Universal Turing machine

Universal Turing machine - turing machine that can simulate an arbitrary Turing machine on arbitrary input by reading both the description of the machine to be simulated as well as the input thereof from its own tape. Article "Universal Turing machine" in English Wikipedia has 40.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 22 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Universal Turing machine", its content was written by 139 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 306 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 314 times in English Wikipedia and cited 954 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #15679 in August 2002
• Global: #19413 in August 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #57928 in January 2015
• Global: #72032 in January 2015

There are 17 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	English (en) Universal Turing machine		40.7428
2	Ukrainian (uk) Універсальна машина Тюрінга		24.8634
3	Catalan (ca) Màquina universal de Turing		24.1416
4	Portuguese (pt) Máquina de Turing universal		20.7533
5	French (fr) Machine de Turing universelle		20.7139
6	Spanish (es) Máquina de Turing universal		18.2844
7	Chinese (zh) 通用圖靈機		17.5952
8	Bulgarian (bg) Универсална машина на Тюринг		17.4169
9	German (de) Universelle Turingmaschine		16.8925
10	Greek (el) Καθολική Μηχανή Τούρινγκ		16.2833

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Universal Turing machine" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Universal Turing machine		1 537 023
2	Spanish (es) Máquina de Turing universal		156 453
3	Italian (it) Macchina di Turing universale		135 200
4	Russian (ru) Универсальная машина Тьюринга		109 022
5	Portuguese (pt) Máquina de Turing universal		91 474
6	Chinese (zh) 通用圖靈機		64 976
7	French (fr) Machine de Turing universelle		53 789
8	German (de) Universelle Turingmaschine		35 051
9	Persian (fa) ماشین تورینگ جهانی		17 907
10	Croatian (hr) Univerzalni Turingov stroj		13 906

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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 "Universal Turing machine" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Universal Turing machine		5 012
2	Spanish (es) Máquina de Turing universal		426
3	Italian (it) Macchina di Turing universale		321
4	German (de) Universelle Turingmaschine		263
5	French (fr) Machine de Turing universelle		219
6	Chinese (zh) 通用圖靈機		173
7	Russian (ru) Универсальная машина Тьюринга		172
8	Portuguese (pt) Máquina de Turing universal		148
9	Ukrainian (uk) Універсальна машина Тюрінга		36
10	Dutch (nl) Universele Turing-machine		31

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

Language versions of the article "Universal Turing machine" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Universal Turing machine		139
2	French (fr) Machine de Turing universelle		25
3	Russian (ru) Универсальная машина Тьюринга		18
4	Persian (fa) ماشین تورینگ جهانی		16
5	Italian (it) Macchina di Turing universale		16
6	Chinese (zh) 通用圖靈機		14
7	Portuguese (pt) Máquina de Turing universal		13
8	Ukrainian (uk) Універсальна машина Тюрінга		13
9	German (de) Universelle Turingmaschine		11
10	Spanish (es) Máquina de Turing universal		10

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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 "Universal Turing machine" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) آلة تورنغ العامة		1
2	Serbian (sr) Универзална Тјурингова машина		1
3	Bulgarian (bg) Универсална машина на Тюринг		0
4	Catalan (ca) Màquina universal de Turing		0
5	German (de) Universelle Turingmaschine		0
6	Greek (el) Καθολική Μηχανή Τούρινγκ		0
7	English (en) Universal Turing machine		0
8	Spanish (es) Máquina de Turing universal		0
9	Persian (fa) ماشین تورینگ جهانی		0
10	French (fr) Machine de Turing universelle		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 "Universal Turing machine" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Universal Turing machine		314
2	Persian (fa) ماشین تورینگ جهانی		174
3	Chinese (zh) 通用圖靈機		120
4	French (fr) Machine de Turing universelle		106
5	Arabic (ar) آلة تورنغ العامة		59
6	Portuguese (pt) Máquina de Turing universal		36
7	Spanish (es) Máquina de Turing universal		28
8	Ukrainian (uk) Універсальна машина Тюрінга		23
9	Serbian (sr) Универзална Тјурингова машина		15
10	Catalan (ca) Màquina universal de Turing		14

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic آلة تورنغ العامة
bg	Bulgarian Универсална машина на Тюринг
ca	Catalan Màquina universal de Turing
de	German Universelle Turingmaschine
el	Greek Καθολική Μηχανή Τούρινγκ
en	English Universal Turing machine
es	Spanish Máquina de Turing universal
fa	Persian ماشین تورینگ جهانی
fr	French Machine de Turing universelle
hr	Croatian Univerzalni Turingov stroj
it	Italian Macchina di Turing universale
nl	Dutch Universele Turing-machine
pt	Portuguese Máquina de Turing universal
ru	Russian Универсальная машина Тьюринга
sr	Serbian Универзална Тјурингова машина
uk	Ukrainian Універсальна машина Тюрінга
zh	Chinese 通用圖靈機

Best Rank

English: #57928 01.2015

Global: #72032 01.2015

Best Rank

English: #15679 08.2002

Global: #19413 08.2002

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