Maximum likelihood

Maximum likelihood estimation - method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model, given observations. Article “Maximum likelihood” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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 “Maximum likelihood”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 947 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 64 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3585 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #6749 in March 2014
• Global: #870 in June 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #14677 in May 2022
• Global: #15367 in April 2015

There are 35 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) Maximum likelihood estimation		65.0287
2	Greek (el) Μέγιστη πιθανοφάνεια		50.119
3	Catalan (ca) Màxima versemblança		49.7935
4	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		40.4495
5	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		39.2838
6	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		39.2204
7	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		37.5032
8	Swedish (sv) Maximum likelihood-metoden		35.2372
9	Portuguese (pt) Máxima verossimilhança		27.5533
10	Dutch (nl) Meest aannemelijke schatter		26.7576

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Maximum likelihood" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		8 655 139
2	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		1 308 710
3	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		931 761
4	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		836 805
5	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		717 402
6	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		687 874
7	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		502 119
8	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		359 361
9	Portuguese (pt) Máxima verossimilhança		184 671
10	Korean (ko) 최대가능도 방법		116 055

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Maximum likelihood" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		12 694
2	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		1 467
3	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		1 317
4	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		1 290
5	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		946
6	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		943
7	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		481
8	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		403
9	Portuguese (pt) Máxima verossimilhança		241
10	Persian (fa) برآورد درست‌نمایی بیشینه		184

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

Language versions of the article "Maximum likelihood" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		312
2	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		112
3	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		70
4	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		55
5	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		41
6	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		41
7	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		39
8	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		27
9	Dutch (nl) Meest aannemelijke schatter		26
10	Persian (fa) برآورد درست‌نمایی بیشینه		24

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

Language versions of the article "Maximum likelihood" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Belarusian (be) Метад максімальнай праўдападобнасці		1
2	Bulgarian (bg) Метод на максималното правдоподобие		1
3	Catalan (ca) Màxima versemblança		1
4	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		1
5	Basque (eu) Egiantz handieneko estimazio		1
6	Serbian (sr) Procena maksimalne verodostojnosti		1
7	Turkish (tr) Enbüyük olabilirlik kestirimi		1
8	Vietnamese (vi) Hợp lý cực đại		1
9	Arabic (ar) تقدير حسب القيمة العليا لدالة الإمكان		0
10	Azerbaijani (az) Maksimal mümkünlük metodu		0

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

Language versions of the article "Maximum likelihood" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		1 037
2	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		320
3	Persian (fa) برآورد درست‌نمایی بیشینه		291
4	Ukrainian (uk) Метод максимальної правдоподібності		289
5	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		245
6	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		188
7	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		127
8	Korean (ko) 최대가능도 방법		126
9	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		115
10	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		108

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تقدير حسب القيمة العليا لدالة الإمكان
az	Azerbaijani Maksimal mümkünlük metodu
be	Belarusian Метад максімальнай праўдападобнасці
bg	Bulgarian Метод на максималното правдоподобие
ca	Catalan Màxima versemblança
cs	Czech Metoda maximální věrohodnosti
de	German Maximum-Likelihood-Methode
el	Greek Μέγιστη πιθανοφάνεια
en	English Maximum likelihood estimation
es	Spanish Máxima verosimilitud
et	Estonian Suurima tõepära meetod
eu	Basque Egiantz handieneko estimazio
fa	Persian برآورد درست‌نمایی بیشینه
fi	Finnish Suurimman uskottavuuden estimointi
fr	French Maximum de vraisemblance
gl	Galician Máxima verosimilitude
he	Hebrew נראות מקסימלית
hu	Hungarian Maximum likelihood módszer
id	Indonesian Estimasi kemungkinan maksimum
it	Italian Metodo della massima verosimiglianza
ja	Japanese 最尤推定
ko	Korean 최대가능도 방법
lt	Lithuanian Didžiausio tikėtinumo metodas
nl	Dutch Meest aannemelijke schatter
pt	Portuguese Máxima verossimilhança
ru	Russian Метод максимального правдоподобия
simple	Simple English Maximum likelihood
sr	Serbian Procena maksimalne verodostojnosti
sv	Swedish Maximum likelihood-metoden
th	Thai การประมาณภาวะน่าจะเป็นสูงสุด
tr	Turkish Enbüyük olabilirlik kestirimi
uk	Ukrainian Метод максимальної правдоподібності
ur	Urdu امکاناتی حد اعلیٰ
vi	Vietnamese Hợp lý cực đại
zh	Chinese 最大似然估计

Best Rank

Simple English: #14677 05.2022

Global: #15367 04.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #6749 03.2014

Global: #870 06.2001

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