Link layer

Link layer - lowest abstraction layer in the Internet Protocol Suite. Article "Link layer" in English Wikipedia has 18.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 7 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Link layer", its content was written by 55 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 137 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 241 times in English Wikipedia and cited 947 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #33585 in February 2009
• Global: #43682 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #56104 in April 2015
• Global: #91303 in April 2010

There are 12 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Catalan (ca) Capa d'enllaç		21.6659
2	Chinese (zh) 連結層		19.4768
3	English (en) Link layer		18.5264
4	Italian (it) Livello di accesso alla rete		15.8452
5	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace		15.7718
6	Turkish (tr) Bağlantı katmanı		10.7959
7	Japanese (ja) リンク層		9.383
8	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند		8.2643
9	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень (TCP/IP)		6.4485
10	Hebrew (he) שכבת הקשר של מודל TCP/IP		3.9471

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Link layer		1 586 653
2	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace		100 722
3	Japanese (ja) リンク層		50 272
4	Hebrew (he) שכבת הקשר של מודל TCP/IP		47 529
5	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند		32 463
6	Italian (it) Livello di accesso alla rete		25 523
7	Arabic (ar) طبقة الوصلة		25 471
8	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень (TCP/IP)		24 060
9	Korean (ko) 링크 계층		10 103
10	Chinese (zh) 連結層		8 373

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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 "Link layer" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Link layer		3 436
2	Chinese (zh) 連結層		162
3	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень (TCP/IP)		139
4	Japanese (ja) リンク層		122
5	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace		104
6	Italian (it) Livello di accesso alla rete		73
7	Hebrew (he) שכבת הקשר של מודל TCP/IP		54
8	Korean (ko) 링크 계층		39
9	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند		33
10	Arabic (ar) طبقة الوصلة		27

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

Language versions of the article "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) Link layer		55
2	Hebrew (he) שכבת הקשר של מודל TCP/IP		26
3	Arabic (ar) طبقة الوصلة		14
4	Italian (it) Livello di accesso alla rete		8
5	Turkish (tr) Bağlantı katmanı		8
6	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند		7
7	Japanese (ja) リンク層		7
8	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень (TCP/IP)		4
9	Catalan (ca) Capa d'enllaç		3
10	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace		2

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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 "Link layer" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) طبقة الوصلة		0
2	Catalan (ca) Capa d'enllaç		0
3	English (en) Link layer		0
4	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند		0
5	Hebrew (he) שכבת הקשר של מודל TCP/IP		0
6	Italian (it) Livello di accesso alla rete		0
7	Japanese (ja) リンク層		0
8	Korean (ko) 링크 계층		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace		0
10	Russian (ru) Канальный уровень (TCP/IP)		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 "Link layer" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Link layer		241
2	Japanese (ja) リンク層		126
3	Chinese (zh) 連結層		111
4	Korean (ko) 링크 계층		105
5	Arabic (ar) طبقة الوصلة		98
6	Italian (it) Livello di accesso alla rete		88
7	Persian (fa) لایه پیوند		70
8	Hebrew (he) שכבת הקשר של מודל TCP/IP		67
9	Turkish (tr) Bağlantı katmanı		19
10	Portuguese (pt) Camada de enlace		13

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طبقة الوصلة
ca	Catalan Capa d'enllaç
en	English Link layer
fa	Persian لایه پیوند
he	Hebrew שכבת הקשר של מודל TCP/IP
it	Italian Livello di accesso alla rete
ja	Japanese リンク層
ko	Korean 링크 계층
pt	Portuguese Camada de enlace
ru	Russian Канальный уровень (TCP/IP)
tr	Turkish Bağlantı katmanı
zh	Chinese 連結層

Best Rank

English: #56104 04.2015

Global: #91303 04.2010

Best Rank

English: #33585 02.2009

Global: #43682 12.2003

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