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Confusion and diffusion

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Confusion and diffusion - properties of the operation of a secure cipher identified by Claude Shannon in his 1945 classified report A Mathematical Theory of Cryptography. Article “Confusion and diffusion” in Simple English Wikipedia has 4.2 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.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 5948th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Confusion and diffusion”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 165 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 409 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1747 in February 2018
  • Global: #42479 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1283 in December 2018
  • Global: #308214 in December 2018

There are 11 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Confusion and diffusion
30.8764
2Indonesian (id)
Pengacakan dan penghamburan
18.1353
3Catalan (ca)
Confusió i difusió
8.1279
4French (fr)
Confusion et diffusion
7.9283
5Chinese (zh)
混淆與擴散
7.0424
6Simple English (simple)
Confusion and diffusion
4.16
7Italian (it)
Confusione e diffusione
3.1408
8German (de)
Diffusion (Kryptologie)
2.6778
9Persian (fa)
آشفتگی و پخش
2.3409
10Ukrainian (uk)
Плутанина і поширення
1.6356
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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 "Confusion and diffusion" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Confusion and diffusion
578 995
2Simple English (simple)
Confusion and diffusion
73 340
3German (de)
Diffusion (Kryptologie)
42 471
4Italian (it)
Confusione e diffusione
34 959
5French (fr)
Confusion et diffusion
24 912
6Spanish (es)
Confusión y difusión
24 627
7Chinese (zh)
混淆與擴散
23 101
8Persian (fa)
آشفتگی و پخش
6 067
9Ukrainian (uk)
Плутанина і поширення
3 079
10Catalan (ca)
Confusió i difusió
2 309
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Confusion and diffusion" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Confusion and diffusion
989
2Chinese (zh)
混淆與擴散
117
3German (de)
Diffusion (Kryptologie)
81
4Simple English (simple)
Confusion and diffusion
51
5French (fr)
Confusion et diffusion
46
6Italian (it)
Confusione e diffusione
46
7Spanish (es)
Confusión y difusión
26
8Persian (fa)
آشفتگی و پخش
8
9Catalan (ca)
Confusió i difusió
5
10Ukrainian (uk)
Плутанина і поширення
2
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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 "Confusion and diffusion" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Confusion and diffusion
65
2Italian (it)
Confusione e diffusione
25
3German (de)
Diffusion (Kryptologie)
16
4French (fr)
Confusion et diffusion
15
5Spanish (es)
Confusión y difusión
14
6Chinese (zh)
混淆與擴散
10
7Simple English (simple)
Confusion and diffusion
9
8Catalan (ca)
Confusió i difusió
4
9Persian (fa)
آشفتگی و پخش
3
10Indonesian (id)
Pengacakan dan penghamburan
2
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Confusion and diffusion" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Confusió i difusió
0
2German (de)
Diffusion (Kryptologie)
0
3English (en)
Confusion and diffusion
0
4Spanish (es)
Confusión y difusión
0
5Persian (fa)
آشفتگی و پخش
0
6French (fr)
Confusion et diffusion
0
7Indonesian (id)
Pengacakan dan penghamburan
0
8Italian (it)
Confusione e diffusione
0
9Simple English (simple)
Confusion and diffusion
0
10Ukrainian (uk)
Плутанина і поширення
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 "Confusion and diffusion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Confusion and diffusion
210
2French (fr)
Confusion et diffusion
56
3Chinese (zh)
混淆與擴散
46
4Italian (it)
Confusione e diffusione
25
5Indonesian (id)
Pengacakan dan penghamburan
20
6German (de)
Diffusion (Kryptologie)
18
7Spanish (es)
Confusión y difusión
11
8Catalan (ca)
Confusió i difusió
6
9Simple English (simple)
Confusion and diffusion
6
10Ukrainian (uk)
Плутанина і поширення
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Confusió i difusió
deGerman
Diffusion (Kryptologie)
enEnglish
Confusion and diffusion
esSpanish
Confusión y difusión
faPersian
آشفتگی و پخش
frFrench
Confusion et diffusion
idIndonesian
Pengacakan dan penghamburan
itItalian
Confusione e diffusione
simpleSimple English
Confusion and diffusion
ukUkrainian
Плутанина і поширення
zhChinese
混淆與擴散

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1283
12.2018
Global:
#308214
12.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1747
02.2018
Global:
#42479
04.2004

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Confusion and diffusion from Wikipedia articles about Avalanche effect, Substitution box, Substitution–permutation network, Advanced Encryption Standard and Hill cipher. Whereas reading the article about Confusion and diffusion people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Avalanche effect, Substitution–permutation network, Substitution box, Claude Shannon and Wikipedia article.

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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