Symmetric-key algorithm

Symmetric-key algorithm - cryptosystem that uses one key. Article “Symmetric-key algorithm” in English Wikipedia has 40.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 29 references and 11 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.52 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Symmetric-key algorithm” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Symmetric-key algorithm”, its content was written by 247 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1098 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 853 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3021 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #376 in February 2001
• Global: #376 in February 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #24259 in April 2015
• Global: #22482 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, 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	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		45.3216
2	Tamil (ta) சமச்சீர் திறவுகோல் வழிமுறை		41.2497
3	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		40.671
4	Hebrew (he) צופן סימטרי		40.5976
5	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		29.2587
6	Turkish (tr) Simetrik anahtar algoritmaları		25.0702
7	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		25.0144
8	Arabic (ar) تعمية بمفتاح مشترك		24.3604
9	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de chave simétrica		18.3118
10	Catalan (ca) Criptografia simètrica		18.306

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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		4 135 134
2	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		953 681
3	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		665 012
4	Spanish (es) Criptografía simétrica		618 956
5	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		558 238
6	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		471 249
7	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de chave simétrica		316 036
8	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		263 281
9	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		256 898
10	Polish (pl) Algorytm symetryczny		196 806

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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 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		4 681
2	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		693
3	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		660
4	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		645
5	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		605
6	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		460
7	Spanish (es) Criptografía simétrica		311
8	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		221
9	Polish (pl) Algorytm symetryczny		205
10	Persian (fa) الگوریتم کلید متقارن		123

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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		247
2	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		111
3	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		100
4	Italian (it) Crittografia simmetrica		80
5	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		72
6	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de chave simétrica		40
7	Spanish (es) Criptografía simétrica		39
8	Dutch (nl) Symmetrische cryptografie		39
9	Hebrew (he) צופן סימטרי		37
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 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Symmetric-key algorithm		2
2	Arabic (ar) تعمية بمفتاح مشترك		1
3	Swedish (sv) Symmetrisk kryptering		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		853
2	Russian (ru) Симметричные криптосистемы		246
3	Hebrew (he) צופן סימטרי		239
4	Japanese (ja) 共通鍵暗号		192
5	Chinese (zh) 對稱密鑰加密		187
6	French (fr) Cryptographie symétrique		151
7	Ukrainian (uk) Шифрування з симетричними ключами		113
8	Korean (ko) 대칭 키 암호		105
9	German (de) Symmetrisches Kryptosystem		104
10	Persian (fa) الگوریتم کلید متقارن		92

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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: #24259 04.2015

Global: #22482 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #376 02.2001

Global: #376 02.2001

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