Rarest Elementary Particle — All 39 Answers Ranked by Rarity

39 answers are accepted for “Name an elementary particle”. Field quantum is the rarest elementary particle in this ranking, with 78 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Antitauon is the second-rarest with 177 monthly Wikipedia views, 2.27× the figure for Field quantum. Photon is the most common elementary particle in this ranking, with 306,922 monthly Wikipedia views, 3,935× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 39 answers: 1,653,196. Field quantum is under 0.1% of that total. 8 answers are Epic or Legendary: Field quantum (Legendary), Antitauon (Legendary), Top antiquark (Legendary), and 5 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

39 answers to “Name an elementary particle”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Field quantum on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	78
2	Antitauon on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.974	177
3	Top antiquark on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.947	356
4	Dilepton on Wikipedia	Epic	0.921	435
5	Saxion on Wikipedia	Epic	0.895	497
6	Bottom antiquark on Wikipedia	Epic	0.868	510
7	Charm antiquark on Wikipedia	Epic	0.842	662
8	Strange antiquark on Wikipedia	Epic	0.816	810
9	V particle on Wikipedia	Rare	0.789	977
10	Down antiquark on Wikipedia	Rare	0.763	996
11	Minicharged particle on Wikipedia	Rare	0.737	1,272
12	Pole mass on Wikipedia	Rare	0.711	1,273
13	Up antiquark on Wikipedia	Rare	0.684	1,392
14	Antimuon on Wikipedia	Rare	0.658	1,705
15	Stop squark on Wikipedia	Rare	0.632	2,698
16	Gluino on Wikipedia	Rare	0.605	3,065
17	Higgsino on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.579	4,724
18	Z boson on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.553	4,763
19	W boson on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.526	7,516
20	Supernova neutrinos on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.500	8,028
21	Faddeev–Popov ghost on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.474	13,474
22	Generation on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.447	17,102
23	Dark photon on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.421	17,655
24	Skyrmion on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.395	26,935
25	Preon on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.368	31,557
26	Down quark on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.342	34,184
27	Massless particle on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.316	37,788
28	Bottom quark on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.289	43,823
29	Up quark on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.263	52,775
30	Charm quark on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.237	53,929
31	Tau on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.211	55,516
32	Top quark on Wikipedia	Common	0.184	56,775
33	Strange quark on Wikipedia	Common	0.158	68,653
34	Axion on Wikipedia	Common	0.132	79,160
35	Gluon on Wikipedia	Common	0.105	119,687
36	Muon on Wikipedia	Common	0.079	146,414
37	Positron on Wikipedia	Common	0.053	149,658
38	Electron on Wikipedia	Common	0.026	299,255
39	Photon on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	306,922

FAQ

What is the rarest elementary particle?

Field quantum is the rarest elementary particle in this ranking, with 78 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many elementary particles are there?

There are 39 elementary particles in this ranking, from Field quantum (rarest) to Photon (most common).

What is the most common elementary particle?

Photon is the most common elementary particle in this ranking, with 306,922 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.