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Software crisis

Quality:

Software crisis - term used in the early days of computing science for the difficulty of writing useful and efficient computer programs in the required time. Article “Software crisis” in English Wikipedia has 15.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Software crisis”, its content was written by 103 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 337 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 14 times in English Wikipedia and cited 89 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1079 in May 2001
  • Global: #1089 in May 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #55417 in January 2026
  • Global: #108359 in January 2026

There are 14 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
1Chinese (zh)
软件危机
34.9653
2Catalan (ca)
Crisi del programari
18.8351
3Korean (ko)
소프트웨어 위기
17.9199
4German (de)
Softwarekrise
16.4998
5Hebrew (he)
משבר התוכנה
16.2327
6Hungarian (hu)
Szoftverkrízis
15.7955
7English (en)
Software crisis
15.6898
8Spanish (es)
Crisis del software
15.0804
9Persian (fa)
بحران نرم‌افزار
13.8896
10Arabic (ar)
أزمة البرمجيات
12.9796
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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 "Software crisis" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Software crisis
706 058
2Spanish (es)
Crisis del software
216 764
3Portuguese (pt)
Crise do software
164 490
4German (de)
Softwarekrise
160 389
5Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェア危機
101 904
6Chinese (zh)
软件危机
55 824
7Korean (ko)
소프트웨어 위기
34 618
8Russian (ru)
Кризис программного обеспечения
28 818
9Arabic (ar)
أزمة البرمجيات
21 410
10Italian (it)
Software crisis
13 603
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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 "Software crisis" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Software crisis
980
2German (de)
Softwarekrise
268
3Chinese (zh)
软件危机
206
4Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェア危機
142
5Spanish (es)
Crisis del software
104
6Portuguese (pt)
Crise do software
78
7Russian (ru)
Кризис программного обеспечения
51
8Korean (ko)
소프트웨어 위기
31
9Hebrew (he)
משבר התוכנה
16
10Hungarian (hu)
Szoftverkrízis
16
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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 "Software crisis" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Software crisis
103
2German (de)
Softwarekrise
71
3Spanish (es)
Crisis del software
37
4Italian (it)
Software crisis
26
5Portuguese (pt)
Crise do software
23
6Hebrew (he)
משבר התוכנה
22
7Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェア危機
15
8Chinese (zh)
软件危机
11
9Arabic (ar)
أزمة البرمجيات
8
10Russian (ru)
Кризис программного обеспечения
7
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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 "Software crisis" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
أزمة البرمجيات
0
2Catalan (ca)
Crisi del programari
0
3German (de)
Softwarekrise
0
4English (en)
Software crisis
0
5Spanish (es)
Crisis del software
0
6Persian (fa)
بحران نرم‌افزار
0
7Hebrew (he)
משבר התוכנה
0
8Hungarian (hu)
Szoftverkrízis
0
9Italian (it)
Software crisis
0
10Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェア危機
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 "Software crisis" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Spanish (es)
Crisis del software
15
2English (en)
Software crisis
14
3Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェア危機
12
4German (de)
Softwarekrise
10
5Chinese (zh)
软件危机
9
6Catalan (ca)
Crisi del programari
5
7Hungarian (hu)
Szoftverkrízis
5
8Korean (ko)
소프트웨어 위기
5
9Hebrew (he)
משבר התוכנה
4
10Italian (it)
Software crisis
3
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أزمة البرمجيات
caCatalan
Crisi del programari
deGerman
Softwarekrise
enEnglish
Software crisis
esSpanish
Crisis del software
faPersian
بحران نرم‌افزار
heHebrew
משבר התוכנה
huHungarian
Szoftverkrízis
itItalian
Software crisis
jaJapanese
ソフトウェア危機
koKorean
소프트웨어 위기
ptPortuguese
Crise do software
ruRussian
Кризис программного обеспечения
zhChinese
软件危机

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#55417
01.2026
Global:
#108359
01.2026

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1079
05.2001
Global:
#1089
05.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Software crisis from Wikipedia articles about AI winter, COBOL, Structured programming, Software engineering and NATO Software Engineering Conferences. Whereas reading the article about Software crisis people most often go to Wikipedia articles on AI winter, Vaporware, List of failed and overbudget custom software projects, Edsger W. Dijkstra and Spaghetti code.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

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