シミュレーション仮説		36
5	French (fr) Hypothèse de simulation		34
6	Spanish (es) Hipótesis de simulación		28
7	Hebrew (he) השערת הסימולציה		25
8	Italian (it) Ipotesi della simulazione		24
9	Portuguese (pt) Hipótese da simulação		23
10	Turkish (tr) Simülasyon argümanı		17

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Simulation hypothesis		4
2	Catalan (ca) Hipòtesi de simulació		1
3	Japanese (ja) シミュレーション仮説		1
4	Arabic (ar) فرضية المحاكاة		0
5	Danish (da) Simulationshypotesen		0
6	German (de) Simulationshypothese		0
7	Spanish (es) Hipótesis de simulación		0
8	Persian (fa) فرضیه شبیه‌سازی		0
9	French (fr) Hypothèse de simulation		0
10	Hebrew (he) השערת הסימולציה		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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