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SDL

Quality:

Simple DirectMedia Layer - free software multimedia library. Article “SDL” in Japanese Wikipedia has 25.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 references and 8 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “SDL” was edited by 1 authors in Japanese Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “SDL”, its content was written by 45 registered users of Japanese Wikipedia and edited by 1091 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 53 times in Japanese Wikipedia and cited 1302 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Japanese): #5104 in February 2004
  • Global: #4097 in October 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Japanese): #37356 in December 2008
  • Global: #55130 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, 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)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
83.8607
2German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
68.1509
3Chinese (zh)
SDL
52.9357
4Finnish (fi)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
51.8145
5Korean (ko)
심플 다이렉트미디어 레이어
47.546
6Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
47.4339
7Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
42.7754
8French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
39.1809
9Hungarian (hu)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
35.7541
10Indonesian (id)
SDL
33.8897
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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 "SDL" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
1 666 606
2Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
319 512
3Japanese (ja)
SDL
251 933
4German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
223 306
5Chinese (zh)
SDL
178 658
6French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
160 880
7Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
126 465
8Polish (pl)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
108 560
9Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
67 727
10Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
32 853
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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 "SDL" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
4 574
2Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
357
3Chinese (zh)
SDL
318
4Japanese (ja)
SDL
295
5German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
269
6French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
193
7Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
122
8Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
98
9Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
85
10Czech (cs)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
77
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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 "SDL" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
304
2German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
118
3French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
108
4Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
72
5Polish (pl)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
55
6Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
45
7Japanese (ja)
SDL
45
8Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
39
9Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
34
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 2026

Language versions of the article "SDL" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
إس دي ال
1
2English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
1
3Japanese (ja)
SDL
1
4Catalan (ca)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
5Czech (cs)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
6German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
7Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
8Persian (fa)
اس‌دی‌ال
0
9Finnish (fi)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
0
10French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
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 "SDL" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
273
2French (fr)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
182
3German (de)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
98
4Portuguese (pt)
SDL (biblioteca)
96
5Spanish (es)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
86
6Russian (ru)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
79
7Chinese (zh)
SDL
72
8Japanese (ja)
SDL
53
9Ukrainian (uk)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
47
10Italian (it)
Simple DirectMedia Layer
41
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Scores

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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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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 Japanese:
#37356
12.2008
Global:
#55130
11.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Japanese:
#5104
02.2004
Global:
#4097
10.2013

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