SIM swapping

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SIM swapping

Quality:

SIM swap scam - a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication, with the second factor being a text message or call placed to a mobile telephone. Article “SIM swapping” in Spanish Wikipedia has 25.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “SIM swapping”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Spanish Wikipedia and edited by 109 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Spanish Wikipedia and cited 229 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Spanish): #26841 in February 2021
  • Global: #61832 in May 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Spanish): #105887 in January 2025
  • Global: #98674 in December 2023

There are 6 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
1Japanese (ja)
SIMスワップ詐欺
32.6459
2Chinese (zh)
SIM卡交換攻擊
30.791
3English (en)
SIM swap scam
29.6451
4German (de)
SIM-Swapping
29.3657
5Spanish (es)
SIM swapping
25.6401
6Korean (ko)
SIM 스와핑
23.6893
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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 "SIM swapping" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
SIM swap scam
1 024 809
2German (de)
SIM-Swapping
84 401
3Spanish (es)
SIM swapping
22 600
4Japanese (ja)
SIMスワップ詐欺
20 400
5Chinese (zh)
SIM卡交換攻擊
8 925
6Korean (ko)
SIM 스와핑
83
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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 "SIM swapping" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
SIM swap scam
9 361
2Japanese (ja)
SIMスワップ詐欺
1 930
3German (de)
SIM-Swapping
853
4Spanish (es)
SIM swapping
502
5Chinese (zh)
SIM卡交換攻擊
221
6Korean (ko)
SIM 스와핑
16
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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 "SIM swapping" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
SIM swap scam
81
2German (de)
SIM-Swapping
12
3Japanese (ja)
SIMスワップ詐欺
8
4Spanish (es)
SIM swapping
4
5Chinese (zh)
SIM卡交換攻擊
3
6Korean (ko)
SIM 스와핑
1
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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 "SIM swapping" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
SIM swap scam
2
2German (de)
SIM-Swapping
0
3Spanish (es)
SIM swapping
0
4Japanese (ja)
SIMスワップ詐欺
0
5Korean (ko)
SIM 스와핑
0
6Chinese (zh)
SIM卡交換攻擊
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 "SIM swapping" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
SIM swap scam
216
2Japanese (ja)
SIMスワップ詐欺
7
3German (de)
SIM-Swapping
3
4Spanish (es)
SIM swapping
2
5Korean (ko)
SIM 스와핑
1
6Chinese (zh)
SIM卡交換攻擊
0
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
SIM-Swapping
enEnglish
SIM swap scam
esSpanish
SIM swapping
jaJapanese
SIMスワップ詐欺
koKorean
SIM 스와핑
zhChinese
SIM卡交換攻擊

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Spanish:
#105887
01.2025
Global:
#98674
12.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Spanish:
#26841
02.2021
Global:
#61832
05.2021

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on SIM swap scam from Wikipedia articles about Lapsus, Phone hacking, Scattered Spider, Yamibaito and FTX. Whereas reading the article about SIM swap scam people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Vishing, Credit card fraud, Cryptocurrency and crime, Social engineering and Multi-factor authentication.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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