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Information asymmetry

Quality:

Information asymmetry - economics term for when one party in a transaction has an advantage in information. Article “Information asymmetry” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 4 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 “Information asymmetry”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 768 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1471 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3514 in September 2015
  • Global: #10174 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #7221 in March 2016
  • Global: #17717 in April 2015

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
73.388
2Armenian (hy)
Տեղեկատվական ասիմետրիա
60.4837
3Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
49.7284
4Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
36.0061
5German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
32.6902
6Hindi (hi)
सूचना विषमता
30.1462
7Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
27.7178
8Czech (cs)
Informační asymetrie
27.2846
9Catalan (ca)
Informació asimètrica
24.0796
10Polish (pl)
Asymetria informacji
23.9058
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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 "Information asymmetry" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
2 394 539
2Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
685 487
3German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
543 198
4French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
531 763
5Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
416 288
6Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
375 772
7Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
348 877
8Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
227 677
9Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
219 541
10Polish (pl)
Asymetria informacji
139 940
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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 "Information asymmetry" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
3 740
2Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
1 232
3Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
577
4French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
455
5German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
356
6Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
310
7Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
241
8Korean (ko)
정보 비대칭
219
9Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
177
10Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
165
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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 "Information asymmetry" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
193
2German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
86
3French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
64
4Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
62
5Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
51
6Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
38
7Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
30
8Polish (pl)
Asymetria informacji
28
9Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
20
10Turkish (tr)
Asimetrik enformasyon
19
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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 "Information asymmetry" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Azerbaijani (az)
Məlumatın asimmetriyası
1
2Catalan (ca)
Informació asimètrica
1
3English (en)
Information asymmetry
1
4Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
1
5Arabic (ar)
تفاوت المعلومات
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Информационна асиметрия
0
7Czech (cs)
Informační asymetrie
0
8Danish (da)
Asymmetrisk information
0
9German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
0
10Greek (el)
Ασύμμετρη πληροφόρηση
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 "Information asymmetry" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
262
2Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
194
3German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
185
4Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
125
5French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
101
6Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
65
7Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
58
8Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
53
9Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
51
10Persian (fa)
عدم تقارن اطلاعاتی
37
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تفاوت المعلومات
azAzerbaijani
Məlumatın asimmetriyası
bgBulgarian
Информационна асиметрия
caCatalan
Informació asimètrica
csCzech
Informační asymetrie
daDanish
Asymmetrisk information
deGerman
Asymmetrische Information
elGreek
Ασύμμετρη πληροφόρηση
enEnglish
Information asymmetry
esSpanish
Información asimétrica
euBasque
Informazio asimetriko
faPersian
عدم تقارن اطلاعاتی
fiFinnish
Epäsymmetrinen informaatio
frFrench
Asymétrie d'information
heHebrew
מידע אסימטרי
hiHindi
सूचना विषमता
hrCroatian
Asimetričnost informacija (ekonomija)
hyArmenian
Տեղեկատվական ասիմետրիա
idIndonesian
Asimetri informasi
itItalian
Asimmetria informativa
jaJapanese
情報の非対称性
koKorean
정보 비대칭
ltLithuanian
Informacijos asimetrija
msMalay
Asimetri maklumat
nlDutch
Informatieasymmetrie
noNorwegian
Asymmetrisk informasjon
plPolish
Asymetria informacji
ptPortuguese
Informação assimétrica
ruRussian
Асимметричность информации
simpleSimple English
Information asymmetry
svSwedish
Asymmetrisk information
trTurkish
Asimetrik enformasyon
ukUkrainian
Асиметрична інформація
uzUzbek
Asimmetrik axborot
viVietnamese
Phi đối xứng thông tin
zhChinese
資訊不對等

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#7221
03.2016
Global:
#17717
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3514
09.2015
Global:
#10174
07.2004

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 Information asymmetry from Wikipedia articles about The Market for Lemons, Blood on the Clocktower, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Tourist trap and Moral hazard. Whereas reading the article about Information asymmetry people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Adverse selection, Moral hazard, Monopolies of knowledge, Contract theory and Principal–agent problem.

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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