Demon Maxwella

Maxwell's demon - thought experiment. Article “Demon Maxwella” in Polish Wikipedia has 17.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Demon Maxwella”, its content was written by 29 registered users of Polish Wikipedia and edited by 1271 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in Polish Wikipedia and cited 1435 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Polish): #717 in July 2005
• Global: #2816 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Polish): #22774 in December 2017
• Global: #12282 in November 2010

There are 39 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) Maxwell's demon		57.62
2	Portuguese (pt) Demônio de Maxwell		48.0915
3	Finnish (fi) Maxwellin demoni		34.431
4	Swedish (sv) Maxwells demon		33.1807
5	Hebrew (he) השד של מקסוול		33.1524
6	Hungarian (hu) Maxwell-démon		31.2038
7	Russian (ru) Демон Максвелла		28.5036
8	Georgian (ka) მაქსველის დემონი		25.8233
9	Armenian (hy) Մաքսվելի հրեշ		20.5001
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Maxwellov demon		18.7659

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Maxwell's demon		4 164 627
2	Japanese (ja) マクスウェルの悪魔		2 185 761
3	Russian (ru) Демон Максвелла		925 828
4	Spanish (es) Demonio de Maxwell		498 818
5	German (de) Maxwellscher Dämon		486 454
6	Chinese (zh) 麦克斯韦妖		321 779
7	French (fr) Démon de Maxwell		250 109
8	Polish (pl) Demon Maxwella		232 898
9	Italian (it) Diavoletto di Maxwell		209 874
10	Portuguese (pt) Demônio de Maxwell		146 414

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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 "Demon Maxwella" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Maxwell's demon		14 753
2	Japanese (ja) マクスウェルの悪魔		4 126
3	Russian (ru) Демон Максвелла		1 557
4	German (de) Maxwellscher Dämon		1 381
5	Chinese (zh) 麦克斯韦妖		961
6	French (fr) Démon de Maxwell		815
7	Polish (pl) Demon Maxwella		625
8	Spanish (es) Demonio de Maxwell		533
9	Italian (it) Diavoletto di Maxwell		469
10	Portuguese (pt) Demônio de Maxwell		325

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Maxwell's demon		381
2	German (de) Maxwellscher Dämon		106
3	Russian (ru) Демон Максвелла		91
4	French (fr) Démon de Maxwell		77
5	Italian (it) Diavoletto di Maxwell		59
6	Japanese (ja) マクスウェルの悪魔		50
7	Chinese (zh) 麦克斯韦妖		48
8	Hebrew (he) השד של מקסוול		47
9	Spanish (es) Demonio de Maxwell		42
10	Turkish (tr) Maxwell'in Cini		33

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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 "Demon Maxwella" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) عفريت ماكسويل		1
2	Serbian (sr) Максвелов демон		1
3	Vietnamese (vi) Con quỷ Maxwell		1
4	Azerbaijani (az) Maksvell şeytanı		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Демон на Максуел		0
6	Catalan (ca) Dimoni de Maxwell		0
7	Czech (cs) Maxwellův démon		0
8	Danish (da) Maxwells dæmon		0
9	German (de) Maxwellscher Dämon		0
10	Greek (el) Δαίμονας του Μάξγουελ		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 "Demon Maxwella" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Maxwell's demon		207
2	Romanian (ro) Demonul lui Maxwell		165
3	Chinese (zh) 麦克斯韦妖		109
4	Ukrainian (uk) Демон Максвелла		108
5	Hebrew (he) השד של מקסוול		91
6	Japanese (ja) マクスウェルの悪魔		86
7	Persian (fa) شیطانک ماکسول		77
8	Korean (ko) 맥스웰의 도깨비		70
9	French (fr) Démon de Maxwell		63
10	Armenian (hy) Մաքսվելի հրեշ		57

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عفريت ماكسويل
az	Azerbaijani Maksvell şeytanı
bg	Bulgarian Демон на Максуел
ca	Catalan Dimoni de Maxwell
cs	Czech Maxwellův démon
da	Danish Maxwells dæmon
de	German Maxwellscher Dämon
el	Greek Δαίμονας του Μάξγουελ
en	English Maxwell's demon
es	Spanish Demonio de Maxwell
et	Estonian Maxwelli deemon
fa	Persian شیطانک ماکسول
fi	Finnish Maxwellin demoni
fr	French Démon de Maxwell
gl	Galician Demo de Maxwell
he	Hebrew השד של מקסוול
hu	Hungarian Maxwell-démon
hy	Armenian Մաքսվելի հրեշ
it	Italian Diavoletto di Maxwell
ja	Japanese マクスウェルの悪魔
ka	Georgian მაქსველის დემონი
ko	Korean 맥스웰의 도깨비
la	Latin Daemon Maxwellianus
lt	Lithuanian Maksvelo demonas
nl	Dutch Maxwells demon
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Maxwells demon
no	Norwegian Maxwells demon
pl	Polish Demon Maxwella
pt	Portuguese Demônio de Maxwell
ro	Romanian Demonul lui Maxwell
ru	Russian Демон Максвелла
sh	Serbo-Croatian Maxwellov demon
sr	Serbian Максвелов демон
sv	Swedish Maxwells demon
th	Thai ปิศาจของแมกซ์เวลล์
tr	Turkish Maxwell'in Cini
uk	Ukrainian Демон Максвелла
vi	Vietnamese Con quỷ Maxwell
zh	Chinese 麦克斯韦妖

Best Rank

Polish: #22774 12.2017

Global: #12282 11.2010

Best Rank

Polish: #717 07.2005

Global: #2816 06.2003

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