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KISS principle

Quality:

KISS - acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid"; design principle. Article “KISS principle” in Simple English Wikipedia has 24.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 2 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 7492nd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “KISS principle”, its content was written by 25 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1294 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1450 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #457 in February 2010
  • Global: #1327 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #205 in March 2011
  • Global: #14126 in June 2008

There are 34 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
1Turkish (tr)
KISS prensibi
41.4115
2German (de)
KISS-Prinzip
40.7094
3English (en)
KISS principle
37.2347
4Dutch (nl)
KISS-principe
25.6107
5Portuguese (pt)
Princípio KISS
25.3275
6Hungarian (hu)
KISS (programtervezési minta)
24.8584
7Simple English (simple)
KISS principle
24.7695
8Catalan (ca)
Principi KISS
24.7192
9Slovenian (sl)
Načelo KISS
24.147
10Russian (ru)
KISS (принцип)
23.6825
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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 "KISS principle" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
KISS principle
6 712 379
2German (de)
KISS-Prinzip
1 294 032
3Russian (ru)
KISS (принцип)
874 047
4Spanish (es)
Principio KISS
518 701
5French (fr)
Principe KISS
505 388
6Japanese (ja)
KISSの原則
360 125
7Polish (pl)
KISS (reguła)
353 586
8Dutch (nl)
KISS-principe
196 799
9Portuguese (pt)
Princípio KISS
188 614
10Chinese (zh)
KISS原则
178 221
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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 "KISS principle" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
KISS principle
21 343
2German (de)
KISS-Prinzip
2 230
3Russian (ru)
KISS (принцип)
1 320
4Japanese (ja)
KISSの原則
1 256
5French (fr)
Principe KISS
1 249
6Spanish (es)
Principio KISS
598
7Polish (pl)
KISS (reguła)
523
8Chinese (zh)
KISS原则
475
9Dutch (nl)
KISS-principe
325
10Portuguese (pt)
Princípio KISS
315
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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 "KISS principle" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
KISS principle
430
2German (de)
KISS-Prinzip
148
3French (fr)
Principe KISS
103
4Russian (ru)
KISS (принцип)
83
5Italian (it)
KISS (sviluppo software)
53
6Dutch (nl)
KISS-principe
53
7Spanish (es)
Principio KISS
48
8Polish (pl)
KISS (reguła)
45
9Japanese (ja)
KISSの原則
36
10Czech (cs)
KISS
34
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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 "KISS principle" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
KISS principle
1
2Korean (ko)
KISS 원칙
1
3Arabic (ar)
قانون د.ب.أ
0
4Belarusian (be)
KISS (прынцып)
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Принцип KISS
0
6Catalan (ca)
Principi KISS
0
7Czech (cs)
KISS
0
8Danish (da)
Keep it simple Stupid
0
9German (de)
KISS-Prinzip
0
10Greek (el)
Αρχή KISS
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 "KISS principle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
KISS principle
349
2Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип «KISS»
268
3French (fr)
Principe KISS
202
4Arabic (ar)
قانون د.ب.أ
150
5Persian (fa)
اصل سادگی
121
6Chinese (zh)
KISS原则
100
7German (de)
KISS-Prinzip
31
8Spanish (es)
Principio KISS
26
9Japanese (ja)
KISSの原則
26
10Italian (it)
KISS (sviluppo software)
22
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قانون د.ب.أ
beBelarusian
KISS (прынцып)
bgBulgarian
Принцип KISS
caCatalan
Principi KISS
csCzech
KISS
daDanish
Keep it simple Stupid
deGerman
KISS-Prinzip
elGreek
Αρχή KISS
enEnglish
KISS principle
esSpanish
Principio KISS
euBasque
KISS printzipioa
faPersian
اصل سادگی
fiFinnish
KISS-periaate
frFrench
Principe KISS
heHebrew
KISS
huHungarian
KISS (programtervezési minta)
hyArmenian
KISS (սկզբունք)
itItalian
KISS (sviluppo software)
jaJapanese
KISSの原則
koKorean
KISS 원칙
ltLithuanian
KISS principas
nlDutch
KISS-principe
noNorwegian
KISS-prinsippet
plPolish
KISS (reguła)
ptPortuguese
Princípio KISS
ruRussian
KISS (принцип)
simpleSimple English
KISS principle
skSlovak
Princíp jednoduchosti
slSlovenian
Načelo KISS
svSwedish
KISS-principen
thThai
หลักการคิสส์
trTurkish
KISS prensibi
ukUkrainian
Принцип «KISS»
zhChinese
KISS原则

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#205
03.2011
Global:
#14126
06.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#457
02.2010
Global:
#1327
11.2001

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on KISS from Wikipedia articles about Occams razor, SOLID, You arent gonna need it, Kelly Johnson and Arch Linux. Whereas reading the article about KISS people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Occams razor, You arent gonna need it, Dont repeat yourself, Kelly Johnson and Unix philosophy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

cs: KISS
he: KISS

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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