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Optical communication

Quality:

Optical communication - communication at a distance using light to carry information. Article “Optical communication” in English Wikipedia has 59.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 30 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is Chinese.

Since the creation of article “Optical communication”, its content was written by 91 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 341 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1262 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2711 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1610 in April 2003
  • Global: #4086 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #68128 in March 2014
  • Global: #99315 in April 2015

There are 25 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
1English (en)
Optical communication
59.2041
2Hebrew (he)
תקשורת אופטית
56.5982
3Korean (ko)
광 통신
45.5507
4German (de)
Optische Kommunikation
31.5025
5Slovenian (sl)
Optična komunikacija
29.2467
6Japanese (ja)
光による通信
28.6387
7Arabic (ar)
اتصال ضوئي
27.3028
8French (fr)
Communication optique
27.1995
9Hindi (hi)
प्रकाशिक संचार
26.3495
10Chinese (zh)
光通訊
21.3196
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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 "Optical communication" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Optical communication
1 295 215
2Spanish (es)
Comunicación óptica
195 533
3German (de)
Optische Kommunikation
84 221
4Chinese (zh)
光通訊
79 457
5Hebrew (he)
תקשורת אופטית
61 178
6Japanese (ja)
光による通信
37 454
7Persian (fa)
مخابرات نوری
37 307
8Italian (it)
Comunicazioni ottiche
36 951
9Norwegian (no)
Optisk kommunikasjon
33 635
10Vietnamese (vi)
Thông tin quang
30 003
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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 "Optical communication" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Chinese (zh)
光通訊
1 393
2English (en)
Optical communication
1 318
3Japanese (ja)
光による通信
346
4German (de)
Optische Kommunikation
146
5Persian (fa)
مخابرات نوری
84
6Hebrew (he)
תקשורת אופטית
69
7Spanish (es)
Comunicación óptica
58
8Korean (ko)
광 통신
56
9French (fr)
Communication optique
35
10Italian (it)
Comunicazioni ottiche
32
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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 "Optical communication" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Optical communication
91
2German (de)
Optische Kommunikation
40
3Hebrew (he)
תקשורת אופטית
36
4Italian (it)
Comunicazioni ottiche
28
5Vietnamese (vi)
Thông tin quang
17
6Chinese (zh)
光通訊
15
7Persian (fa)
مخابرات نوری
14
8French (fr)
Communication optique
14
9Swedish (sv)
Optisk kommunikation
11
10Spanish (es)
Comunicación óptica
9
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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 "Optical communication" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Turkish (tr)
Optik iletişim
1
2Uzbek (uz)
Optik aloqa
1
3Vietnamese (vi)
Thông tin quang
1
4Arabic (ar)
اتصال ضوئي
0
5Catalan (ca)
Comunicació òptica
0
6German (de)
Optische Kommunikation
0
7English (en)
Optical communication
0
8Spanish (es)
Comunicación óptica
0
9Estonian (et)
Optiline side
0
10Persian (fa)
مخابرات نوری
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 "Optical communication" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Optical communication
1 262
2Korean (ko)
광 통신
234
3Chinese (zh)
光通訊
220
4Arabic (ar)
اتصال ضوئي
173
5Japanese (ja)
光による通信
135
6Portuguese (pt)
Comunicação óptica
120
7French (fr)
Communication optique
70
8Hebrew (he)
תקשורת אופטית
70
9Vietnamese (vi)
Thông tin quang
61
10Turkish (tr)
Optik iletişim
53
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
اتصال ضوئي
caCatalan
Comunicació òptica
deGerman
Optische Kommunikation
enEnglish
Optical communication
esSpanish
Comunicación óptica
etEstonian
Optiline side
faPersian
مخابرات نوری
frFrench
Communication optique
heHebrew
תקשורת אופטית
hiHindi
प्रकाशिक संचार
idIndonesian
Komunikasi optik
itItalian
Comunicazioni ottiche
jaJapanese
光による通信
kkKazakh
Оптикалық байланыс
koKorean
광 통신
msMalay
Komunikasi optik
nlDutch
Optische communicatie
noNorwegian
Optisk kommunikasjon
ptPortuguese
Comunicação óptica
slSlovenian
Optična komunikacija
svSwedish
Optisk kommunikation
trTurkish
Optik iletişim
uzUzbek
Optik aloqa
viVietnamese
Thông tin quang
zhChinese
光通訊

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#68128
03.2014
Global:
#99315
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1610
04.2003
Global:
#4086
04.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Optical communication from Wikipedia articles about Semaphore line, Fiber-optic communication, Artemis II, Telegraph Chappe and Semaphore. Whereas reading the article about Optical communication people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Fiber-optic communication, Photophone, Free-space optical communication, Heliograph and Optical wireless communications.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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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