Trolley problem

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Trolley problem

Quality:

Trolley problem - thought experiment in ethics. Article "Trolley problem" in English Wikipedia has 59.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 61 references and 11 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article "Trolley problem" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Trolley problem", its content was written by 480 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1074 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 100 times in English Wikipedia and cited 348 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1971 in August 2003
  • Global: #5316 in April 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #4702 in September 2016
  • Global: #4445 in September 2016

There are 30 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Estonian (et)
Rongiprobleem
73.5526
2Chinese (zh)
有轨电车难题
67.5032
3English (en)
Trolley problem
59.9108
4German (de)
Trolley-Problem
51.9707
5Ukrainian (uk)
Проблема вагонетки
42.9868
6Simple English (simple)
Trolley problem
42.043
7Hebrew (he)
בעיית הקרונית
39.5179
8Italian (it)
Problema del carrello ferroviario
37.62
9Arabic (ar)
معضلة القطار
36.6241
10Polish (pl)
Dylemat wagonika
35.4164
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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 "Trolley problem" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Trolley problem
7 790 000
2Japanese (ja)
トロッコ問題
2 080 404
3German (de)
Trolley-Problem
917 039
4Russian (ru)
Проблема вагонетки
903 734
5Spanish (es)
Dilema del tranvía
815 389
6Chinese (zh)
有轨电车难题
604 917
7Polish (pl)
Dylemat wagonika
453 500
8French (fr)
Dilemme du tramway
413 362
9Italian (it)
Problema del carrello ferroviario
215 739
10Portuguese (pt)
Dilema do bonde
182 810
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Trolley problem" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Trolley problem
27 913
2Japanese (ja)
トロッコ問題
6 464
3Chinese (zh)
有轨电车难题
4 361
4Russian (ru)
Проблема вагонетки
4 237
5German (de)
Trolley-Problem
3 528
6French (fr)
Dilemme du tramway
2 972
7Spanish (es)
Dilema del tranvía
2 360
8Polish (pl)
Dylemat wagonika
1 599
9Italian (it)
Problema del carrello ferroviario
1 447
10Simple English (simple)
Trolley problem
911
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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 "Trolley problem" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Trolley problem
480
2German (de)
Trolley-Problem
122
3Japanese (ja)
トロッコ問題
61
4Chinese (zh)
有轨电车难题
54
5French (fr)
Dilemme du tramway
48
6Spanish (es)
Dilema del tranvía
46
7Russian (ru)
Проблема вагонетки
45
8Hebrew (he)
בעיית הקרונית
32
9Italian (it)
Problema del carrello ferroviario
26
10Polish (pl)
Dylemat wagonika
23
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Trolley problem" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Russian (ru)
Проблема вагонетки
3
2English (en)
Trolley problem
2
3Czech (cs)
Tramvajové dilema
1
4German (de)
Trolley-Problem
1
5Arabic (ar)
معضلة القطار
0
6Azerbaijani (az)
Tramvay problemi
0
7Catalan (ca)
Dilema de la vagoneta
0
8Spanish (es)
Dilema del tranvía
0
9Estonian (et)
Rongiprobleem
0
10Persian (fa)
مسئله تراموا
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 "Trolley problem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Trolley problem
100
2German (de)
Trolley-Problem
27
3Chinese (zh)
有轨电车难题
25
4Japanese (ja)
トロッコ問題
24
5Spanish (es)
Dilema del tranvía
22
6French (fr)
Dilemme du tramway
18
7Korean (ko)
광차 문제
15
8Russian (ru)
Проблема вагонетки
15
9Hebrew (he)
בעיית הקרונית
12
10Portuguese (pt)
Dilema do bonde
12
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
معضلة القطار
azAzerbaijani
Tramvay problemi
caCatalan
Dilema de la vagoneta
csCzech
Tramvajové dilema
deGerman
Trolley-Problem
enEnglish
Trolley problem
esSpanish
Dilema del tranvía
etEstonian
Rongiprobleem
faPersian
مسئله تراموا
fiFinnish
Raitiovaunuongelma
frFrench
Dilemme du tramway
heHebrew
בעיית הקרונית
hyArmenian
Տրամվայի երկընտրանք
itItalian
Problema del carrello ferroviario
jaJapanese
トロッコ問題
koKorean
광차 문제
ltLithuanian
Traukinio problema
nlDutch
Trolleyprobleem
plPolish
Dylemat wagonika
ptPortuguese
Dilema do bonde
ruRussian
Проблема вагонетки
shSerbo-Croatian
Problem tramvaja
simpleSimple English
Trolley problem
skSlovak
Električková dilema
srSerbian
Проблем тролејбуса
svSwedish
Spårvagnsproblemet
thThai
ปัญหารถราง
trTurkish
Tramvay problemi
ukUkrainian
Проблема вагонетки
zhChinese
有轨电车难题

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4702
09.2016
Global:
#4445
09.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1971
08.2003
Global:
#5316
04.2020

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Trolley problem from Wikipedia articles about Philippa Foot, Thought experiment, Carry-On, Ethical dilemma and Three Laws of Robotics. Whereas reading the article about Trolley problem people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Philippa Foot, Principle of double effect, Utilitarianism, Deontology and Thought experiment.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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