The Cathedral and the Bazaar

The Cathedral and the Bazaar - essay by Eric S. Raymond. This book is the 2018^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” in Dutch Wikipedia has 7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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

Since the creation of article “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”, its content was written by 27 registered users of Dutch Wikipedia and edited by 811 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Cathedral and the Bazaar is on the 2018^th place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 4 times in Dutch Wikipedia and cited 1461 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Dutch): #2609 in March 2007
• Global: #1883 in February 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Dutch): #90546 in November 2014
• Global: #53781 in May 2009

There are 27 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	Malay (ms) Katedral dan Bazar (buku)		36.0514
2	Catalan (ca) La catedral i el basar		31.02
3	English (en) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		30.9625
4	German (de) Die Kathedrale und der Basar		28.3675
5	Portuguese (pt) A Catedral e o Bazar		25.8241
6	Korean (ko) 성당과 시장		24.3175
7	Azerbaijani (az) Kafedral və Bazar		23.3907
8	Chinese (zh) 大教堂和市集		22.1703
9	French (fr) La Cathédrale et le Bazar		22.0947
10	Japanese (ja) 伽藍とバザール		21.9548

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

The most popular language versions of the article "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		1 589 122
2	Japanese (ja) 伽藍とバザール		380 317
3	German (de) Die Kathedrale und der Basar		135 277
4	Spanish (es) La catedral y el bazar		129 120
5	French (fr) La Cathédrale et le Bazar		117 039
6	Russian (ru) Собор и Базар		105 777
7	Portuguese (pt) A Catedral e o Bazar		67 834
8	Chinese (zh) 大教堂和市集		55 648
9	Italian (it) La cattedrale e il bazaar		51 016
10	Polish (pl) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		38 523

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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 "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		4 707
2	Japanese (ja) 伽藍とバザール		970
3	German (de) Die Kathedrale und der Basar		275
4	Spanish (es) La catedral y el bazar		210
5	French (fr) La Cathédrale et le Bazar		195
6	Chinese (zh) 大教堂和市集		192
7	Korean (ko) 성당과 시장		155
8	Russian (ru) Собор и Базар		148
9	Polish (pl) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		111
10	Italian (it) La cattedrale e il bazaar		109

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		165
2	French (fr) La Cathédrale et le Bazar		79
3	German (de) Die Kathedrale und der Basar		72
4	Italian (it) La cattedrale e il bazaar		57
5	Japanese (ja) 伽藍とバザール		53
6	Hebrew (he) הקתדרלה והבזאר		52
7	Spanish (es) La catedral y el bazar		50
8	Russian (ru) Собор и Базар		34
9	Chinese (zh) 大教堂和市集		29
10	Portuguese (pt) A Catedral e o Bazar		28

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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 "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Die Kathedrale und der Basar		3
2	Arabic (ar) الكاتدرائية والبازار		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) Kafedral və Bazar		1
4	English (en) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		1
5	Japanese (ja) 伽藍とバザール		1
6	Swedish (sv) Katedralen och basaren		1
7	Bulgarian (bg) Катедралата и базарът		0
8	Catalan (ca) La catedral i el basar		0
9	Czech (cs) Katedrála a tržiště		0
10	Spanish (es) La catedral y el bazar		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 "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 伽藍とバザール		339
2	English (en) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		328
3	Korean (ko) 성당과 시장		139
4	Ukrainian (uk) Собор і базар		132
5	Portuguese (pt) A Catedral e o Bazar		105
6	Russian (ru) Собор и Базар		102
7	Turkish (tr) Katedral ve Pazar		96
8	Finnish (fi) The Cathedral and the Bazaar		33
9	Spanish (es) La catedral y el bazar		29
10	Romanian (ro) Catedrala și Bazarul		27

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الكاتدرائية والبازار
az	Azerbaijani Kafedral və Bazar
bg	Bulgarian Катедралата и базарът
ca	Catalan La catedral i el basar
cs	Czech Katedrála a tržiště
de	German Die Kathedrale und der Basar
en	English The Cathedral and the Bazaar
es	Spanish La catedral y el bazar
fa	Persian کلیسای جامع و بازار
fi	Finnish The Cathedral and the Bazaar
fr	French La Cathédrale et le Bazar
he	Hebrew הקתדרלה והבזאר
hu	Hungarian A katedrális és a bazár
it	Italian La cattedrale e il bazaar
ja	Japanese 伽藍とバザール
ko	Korean 성당과 시장
ms	Malay Katedral dan Bazar (buku)
nl	Dutch The Cathedral and the Bazaar
no	Norwegian The Cathedral and the Bazaar
pl	Polish The Cathedral and the Bazaar
pt	Portuguese A Catedral e o Bazar
ro	Romanian Catedrala și Bazarul
ru	Russian Собор и Базар
sv	Swedish Katedralen och basaren
tr	Turkish Katedral ve Pazar
uk	Ukrainian Собор і базар
zh	Chinese 大教堂和市集

Best Rank

Dutch: #90546 11.2014

Global: #53781 05.2009

Best Rank

Dutch: #2609 03.2007

Global: #1883 02.2002

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