Method of moments (statistics)

Method of moments - parameter estimation technique in statistics. Article “Method of moments (statistics)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 10.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 3 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 “Method of moments (statistics)”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 227 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 62 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1279 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #5280 in October 2019
• Global: #39496 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #38321 in November 2019
• Global: #32134 in July 2016

There are 18 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) Method of moments (statistics)		36.2511
2	Swedish (sv) Momentmetoden		24.1638
3	Lithuanian (lt) Momentų metodas		22.1353
4	German (de) Momentenmethode		20.8333
5	Catalan (ca) Mètode dels moments		15.6766
6	Arabic (ar) طريقة العزوم (إحصاء)		13.3428
7	Hungarian (hu) Momentumok módszere		12.609
8	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		11.7917
9	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		10.6988
10	Simple English (simple) Method of moments (statistics)		10.2806

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Method of moments (statistics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		1 616 107
2	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		218 409
3	German (de) Momentenmethode		210 552
4	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		184 268
5	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		121 142
6	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		90 063
7	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		64 699
8	Persian (fa) روش گشتاورها (آمار)		21 325
9	Ukrainian (uk) Метод моментів		15 356
10	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		13 442

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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 "Method of moments (statistics)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		2 124
2	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		318
3	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		263
4	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		251
5	German (de) Momentenmethode		231
6	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		154
7	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		151
8	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		20
9	Hungarian (hu) Momentumok módszere		18
10	Catalan (ca) Mètode dels moments		17

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		61
2	German (de) Momentenmethode		37
3	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		24
4	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		23
5	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		21
6	Dutch (nl) Momentschatter		12
7	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		10
8	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		10
9	Ukrainian (uk) Метод моментів		9
10	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		4

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Language versions of the article "Method of moments (statistics)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) طريقة العزوم (إحصاء)		1
2	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		1
3	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		1
4	Catalan (ca) Mètode dels moments		0
5	German (de) Momentenmethode		0
6	Basque (eu) Momentuen metodo		0
7	Persian (fa) روش گشتاورها (آمار)		0
8	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		0
9	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		0
10	Hungarian (hu) Momentumok módszere		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 "Method of moments (statistics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		495
2	Persian (fa) روش گشتاورها (آمار)		240
3	Ukrainian (uk) Метод моментів		227
4	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		152
5	Simple English (simple) Method of moments (statistics)		62
6	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		22
7	German (de) Momentenmethode		18
8	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		14
9	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		12
10	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		10

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طريقة العزوم (إحصاء)
ca	Catalan Mètode dels moments
de	German Momentenmethode
en	English Method of moments (statistics)
es	Spanish Método de momentos (estadística)
eu	Basque Momentuen metodo
fa	Persian روش گشتاورها (آمار)
fr	French Méthode des moments (statistiques)
he	Hebrew שיטת המומנטים
hu	Hungarian Momentumok módszere
it	Italian Metodo dei momenti (statistica)
lt	Lithuanian Momentų metodas
nl	Dutch Momentschatter
ru	Russian Метод моментов
simple	Simple English Method of moments (statistics)
sv	Swedish Momentmetoden
uk	Ukrainian Метод моментів
zh	Chinese 矩估计

Best Rank

Simple English: #38321 11.2019

Global: #32134 07.2016

Best Rank

Simple English: #5280 10.2019

Global: #39496 02.2004

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