Weak key

Weak key - Key that is easy to break with a specific cipher. Article “Weak key” in Simple English Wikipedia has 1.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.1 points.

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 “Weak key”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 116 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 368 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #5379 in October 2008
• Global: #14313 in June 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #26178 in November 2008
• Global: #249332 in September 2015

There are 9 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) Weak key		15.6695
2	Italian (it) Chiave debole		10.4355
3	Polish (pl) Klucz słaby		9.0457
4	Japanese (ja) 弱鍵		7.3673
5	French (fr) Clé faible		6.7262
6	Spanish (es) Clave débil		3.658
7	Simple English (simple) Weak key		1.931
8	German (de) Schwacher Schlüssel		1.6829
9	Korean (ko) 취약 키		1.0586

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Weak key" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Weak key		251 315
2	Polish (pl) Klucz słaby		26 672
3	Italian (it) Chiave debole		19 049
4	Spanish (es) Clave débil		18 987
5	French (fr) Clé faible		14 969
6	Korean (ko) 취약 키		7 758
7	Japanese (ja) 弱鍵		5 204
8	German (de) Schwacher Schlüssel		3 778
9	Simple English (simple) Weak key		3 520

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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 "Weak key" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Weak key		228
2	Japanese (ja) 弱鍵		27
3	French (fr) Clé faible		26
4	German (de) Schwacher Schlüssel		24
5	Polish (pl) Klucz słaby		18
6	Italian (it) Chiave debole		13
7	Spanish (es) Clave débil		8
8	Simple English (simple) Weak key		8
9	Korean (ko) 취약 키		3

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Weak key		45
2	French (fr) Clé faible		23
3	Polish (pl) Klucz słaby		13
4	Italian (it) Chiave debole		10
5	German (de) Schwacher Schlüssel		8
6	Spanish (es) Clave débil		8
7	Simple English (simple) Weak key		4
8	Japanese (ja) 弱鍵		3
9	Korean (ko) 취약 키		2

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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 "Weak key" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Schwacher Schlüssel		0
2	English (en) Weak key		0
3	Spanish (es) Clave débil		0
4	French (fr) Clé faible		0
5	Italian (it) Chiave debole		0
6	Japanese (ja) 弱鍵		0
7	Korean (ko) 취약 키		0
8	Polish (pl) Klucz słaby		0
9	Simple English (simple) Weak key		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 "Weak key" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Weak key		188
2	French (fr) Clé faible		121
3	Korean (ko) 취약 키		34
4	Italian (it) Chiave debole		9
5	German (de) Schwacher Schlüssel		4
6	Simple English (simple) Weak key		4
7	Japanese (ja) 弱鍵		3
8	Polish (pl) Klucz słaby		3
9	Spanish (es) Clave débil		2

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#	Language	Value
de	German Schwacher Schlüssel
en	English Weak key
es	Spanish Clave débil
fr	French Clé faible
it	Italian Chiave debole
ja	Japanese 弱鍵
ko	Korean 취약 키
pl	Polish Klucz słaby
simple	Simple English Weak key

Best Rank

Simple English: #26178 11.2008

Global: #249332 09.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #5379 10.2008

Global: #14313 06.2004

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