A* search algorithm

Quality:

A* search algorithm - algorithm used for pathfinding and graph traversal. Article “A* search algorithm” in Simple English Wikipedia has 6.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “A* search algorithm”, its content was written by 11 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1161 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 757 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #395 in March 2013
• Global: #5323 in September 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #9690 in March 2013
• Global: #1002 in October 2012

There are 30 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) A* search algorithm		69.8959
2	Hungarian (hu) A* algoritmus		59.9788
3	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo A*		52.4737
4	Catalan (ca) Algorisme de cerca A*		42.7578
5	German (de) A*-Algorithmus		36.2434
6	Persian (fa) الگوریتم ای استار		35.7967
7	Thai (th) การค้นหาแบบเอสตาร์		34.5771
8	Polish (pl) Algorytm A*		29.046
9	French (fr) Algorithme A*		26.7599
10	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật tìm kiếm A*		23.7838

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) A* search algorithm		15 752 985
2	Russian (ru) A*		817 100
3	German (de) A*-Algorithmus		804 036
4	French (fr) Algorithme A*		590 908
5	Japanese (ja) A*		486 802
6	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda A*		462 799
7	Chinese (zh) A*搜尋演算法		354 854
8	Polish (pl) Algorytm A*		264 299
9	Korean (ko) A* 알고리즘		186 027
10	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật tìm kiếm A*		174 726

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) A* search algorithm		22 110
2	German (de) A*-Algorithmus		1 816
3	French (fr) Algorithme A*		1 725
4	Russian (ru) A*		1 189
5	Japanese (ja) A*		975
6	Chinese (zh) A*搜尋演算法		806
7	Polish (pl) Algorytm A*		556
8	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda A*		447
9	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo A*		261
10	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật tìm kiếm A*		245

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) A* search algorithm		448
2	German (de) A*-Algorithmus		138
3	French (fr) Algorithme A*		79
4	Italian (it) Algoritmo A*		50
5	Russian (ru) A*		41
6	Polish (pl) Algorytm A*		39
7	Chinese (zh) A*搜尋演算法		39
8	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda A*		30
9	Dutch (nl) A*-algoritme		28
10	Vietnamese (vi) Giải thuật tìm kiếm A*		27

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Algorithme A*		2
2	Arabic (ar) خوارزمية البحث بتفضيل الأولية		1
3	Catalan (ca) Algorisme de cerca A*		1
4	Czech (cs) A*		1
5	Hungarian (hu) A* algoritmus		1
6	Swedish (sv) A* Sökalgoritm		1
7	Bulgarian (bg) Алгоритъм А*		0
8	German (de) A*-Algorithmus		0
9	English (en) A* search algorithm		0
10	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de búsqueda A*		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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