Java (programming language)

Quality:

Java - object-oriented programming language. This software is the 1^st most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of software and the 2^nd most popular software in Simple English Wikipedia and the 2^nd most popular programming language in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Java (programming language)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 41.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 18 references and 8 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:

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The 689^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

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The 782^nd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 2^nd most popular in software in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 2^nd most popular in programming languages in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 951^st most popular in all topics.

The 515^th most popular in AI.

The 1^st most popular in software.

The 2^nd most popular in programming languages.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 4049^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 8453^rd most popular in AI in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Java (programming language)”, its content was written by 96 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (782^nd place) and edited by 8064 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (515^th place).

Java is on the 2^nd place in local ranking of software in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 1^st place in global ranking of software in all the time.

Java is on the 2^nd place in local ranking of programming languages in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 2^nd place in global ranking of programming languages in all the time.

The article is cited 140 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 31996 times in all languages (5311^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #91 in May 2017
• Global: #38 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #9 in November 2014
• Global: #8 in December 2015

There are 54 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) Java (programming language)		80.2059
2	Chinese (zh) Java		71.5557
3	Finnish (fi) Java		70.2837
4	Basque (eu) Java (programazio-lengoaia)		65.6739
5	French (fr) Java (langage)		65.5253
6	German (de) Java (Programmiersprache)		62.9099
7	Hindi (hi) जावा (प्रोग्रामिंग भाषा)		59.9059
8	Min Nan (zhminnan) Java (thêng-sek gí-giân)		55.0171
9	Indonesian (id) Java		54.5348
10	Persian (fa) جاوا		54.3608

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Java (programming language)		53 964 036
2	Spanish (es) Java (lenguaje de programación)		7 439 864
3	Russian (ru) Java		6 547 187
4	Japanese (ja) Java		5 017 488
5	German (de) Java (Programmiersprache)		4 571 896
6	French (fr) Java (langage)		3 403 520
7	Portuguese (pt) Java (linguagem de programação)		2 363 515
8	Chinese (zh) Java		2 035 678
9	Polish (pl) Java		1 640 267
10	Arabic (ar) جافا (لغة برمجة)		1 170 963

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) Java (programming language)		40 037
2	Russian (ru) Java		5 376
3	French (fr) Java (langage)		4 175
4	Japanese (ja) Java		3 692
5	German (de) Java (Programmiersprache)		3 446
6	Spanish (es) Java (lenguaje de programación)		3 054
7	Chinese (zh) Java		2 686
8	Portuguese (pt) Java (linguagem de programação)		1 498
9	Italian (it) Java (linguaggio di programmazione)		1 012
10	Polish (pl) Java		956

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Java (programming language)		2 052
2	German (de) Java (Programmiersprache)		640
3	French (fr) Java (langage)		527
4	Spanish (es) Java (lenguaje de programación)		409
5	Russian (ru) Java		394
6	Italian (it) Java (linguaggio di programmazione)		299
7	Chinese (zh) Java		292
8	Japanese (ja) Java		254
9	Dutch (nl) Java (programmeertaal)		210
10	Portuguese (pt) Java (linguagem de programação)		209

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	German (de) Java (Programmiersprache)		3
2	English (en) Java (programming language)		3
3	Spanish (es) Java (lenguaje de programación)		2
4	Basque (eu) Java (programazio-lengoaia)		2
5	Finnish (fi) Java		2
6	Arabic (ar) جافا (لغة برمجة)		1
7	Catalan (ca) Java (llenguatge de programació)		1
8	Persian (fa) جاوا		1
9	Indonesian (id) Java		1
10	Italian (it) Java (linguaggio di programmazione)		1

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

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