Symmetric-key algorithm

Symmetric-key algorithm - cryptosystem that uses one key. Article "Symmetric-key algorithm" in English Wikipedia has 40.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 11 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

In June 2025 the article "Symmetric-key algorithm" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Symmetric-key algorithm", its content was written by 240 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1070 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 859 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3061 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #351 in February 2001
• Global: #351 in February 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #24094 in April 2015
• Global: #22345 in April 2015

There are 34 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		45.338
2	Tamil (ta) சமச்சீர் திறவுகோல் வழிமுறை		41.6453
3	Hebrew (he) צופן סימטרי		41.2121
4	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		40.9072
5	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		25.0491
6	Turkish (tr) Simetrik anahtar algoritmaları		25.0313
7	Arabic (ar) تعمية بمفتاح مشترك		24.2631
8	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		19.803
9	Simple English (simple) Symmetric-key algorithm		18.5179
10	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de chave simétrica		18.3838

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Symmetric-key algorithm" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		4 062 691
2	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		901 761
3	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		653 631
4	Spanish (es) Criptografía simétrica		612 383
5	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		547 286
6	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		464 250
7	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de chave simétrica		313 713
8	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		259 474
9	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		249 746
10	Polish (pl) Algorytm symetryczny		193 964

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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 "Symmetric-key algorithm" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		9 656
2	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		1 358
3	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		983
4	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		779
5	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		771
6	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		766
7	Spanish (es) Criptografía simétrica		579
8	Simple English (simple) Symmetric-key algorithm		508
9	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		456
10	Czech (cs) Symetrická šifra		293

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

Language versions of the article "Symmetric-key algorithm" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		240
2	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		111
3	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		100
4	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		79
5	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		69
6	Spanish (es) Criptografía simétrica		39
7	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de chave simétrica		39
8	Dutch (nl) Symmetrische cryptografie		37
9	Hebrew (he) צופן סימטרי		35
10	Polish (pl) Algorytm symetryczny		34

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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 "Symmetric-key algorithm" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) تعمية بمفتاح مشترك		1
2	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		1
3	Persian (fa) الگوریتم کلید متقارن		1
4	Catalan (ca) Criptografia simètrica		0
5	Czech (cs) Symetrická šifra		0
6	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		0
7	Greek (el) Κρυπτογράφηση Συμμετρικού Κλειδιού		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Simetria ĉifro		0
9	Spanish (es) Criptografía simétrica		0
10	Basque (eu) Kriptografia simetriko		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 "Symmetric-key algorithm" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		859
2	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		255
3	Hebrew (he) צופן סימטרי		240
4	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		192
5	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		188
6	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		156
7	Ukrainian (uk) Шифрування з симетричними ключами		115
8	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		111
9	Persian (fa) الگوریتم کلید متقارن		99
10	Korean (ko) 대칭 키 암호		91

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تعمية بمفتاح مشترك
ca	Catalan Criptografia simètrica
cs	Czech Symetrická šifra
de	German Symmetrisches Kryptosystem
el	Greek Κρυπτογράφηση Συμμετρικού Κλειδιού
en	English Symmetric-key algorithm
eo	Esperanto Simetria ĉifro
es	Spanish Criptografía simétrica
eu	Basque Kriptografia simetriko
fa	Persian الگوریتم کلید متقارن
fi	Finnish Symmetrinen salaus
fr	French Cryptographie symétrique
he	Hebrew צופן סימטרי
hu	Hungarian Szimmetrikus kulcsú rejtjelezés
hy	Armenian Սիմետրիկ բանալիով ալգորիթմներ
it	Italian Crittografia simmetrica
ja	Japanese 共通鍵暗号
ka	Georgian სიმეტრიული კრიპტოსისტემა
ko	Korean 대칭 키 암호
lt	Lithuanian Simetrinio rakto kriptografija
ms	Malay Penyulitan bersimetri
nl	Dutch Symmetrische cryptografie
no	Norwegian Symmetrisk kryptering
pl	Polish Algorytm symetryczny
pt	Portuguese Algoritmo de chave simétrica
ru	Russian Симметричные криптосистемы
simple	Simple English Symmetric-key algorithm
sk	Slovak Symetrická šifra
sv	Swedish Symmetrisk kryptering
ta	Tamil சமச்சீர் திறவுகோல் வழிமுறை
tr	Turkish Simetrik anahtar algoritmaları
uk	Ukrainian Шифрування з симетричними ключами
vi	Vietnamese Thuật toán khóa đối xứng
zh	Chinese 對稱密鑰加密

Best Rank

English: #24094 04.2015

Global: #22345 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #351 02.2001

Global: #351 02.2001

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