Linear search

Quality:

Linear search - search algorithm in unsorted lists. Article “Linear search” in Simple English Wikipedia has 5.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Linear search”, its content was written by 14 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 511 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 366 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1173 in January 2007
• Global: #1901 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #4913 in July 2008
• Global: #93438 in October 2018

There are 30 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	Hindi (hi) रैखिक खोज		31.6968
2	Malay (ms) Gelintaran linear		30.4622
3	English (en) Linear search		26.9251
4	Korean (ko) 순차 검색		25.6052
5	Serbian (sr) Линеарна претрага		24.9136
6	Greek (el) Γραμμική αναζήτηση		22.561
7	Swedish (sv) Linjärsökning		21.7864
8	Portuguese (pt) Busca linear		15.569
9	German (de) Lineare Suche		11.0814
10	French (fr) Recherche séquentielle		10.4146

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linear search		1 674 566
2	Russian (ru) Линейный поиск		161 877
3	Japanese (ja) 線形探索		148 521
4	German (de) Lineare Suche		146 547
5	Portuguese (pt) Busca linear		118 365
6	Italian (it) Ricerca sequenziale		100 348
7	Polish (pl) Przeszukiwanie liniowe		61 320
8	Spanish (es) Búsqueda lineal		55 179
9	Vietnamese (vi) Tìm kiếm tuần tự		51 643
10	Chinese (zh) 线性搜索		39 676

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) Linear search		1 136
2	German (de) Lineare Suche		151
3	Japanese (ja) 線形探索		145
4	Russian (ru) Линейный поиск		87
5	Chinese (zh) 线性搜索		73
6	Portuguese (pt) Busca linear		71
7	Korean (ko) 순차 검색		64
8	Spanish (es) Búsqueda lineal		63
9	French (fr) Recherche séquentielle		61
10	Italian (it) Ricerca sequenziale		46

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linear search		121
2	German (de) Lineare Suche		56
3	Italian (it) Ricerca sequenziale		50
4	Japanese (ja) 線形探索		30
5	Russian (ru) Линейный поиск		27
6	Dutch (nl) Lineair zoeken		26
7	Portuguese (pt) Busca linear		22
8	Danish (da) Lineær søgning		18
9	Vietnamese (vi) Tìm kiếm tuần tự		18
10	Polish (pl) Przeszukiwanie liniowe		16

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	Arabic (ar) بحث خطي		1
2	English (en) Linear search		1
3	Ukrainian (uk) Лінійний пошук		1
4	Chinese (zh) 线性搜索		1
5	Azerbaijani (az) Xətti axtarış		0
6	Czech (cs) Lineární vyhledávání		0
7	Danish (da) Lineær søgning		0
8	German (de) Lineare Suche		0
9	Greek (el) Γραμμική αναζήτηση		0
10	Spanish (es) Búsqueda lineal		0

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

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