Free-rider problem

Quality:

Free rider problem - consumption of goods & services without payment. Article “Free-rider problem” in Simple English Wikipedia has 15.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Free-rider problem”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 942 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1497 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #2486 in May 2024
• Global: #2531 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #1979 in November 2016
• Global: #32052 in December 2008

There are 36 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	Persian (fa) معضل مفت‌سواری		47.8095
2	Hungarian (hu) Potyautas-probléma		46.3212
3	English (en) Free-rider problem		43.9209
4	Serbian (sr) Проблем слепог путника		42.9963
5	Korean (ko) 무임승차 문제		42.0128
6	Italian (it) Problema del free rider		28.2096
7	German (de) Trittbrettfahrerproblem		27.5411
8	Japanese (ja) フリーライダー		26.5622
9	Chinese (zh) 搭便车问题		25.7198
10	Czech (cs) Černý pasažér (kolektivní jednání)		24.47

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Free-rider problem		3 575 086
2	Japanese (ja) フリーライダー		691 808
3	German (de) Trittbrettfahrerproblem		440 321
4	French (fr) Passager clandestin (économie)		350 267
5	Italian (it) Problema del free rider		281 155
6	Spanish (es) Problema del polizón		231 627
7	Chinese (zh) 搭便车问题		230 732
8	Russian (ru) Эффект безбилетника		215 988
9	Polish (pl) Efekt gapowicza		134 699
10	Dutch (nl) Dilemma van de collectieve actie		103 809

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) Free-rider problem		4 729
2	French (fr) Passager clandestin (économie)		2 027
3	Japanese (ja) フリーライダー		976
4	German (de) Trittbrettfahrerproblem		507
5	Chinese (zh) 搭便车问题		418
6	Russian (ru) Эффект безбилетника		316
7	Italian (it) Problema del free rider		244
8	Spanish (es) Problema del polizón		238
9	Polish (pl) Efekt gapowicza		232
10	Dutch (nl) Dilemma van de collectieve actie		102

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Free-rider problem		318
2	French (fr) Passager clandestin (économie)		91
3	German (de) Trittbrettfahrerproblem		79
4	Japanese (ja) フリーライダー		43
5	Italian (it) Problema del free rider		41
6	Russian (ru) Эффект безбилетника		39
7	Hebrew (he) בעיית הטרמפיסט		30
8	Dutch (nl) Dilemma van de collectieve actie		30
9	Chinese (zh) 搭便车问题		30
10	Danish (da) Gratist		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) Passager clandestin (économie)		1
2	Arabic (ar) مشكلة الراكب بالمجان		0
3	Catalan (ca) Problema del polissó		0
4	Czech (cs) Černý pasažér (kolektivní jednání)		0
5	Danish (da) Gratist		0
6	German (de) Trittbrettfahrerproblem		0
7	Greek (el) Πρόβλημα του λαθρεπιβάτη		0
8	English (en) Free-rider problem		0
9	Spanish (es) Problema del polizón		0
10	Estonian (et) Tasuta kasutaja probleem		0

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

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