Data link layer

Data-link layer - second layer of the OSI networking model. Article “Data link layer” in English Wikipedia has 24.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 11 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Data link layer”, its content was written by 209 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1036 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 318 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3098 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #2080 in May 2003
• Global: #5664 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #20339 in February 2015
• Global: #18668 in April 2008

There are 38 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace de dados		38.2148
2	Indonesian (id) Lapisan taut data		32.6514
3	English (en) Data link layer		24.6886
4	Japanese (ja) データリンク層		23.2986
5	Italian (it) Livello di collegamento dati		18.7798
6	Spanish (es) Capa de enlace de datos		18.6807
7	Korean (ko) 데이터 링크 계층		16.5444
8	French (fr) Couche liaison de données		15.6537
9	Catalan (ca) Capa d'enllaç de dades		14.7468
10	Kazakh (kk) Арналық деңгей		13.1255

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Data link layer" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Data link layer		5 743 110
2	Spanish (es) Capa de enlace de datos		1 430 833
3	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень		832 448
4	French (fr) Couche liaison de données		738 224
5	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace de dados		555 791
6	Japanese (ja) データリンク層		497 916
7	Italian (it) Livello di collegamento dati		416 348
8	Chinese (zh) 数据链路层		298 530
9	Indonesian (id) Lapisan taut data		222 214
10	Polish (pl) Warstwa łącza danych		209 756

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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 "Data link layer" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Data link layer		5 798
2	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень		684
3	French (fr) Couche liaison de données		603
4	Spanish (es) Capa de enlace de datos		418
5	Chinese (zh) 数据链路层		379
6	Japanese (ja) データリンク層		358
7	Italian (it) Livello di collegamento dati		229
8	Polish (pl) Warstwa łącza danych		181
9	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace de dados		168
10	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند داده‌ای		114

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Data link layer" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Data link layer		209
2	French (fr) Couche liaison de données		100
3	Spanish (es) Capa de enlace de datos		89
4	Italian (it) Livello di collegamento dati		77
5	Dutch (nl) Datalinklaag		50
6	Chinese (zh) 数据链路层		44
7	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень		42
8	Hebrew (he) שכבת הקו של מודל ה-OSI		38
9	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace de dados		34
10	Vietnamese (vi) Tầng liên kết dữ liệu		33

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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 "Data link layer" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند داده‌ای		2
2	Arabic (ar) طبقة ربط البيانات		1
3	Chinese (zh) 数据链路层		1
4	Azerbaijani (az) Kanal səviyyəsi		0
5	Belarusian (be) Канальны ўзровень		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Канален слой на OSI модела		0
7	Catalan (ca) Capa d'enllaç de dades		0
8	Czech (cs) Linková vrstva		0
9	Danish (da) Datalinklaget		0
10	Greek (el) Επίπεδο ζεύξης δεδομένων		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 "Data link layer" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Data link layer		318
2	French (fr) Couche liaison de données		287
3	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень		215
4	Catalan (ca) Capa d'enllaç de dades		200
5	Czech (cs) Linková vrstva		164
6	Japanese (ja) データリンク層		148
7	Ukrainian (uk) Канальний рівень		147
8	Italian (it) Livello di collegamento dati		124
9	Spanish (es) Capa de enlace de datos		112
10	Chinese (zh) 数据链路层		102

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طبقة ربط البيانات
az	Azerbaijani Kanal səviyyəsi
be	Belarusian Канальны ўзровень
bg	Bulgarian Канален слой на OSI модела
ca	Catalan Capa d'enllaç de dades
cs	Czech Linková vrstva
da	Danish Datalinklaget
el	Greek Επίπεδο ζεύξης δεδομένων
en	English Data link layer
es	Spanish Capa de enlace de datos
et	Estonian Kanalikiht
eu	Basque Lotura geruza
fa	Persian لایه پیوند داده‌ای
fr	French Couche liaison de données
he	Hebrew שכבת הקו של מודל ה-OSI
hu	Hungarian Adatkapcsolati réteg
id	Indonesian Lapisan taut data
it	Italian Livello di collegamento dati
ja	Japanese データリンク層
kk	Kazakh Арналық деңгей
ko	Korean 데이터 링크 계층
la	Latin Stratum conexionis datorum
ms	Malay Lapisan pautan data
nl	Dutch Datalinklaag
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Datalinklaget
no	Norwegian Datalink-laget
pl	Polish Warstwa łącza danych
pt	Portuguese Camada de enlace de dados
ru	Russian Канальный уровень
sh	Serbo-Croatian Sloj veze
sk	Slovak Vrstva dátového spoja
sl	Slovenian Plast podatkovne povezave
sr	Serbian Слој везе
sv	Swedish Datalänkskikt
tr	Turkish Veri bağlantısı katmanı
uk	Ukrainian Канальний рівень
vi	Vietnamese Tầng liên kết dữ liệu
zh	Chinese 数据链路层

Best Rank

English: #20339 02.2015

Global: #18668 04.2008

Best Rank

English: #2080 05.2003

Global: #5664 11.2002

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