wikiFactor

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A wikiFactor is a measure of the 'popularity' of a wiki website. It is based on the Hirsch h-index which is commonly used to measure the impact a scientist has had in the literature.{{cite arXiv |eprint=0902.3439v2 |first=Carl |last=McBride |title=wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site |date=20 February 2009 |class=physics.soc-ph}}

The wikiFactor is simply the number of pages in the wiki (wF) that have had more than 1000 multiplied by wF visits.

For example a wikiFactor (wF) of, say, 20 – means that page number 20 in the ranking of pages visited has received 20,000 or more visits, whereas page 21 has not yet reached 21,000 visits.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Example rank list excerpt (wikiFactor = 38)
Rank	Example view count	Factorous page?
36	41682	{{yes}}
37	41232	{{yes}}
38	38221	{{yes}}
39	38117	{{no}}
40	36656	{{no}}

The WikiIndex site uses the wikiFactor as one of the measures for classifying the importance of a Wiki.{{cite web |url=http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Template:Size&oldid=174623 |title=Template:Size |website=WikiIndex |accessdate=15 February 2014}}