Chain

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Chain

Quality:

Chain - a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved. Article “Chain” in English Wikipedia has 40.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 7 references and 15 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 10.19 points.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Chain” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Chain”, its content was written by 212 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 986 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 519 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4362 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #27745 in October 2025
  • Global: #7982 in October 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #53233 in March 2009
  • Global: #51004 in November 2008

There are 46 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Norwegian (no)
Kjetting
63.7961
2Catalan (ca)
Cadena
63.2205
3Polish (pl)
Łańcuch
48.1114
4Italian (it)
Catena (meccanica)
41.7585
5English (en)
Chain
40.7478
6Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Kjetting
38.9616
7Russian (ru)
Цепь
38.3816
8Croatian (hr)
Lanac
34.9166
9Ukrainian (uk)
Ланцюг
34.3746
10German (de)
Kette
34.2984
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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 "Chain" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Chain
2 017 490
2German (de)
Kette
364 695
3Italian (it)
Catena (meccanica)
308 699
4Japanese (ja)
295 474
5Spanish (es)
Cadena (objeto)
284 920
6Russian (ru)
Цепь
179 011
7Polish (pl)
Łańcuch
165 650
8Swedish (sv)
Kedja
102 992
9Persian (fa)
زنجیر
86 912
10Arabic (ar)
سلسلة
81 847
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Chain" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Chain
4 118
2Persian (fa)
زنجیر
791
3Japanese (ja)
687
4German (de)
Kette
394
5Russian (ru)
Цепь
288
6Spanish (es)
Cadena (objeto)
211
7Italian (it)
Catena (meccanica)
199
8Chinese (zh)
鎖鏈
174
9Polish (pl)
Łańcuch
148
10Czech (cs)
Řetěz
87
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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 "Chain" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Chain
212
2German (de)
Kette
97
3Italian (it)
Catena (meccanica)
68
4Russian (ru)
Цепь
54
5Japanese (ja)
45
6Swedish (sv)
Kedja
33
7Czech (cs)
Řetěz
32
8Dutch (nl)
Schakelketting (werktuigbouwkunde)
31
9Hebrew (he)
שרשרת
30
10Polish (pl)
Łańcuch
29
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Chain" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Cadena
1
2English (en)
Chain
1
3Basque (eu)
Kate
1
4Arabic (ar)
سلسلة
0
5Belarusian (be)
Ланцуг
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Верига
0
7Czech (cs)
Řetěz
0
8Danish (da)
Kæde (mekanik)
0
9German (de)
Kette
0
10Greek (el)
Αλυσίδα
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 "Chain" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Chain
519
2Italian (it)
Catena (meccanica)
353
3German (de)
Kette
316
4Japanese (ja)
314
5Czech (cs)
Řetěz
260
6Basque (eu)
Kate
199
7Danish (da)
Kæde (mekanik)
167
8Arabic (ar)
سلسلة
137
9Hebrew (he)
שרשרת
122
10Ukrainian (uk)
Ланцюг
122
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
سلسلة
beBelarusian
Ланцуг
bgBulgarian
Верига
caCatalan
Cadena
csCzech
Řetěz
daDanish
Kæde (mekanik)
deGerman
Kette
elGreek
Αλυσίδα
enEnglish
Chain
eoEsperanto
Ĉeno
esSpanish
Cadena (objeto)
etEstonian
Kett
euBasque
Kate
faPersian
زنجیر
fiFinnish
Ketju
frFrench
Chaîne (serrurerie)
glGalician
Cadea (obxecto)
heHebrew
שרשרת
hrCroatian
Lanac
huHungarian
Lánc
idIndonesian
Rantai
itItalian
Catena (meccanica)
jaJapanese
kkKazakh
Тізбек
koKorean
사슬
laLatin
Catena
ltLithuanian
Grandinė
nlDutch
Schakelketting (werktuigbouwkunde)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Kjetting
noNorwegian
Kjetting
plPolish
Łańcuch
ptPortuguese
Corrente metálica
roRomanian
Lanț
ruRussian
Цепь
shSerbo-Croatian
Lanac
slSlovenian
Veriga
srSerbian
Ланац (машински елемент)
svSwedish
Kedja
taTamil
சங்கிலி
thThai
โซ่
trTurkish
Zincir
ukUkrainian
Ланцюг
urUrdu
زنجیر
uzUzbek
Zanjir
viVietnamese
Xích
zhChinese
鎖鏈

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#53233
03.2009
Global:
#51004
11.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#27745
10.2025
Global:
#7982
10.2011

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Chain from Wikipedia articles about List of BDSM equipment, Bondage positions and methods, Physical restraint, List of premodern combat weapons and List of unusual deaths in the 21st century. Whereas reading the article about Chain people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Chain, Roller chain, Jewellery chain, Ball chain and Ball and chain.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

en: Chain
de: Kette
ja:
sv: Kedja
fi: Ketju
ko: 사슬
ro: Lanț
vi: Xích
hu: Lánc
id: Rantai
hr: Lanac
ca: Cadena
zh: 鎖鏈
et: Kett
eo: Ĉeno
sh: Lanac
uz: Zanjir
tr: Zincir
eu: Kate
sl: Veriga
la: Catena

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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