麹

Kōji - fermentation starter. Article “麹” in Japanese Wikipedia has 32.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 36 references and 22 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.72 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Japanese) language version.

Since the creation of article “麹”, its content was written by 90 registered users of Japanese Wikipedia and edited by 206 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 711 times in Japanese Wikipedia and cited 866 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Japanese): #2315 in January 2005
• Global: #34134 in May 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Japanese): #1304 in February 2012
• Global: #34461 in February 2012

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, 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	English (en) Kōji (food)		72.1524
2	German (de) Kōji (Lebensmittel)		53.1733
3	Chinese (zh) 麴		41.436
4	Japanese (ja) 麹		32.7298
5	Thai (th) ชฺวี		29.2825
6	Catalan (ca) Koji		25.7371
7	Turkish (tr) Kōji		16.3471
8	French (fr) Kōji		7.7111

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 麹		2 681 171
2	Chinese (zh) 麴		278 419
3	French (fr) Kōji		159 947
4	English (en) Kōji (food)		134 792
5	German (de) Kōji (Lebensmittel)		26 804
6	Thai (th) ชฺวี		1 349
7	Catalan (ca) Koji		1 177
8	Turkish (tr) Kōji		128

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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 "麹" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Kōji (food)		5 552
2	Japanese (ja) 麹		2 735
3	Chinese (zh) 麴		885
4	German (de) Kōji (Lebensmittel)		829
5	French (fr) Kōji		780
6	Turkish (tr) Kōji		25
7	Catalan (ca) Koji		13
8	Thai (th) ชฺวี		12

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 麹		90
2	French (fr) Kōji		39
3	Chinese (zh) 麴		26
4	English (en) Kōji (food)		23
5	German (de) Kōji (Lebensmittel)		17
6	Catalan (ca) Koji		5
7	Thai (th) ชฺวี		5
8	Turkish (tr) Kōji		1

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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 "麹" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Koji		1
2	German (de) Kōji (Lebensmittel)		0
3	English (en) Kōji (food)		0
4	French (fr) Kōji		0
5	Japanese (ja) 麹		0
6	Thai (th) ชฺวี		0
7	Turkish (tr) Kōji		0
8	Chinese (zh) 麴		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 "麹" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 麹		711
2	Chinese (zh) 麴		63
3	French (fr) Kōji		31
4	German (de) Kōji (Lebensmittel)		26
5	English (en) Kōji (food)		24
6	Catalan (ca) Koji		7
7	Thai (th) ชฺวี		4
8	Turkish (tr) Kōji		0

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Koji
de	German Kōji (Lebensmittel)
en	English Kōji (food)
fr	French Kōji
ja	Japanese 麹
th	Thai ชฺวี
tr	Turkish Kōji
zh	Chinese 麴

Best Rank

Japanese: #1304 02.2012

Global: #34461 02.2012

Best Rank

Japanese: #2315 01.2005

Global: #34134 05.2024

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