Maximum likelihood estimation

Maximum likelihood estimation - method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model, given observations. Article "Maximum likelihood estimation" in English Wikipedia has 63.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 51 references and 28 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Maximum likelihood estimation" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Maximum likelihood estimation", its content was written by 307 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 917 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1024 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3509 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #646 in June 2001
• Global: #832 in June 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #10710 in April 2015
• Global: #15150 in April 2015

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, 2025 (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		63.1275
2	Greek (el) Μέγιστη πιθανοφάνεια		49.7468
3	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		40.6936
4	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		40.5225
5	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		37.5557
6	Swedish (sv) Maximum likelihood-metoden		35.6787
7	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		27.7935
8	Portuguese (pt) Máxima verossimilhança		27.6844
9	Dutch (nl) Meest aannemelijke schatter		26.8069
10	Galician (gl) Máxima verosimilitude		25.2309

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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 estimation" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		8 419 722
2	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		1 285 944
3	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		906 805
4	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		816 704
5	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		700 967
6	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		648 258
7	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		491 773
8	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		353 345
9	Portuguese (pt) Máxima verossimilhança		181 073
10	Korean (ko) 최대가능도 방법		114 339

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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 estimation" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		20 307
2	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		2 124
3	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		2 034
4	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		1 962
5	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		1 737
6	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		1 402
7	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		1 041
8	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		834
9	Portuguese (pt) Máxima verossimilhança		461
10	Korean (ko) 최대가능도 방법		262

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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 estimation" 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		307
2	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		110
3	French (fr) Maximum de vraisemblance		70
4	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		53
5	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		41
6	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		40
7	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		31
8	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		27
9	Dutch (nl) Meest aannemelijke schatter		25
10	Persian (fa) برآورد درست‌نمایی بیشینه		23

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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 estimation" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		1
2	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		1
3	Arabic (ar) تقدير حسب القيمة العليا لدالة الإمكان		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Maksimal mümkünlük metodu		0
5	Belarusian (be) Метад максімальнай праўдападобнасці		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Метод на максималното правдоподобие		0
7	Catalan (ca) Màxima versemblança		0
8	Czech (cs) Metoda maximální věrohodnosti		0
9	Greek (el) Μέγιστη πιθανοφάνεια		0
10	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		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 estimation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Maximum likelihood estimation		1 024
2	Japanese (ja) 最尤推定		306
3	Persian (fa) برآورد درست‌نمایی بیشینه		304
4	Ukrainian (uk) Метод максимальної правдоподібності		286
5	Chinese (zh) 最大似然估计		231
6	German (de) Maximum-Likelihood-Methode		180
7	Italian (it) Metodo della massima verosimiglianza		115
8	Spanish (es) Máxima verosimilitud		107
9	Turkish (tr) Enbüyük olabilirlik kestirimi		106
10	Russian (ru) Метод максимального правдоподобия		104

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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
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

English: #10710 04.2015

Global: #15150 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #646 06.2001

Global: #832 06.2001

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