Symbolic link

Symbolic link - filesystem object containing a reference to another object by path. Article “Symbolic link” in English Wikipedia has 52.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 47 references and 21 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Symbolic link”, its content was written by 256 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 673 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 299 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1200 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6043 in February 2004
• Global: #15352 in September 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #20316 in November 2011
• Global: #24164 in November 2014

There are 20 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	English (en) Symbolic link		52.7595
2	Chinese (zh) 符号链接		22.8359
3	Hebrew (he) קישור סימבולי		22.3793
4	Arabic (ar) وصلة لينة		17.6468
5	Ukrainian (uk) Символьне посилання		17.2647
6	German (de) Symbolische Verknüpfung		16.8446
7	Korean (ko) 심볼릭 링크		16.1948
8	Portuguese (pt) Ligação simbólica		16.1687
9	Persian (fa) پیوند نمادین		13.0725
10	Japanese (ja) ソフトリンク		12.9957

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Symbolic link		4 338 654
2	German (de) Symbolische Verknüpfung		1 135 901
3	Russian (ru) Символическая ссылка		646 466
4	French (fr) Lien symbolique		353 310
5	Polish (pl) Dowiązanie symboliczne		276 850
6	Japanese (ja) ソフトリンク		234 528
7	Spanish (es) Enlace simbólico		182 897
8	Chinese (zh) 符号链接		97 640
9	Italian (it) Collegamento simbolico		83 884
10	Korean (ko) 심볼릭 링크		73 894

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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 "Symbolic link" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Symbolic link		6 252
2	Russian (ru) Символическая ссылка		686
3	German (de) Symbolische Verknüpfung		631
4	Chinese (zh) 符号链接		348
5	French (fr) Lien symbolique		304
6	Japanese (ja) ソフトリンク		244
7	Italian (it) Collegamento simbolico		125
8	Korean (ko) 심볼릭 링크		120
9	Polish (pl) Dowiązanie symboliczne		113
10	Spanish (es) Enlace simbólico		104

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Symbolic link		256
2	German (de) Symbolische Verknüpfung		109
3	French (fr) Lien symbolique		48
4	Russian (ru) Символическая ссылка		45
5	Japanese (ja) ソフトリンク		38
6	Polish (pl) Dowiązanie symboliczne		31
7	Chinese (zh) 符号链接		30
8	Italian (it) Collegamento simbolico		22
9	Czech (cs) Symbolický odkaz		20
10	Spanish (es) Enlace simbólico		14

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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 "Symbolic link" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) وصلة لينة		0
2	Czech (cs) Symbolický odkaz		0
3	German (de) Symbolische Verknüpfung		0
4	English (en) Symbolic link		0
5	Spanish (es) Enlace simbólico		0
6	Persian (fa) پیوند نمادین		0
7	French (fr) Lien symbolique		0
8	Hebrew (he) קישור סימבולי		0
9	Hungarian (hu) Szimbolikus link		0
10	Indonesian (id) Tautan simbolis		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 "Symbolic link" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Symbolic link		299
2	Japanese (ja) ソフトリンク		223
3	Russian (ru) Символическая ссылка		142
4	Chinese (zh) 符号链接		106
5	German (de) Symbolische Verknüpfung		54
6	Korean (ko) 심볼릭 링크		46
7	Spanish (es) Enlace simbólico		41
8	Italian (it) Collegamento simbolico		40
9	Portuguese (pt) Ligação simbólica		38
10	French (fr) Lien symbolique		37

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وصلة لينة
cs	Czech Symbolický odkaz
de	German Symbolische Verknüpfung
en	English Symbolic link
es	Spanish Enlace simbólico
fa	Persian پیوند نمادین
fr	French Lien symbolique
he	Hebrew קישור סימבולי
hu	Hungarian Szimbolikus link
id	Indonesian Tautan simbolis
it	Italian Collegamento simbolico
ja	Japanese ソフトリンク
ko	Korean 심볼릭 링크
no	Norwegian Symbolsk lenke
pl	Polish Dowiązanie symboliczne
pt	Portuguese Ligação simbólica
ru	Russian Символическая ссылка
sv	Swedish Symbolisk länk
uk	Ukrainian Символьне посилання
zh	Chinese 符号链接

Best Rank

English: #20316 11.2011

Global: #24164 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #6043 02.2004

Global: #15352 09.2007

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