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Software documentation

Quality:

Software documentation - help content, typically written text, that accompanies computer software and explains its functionality. Article “Software documentation” in English Wikipedia has 29.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 13 references and 10 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Software documentation” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Software documentation”, its content was written by 226 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 487 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 229 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2019 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #468 in August 2001
  • Global: #509 in August 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #53923 in July 2010
  • Global: #51190 in August 2014

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Dutch (nl)
Softwaredocumentatie
33.3433
2English (en)
Software documentation
29.7415
3Croatian (hr)
Dokumentacija (programiranje)
22.2094
4Catalan (ca)
Documentació del programari
21.8471
5Chinese (zh)
软件文档
19.3828
6French (fr)
Documentation logicielle
16.7735
7German (de)
Softwaredokumentation
15.0195
8Russian (ru)
Документация на программное обеспечение
13.4026
9Persian (fa)
مستندسازی نرم‌افزار
12.0656
10Arabic (ar)
توثيق البرمجيات
11.5338
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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 documentation" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Software documentation
2 364 312
2German (de)
Softwaredokumentation
373 710
3Russian (ru)
Документация на программное обеспечение
354 007
4French (fr)
Documentation logicielle
142 777
5Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェアドキュメンテーション
102 655
6Polish (pl)
Dokumentacja programu
89 035
7Portuguese (pt)
Documentação de software
74 246
8Italian (it)
Documentazione del software
66 775
9Persian (fa)
مستندسازی نرم‌افزار
40 865
10Arabic (ar)
توثيق البرمجيات
40 022
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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 documentation" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Software documentation
1 694
2Russian (ru)
Документация на программное обеспечение
300
3German (de)
Softwaredokumentation
282
4French (fr)
Documentation logicielle
192
5Chinese (zh)
软件文档
75
6Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェアドキュメンテーション
58
7Persian (fa)
مستندسازی نرم‌افزار
57
8Italian (it)
Documentazione del software
42
9Polish (pl)
Dokumentacja programu
40
10Czech (cs)
Dokumentace k softwaru
38
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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 documentation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Software documentation
226
2German (de)
Softwaredokumentation
63
3French (fr)
Documentation logicielle
41
4Russian (ru)
Документация на программное обеспечение
31
5Italian (it)
Documentazione del software
26
6Persian (fa)
مستندسازی نرم‌افزار
18
7Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェアドキュメンテーション
17
8Polish (pl)
Dokumentacja programu
11
9Portuguese (pt)
Documentação de software
11
10Czech (cs)
Dokumentace k softwaru
10
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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 documentation" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Software documentation
2
2Arabic (ar)
توثيق البرمجيات
1
3Dutch (nl)
Softwaredocumentatie
1
4Catalan (ca)
Documentació del programari
0
5Czech (cs)
Dokumentace k softwaru
0
6German (de)
Softwaredokumentation
0
7Persian (fa)
مستندسازی نرم‌افزار
0
8French (fr)
Documentation logicielle
0
9Croatian (hr)
Dokumentacija (programiranje)
0
10Italian (it)
Documentazione del software
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 documentation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Documentation logicielle
677
2Arabic (ar)
توثيق البرمجيات
371
3English (en)
Software documentation
229
4Russian (ru)
Документация на программное обеспечение
196
5Japanese (ja)
ソフトウェアドキュメンテーション
98
6Chinese (zh)
软件文档
74
7Korean (ko)
소프트웨어 문서화
65
8Czech (cs)
Dokumentace k softwaru
63
9Portuguese (pt)
Documentação de software
52
10Ukrainian (uk)
Документація програмного забезпечення
51
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
توثيق البرمجيات
caCatalan
Documentació del programari
csCzech
Dokumentace k softwaru
deGerman
Softwaredokumentation
enEnglish
Software documentation
faPersian
مستندسازی نرم‌افزار
frFrench
Documentation logicielle
hrCroatian
Dokumentacija (programiranje)
itItalian
Documentazione del software
jaJapanese
ソフトウェアドキュメンテーション
kkKazakh
Бағдарлама жасақтамасын құжаттау
koKorean
소프트웨어 문서화
nlDutch
Softwaredocumentatie
plPolish
Dokumentacja programu
ptPortuguese
Documentação de software
ruRussian
Документация на программное обеспечение
ukUkrainian
Документація програмного забезпечення
zhChinese
软件文档

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#53923
07.2010
Global:
#51190
08.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#468
08.2001
Global:
#509
08.2001

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 documentation from Wikipedia articles about Computer program, Software, Software system, Software development and End user. Whereas reading the article about Software documentation people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Documentation, Design requirement, API writer, Software development and README.

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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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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