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Information asymmetry

Quality:

Information asymmetry - economics term for when one party in a transaction has an advantage in information. Article “Information asymmetry” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 7244th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

In June 2025 the article “Information asymmetry” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (7244th place) and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Information asymmetry”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 752 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1389 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3516 in September 2015
  • Global: #10160 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #7198 in March 2016
  • Global: #36324 in November 2014

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
74.0325
2Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
50.2966
3Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
36.2109
4German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
31.9154
5Hindi (hi)
सूचना विषमता
30.158
6Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
27.9047
7Czech (cs)
Informační asymetrie
27.3516
8Polish (pl)
Asymetria informacji
23.9787
9Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
23.0771
10Persian (fa)
عدم تقارن اطلاعاتی
20.8014
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Information asymmetry" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
2 350 061
2Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
669 627
3German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
538 335
4French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
523 254
5Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
371 837
6Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
344 815
7Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
324 922
8Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
220 116
9Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
216 288
10Polish (pl)
Asymetria informacji
138 700
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Information asymmetry" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
4 726
2Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
1 339
3Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
733
4French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
651
5Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
534
6Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
453
7Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
339
8German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
299
9Korean (ko)
정보 비대칭
291
10Simple English (simple)
Information asymmetry
223
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Information asymmetry" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
186
2German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
83
3French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
63
4Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
62
5Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
51
6Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
37
7Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
30
8Polish (pl)
Asymetria informacji
28
9Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
19
10Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
18
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Information asymmetry" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
2
2Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
1
3Simple English (simple)
Information asymmetry
1
4Arabic (ar)
تفاوت المعلومات
0
5Azerbaijani (az)
Məlumatın asimmetriyası
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Информационна асиметрия
0
7Catalan (ca)
Informació asimètrica
0
8Czech (cs)
Informační asymetrie
0
9Danish (da)
Asymmetrisk information
0
10German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Information asymmetry" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Information asymmetry
255
2German (de)
Asymmetrische Information
192
3Portuguese (pt)
Informação assimétrica
119
4Japanese (ja)
情報の非対称性
111
5French (fr)
Asymétrie d'information
105
6Chinese (zh)
資訊不對等
69
7Spanish (es)
Información asimétrica
64
8Italian (it)
Asimmetria informativa
55
9Russian (ru)
Асимметричность информации
51
10Persian (fa)
عدم تقارن اطلاعاتی
43
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Scores

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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تفاوت المعلومات
azAzerbaijani
Məlumatın asimmetriyası
bgBulgarian
Информационна асиметрия
caCatalan
Informació asimètrica
csCzech
Informační asymetrie
daDanish
Asymmetrisk information
deGerman
Asymmetrische Information
elGreek
Ασύμμετρη πληροφόρηση
enEnglish
Information asymmetry
esSpanish
Información asimétrica
euBasque
Informazio asimetriko
faPersian
عدم تقارن اطلاعاتی
fiFinnish
Epäsymmetrinen informaatio
frFrench
Asymétrie d'information
heHebrew
מידע אסימטרי
hiHindi
सूचना विषमता
hrCroatian
Asimetričnost informacija (ekonomija)
idIndonesian
Asimetri informasi
itItalian
Asimmetria informativa
jaJapanese
情報の非対称性
koKorean
정보 비대칭
ltLithuanian
Informacijos asimetrija
msMalay
Asimetri maklumat
nlDutch
Informatieasymmetrie
noNorwegian
Asymmetrisk informasjon
plPolish
Asymetria informacji
ptPortuguese
Informação assimétrica
ruRussian
Асимметричность информации
simpleSimple English
Information asymmetry
svSwedish
Asymmetrisk information
trTurkish
Asimetrik enformasyon
ukUkrainian
Асиметрична інформація
viVietnamese
Phi đối xứng thông tin
zhChinese
資訊不對等

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#7198
03.2016
Global:
#36324
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3516
09.2015
Global:
#10160
07.2004

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Information asymmetry from Wikipedia articles about Joseph E. Stiglitz, Tourist trap, Market failure, The Market for Lemons and Moral hazard. Whereas reading the article about Information asymmetry people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Adverse selection, Moral hazard, Monopolies of knowledge, Contract theory and Principal–agent problem.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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