Yarrow algorithm

Yarrow algorithm - family of cryptographic pseudorandom number generators devised by J. Kelsey, B. Schneier, and N. Ferguson. Article “Yarrow algorithm” in English Wikipedia has 30.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 11 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.6 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Yarrow algorithm”, its content was written by 64 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 142 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 17 times in English Wikipedia and cited 77 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7165 in June 2004
• Global: #17584 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #96208 in December 2013
• Global: #133197 in December 2013

There are 8 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	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Ярроу		42.5311
2	English (en) Yarrow algorithm		30.3299
3	Spanish (es) Yarrow		3.6522
4	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм Яроу		2.1121
5	French (fr) Yarrow		2.0645
6	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo yarrow		1.5617
7	Swedish (sv) Yarrow (kryptologi)		1.3345
8	German (de) Yarrow (Algorithmus)		0.2447

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Yarrow algorithm" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Yarrow algorithm		226 181
2	French (fr) Yarrow		23 219
3	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Ярроу		20 639
4	German (de) Yarrow (Algorithmus)		14 422
5	Spanish (es) Yarrow		11 940
6	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo yarrow		7 569
7	Swedish (sv) Yarrow (kryptologi)		2 774
8	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм Яроу		1 101

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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 "Yarrow algorithm" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Yarrow algorithm		724
2	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Ярроу		44
3	French (fr) Yarrow		41
4	Spanish (es) Yarrow		20
5	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo yarrow		14
6	German (de) Yarrow (Algorithmus)		12
7	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм Яроу		6
8	Swedish (sv) Yarrow (kryptologi)		4

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

Language versions of the article "Yarrow 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) Yarrow algorithm		64
2	French (fr) Yarrow		22
3	German (de) Yarrow (Algorithmus)		21
4	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Ярроу		17
5	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo yarrow		6
6	Swedish (sv) Yarrow (kryptologi)		5
7	Spanish (es) Yarrow		4
8	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм Яроу		3

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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 "Yarrow algorithm" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Ярроу		1
2	German (de) Yarrow (Algorithmus)		0
3	English (en) Yarrow algorithm		0
4	Spanish (es) Yarrow		0
5	French (fr) Yarrow		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo yarrow		0
7	Swedish (sv) Yarrow (kryptologi)		0
8	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм Яроу		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 "Yarrow algorithm" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Yarrow		25
2	English (en) Yarrow algorithm		17
3	Spanish (es) Yarrow		13
4	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo yarrow		6
5	Russian (ru) Алгоритм Ярроу		6
6	Ukrainian (uk) Алгоритм Яроу		5
7	German (de) Yarrow (Algorithmus)		4
8	Swedish (sv) Yarrow (kryptologi)		1

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#	Language	Value
de	German Yarrow (Algorithmus)
en	English Yarrow algorithm
es	Spanish Yarrow
fr	French Yarrow
pt	Portuguese Algoritmo yarrow
ru	Russian Алгоритм Ярроу
sv	Swedish Yarrow (kryptologi)
uk	Ukrainian Алгоритм Яроу

Best Rank

English: #96208 12.2013

Global: #133197 12.2013

Best Rank

English: #7165 06.2004

Global: #17584 11.2002

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