Simple DirectMedia Layer

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Simple DirectMedia Layer

Quality:

Simple DirectMedia Layer - free software multimedia library. Article "Simple DirectMedia Layer" in English Wikipedia has 84.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 92 references and 11 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Simple DirectMedia Layer" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Simple DirectMedia Layer", its content was written by 298 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1088 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 289 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1316 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #3677 in February 2002
  • Global: #4092 in October 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #83081 in February 2010
  • Global: #54914 in November 2008

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, 2025 (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)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
84.0899
2German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
69.9747
3Chinese (zh)
SDL
52.9826
4Finnish (fi)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
51.9265
5Korean (ko)
심플 다이렉트미디어 레이어
47.6188
6Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
47.4021
7Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
42.8667
8French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
38.7119
9Polish (pl)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
34.3433
10Indonesian (id)
SDL
33.9627
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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 "Simple DirectMedia Layer" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
1 606 261
2Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
312 140
3Japanese (ja)
SDL
247 239
4German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
218 919
5Chinese (zh)
SDL
173 673
6French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
157 371
7Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
124 899
8Polish (pl)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
107 441
9Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
66 612
10Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
31 854
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Simple DirectMedia Layer" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
4 772
2Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
686
3Chinese (zh)
SDL
655
4Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
652
5Japanese (ja)
SDL
432
6German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
355
7French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
300
8Polish (pl)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
108
9Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
101
10Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
101
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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 "Simple DirectMedia Layer" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
298
2German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
117
3French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
105
4Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
70
5Polish (pl)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
55
6Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
45
7Japanese (ja)
SDL
45
8Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
39
9Norwegian (no)
SDL
39
10Czech (cs)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
32
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Simple DirectMedia Layer" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
2
2Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
2
3Arabic (ar)
إس دي ال
1
4German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
1
5Japanese (ja)
SDL
1
6Korean (ko)
심플 다이렉트미디어 레이어
1
7Catalan (ca)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
8Czech (cs)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
9Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
10Persian (fa)
اس‌دی‌ال
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 "Simple DirectMedia Layer" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
289
2French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
182
3German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
97
4Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
94
5Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
86
6Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
80
7Chinese (zh)
SDL
73
8Japanese (ja)
SDL
53
9Ukrainian (uk)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
47
10Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
42
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
إس دي ال
caCatalan
Simple DirectMedia Layer
csCzech
Simple DirectMedia Layer
deGerman
Simple DirectMedia Layer
enEnglish
Simple DirectMedia Layer
esSpanish
Simple DirectMedia Layer
faPersian
اس‌دی‌ال
fiFinnish
Simple DirectMedia Layer
frFrench
Simple DirectMedia Layer
huHungarian
Simple DirectMedia Layer
idIndonesian
SDL
itItalian
Simple DirectMedia Layer
jaJapanese
SDL
koKorean
심플 다이렉트미디어 레이어
nlDutch
Simple DirectMedia Layer
noNorwegian
SDL
plPolish
Simple DirectMedia Layer
ptPortuguese
SDL (biblioteca)
ruRussian
Simple DirectMedia Layer
skSlovak
Simple DirectMedia Layer
svSwedish
Simple DirectMedia Layer
trTurkish
Simple DirectMedia Layer
ukUkrainian
Simple DirectMedia Layer
viVietnamese
Simple DirectMedia Layer
zhChinese
SDL

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#83081
02.2010
Global:
#54914
11.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#3677
02.2002
Global:
#4092
10.2013

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Simple DirectMedia Layer from Wikipedia articles about SDL, SFML, Pygame, Angry Birds and M.U.G.E.N. Whereas reading the article about Simple DirectMedia Layer people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Sam Lantinga, SFML, Zlib License, GLFW and Raylib.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

ja: SDL
zh: SDL
id: SDL
no: SDL

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