Lightning (connector)

Lightning connector - proprietary computer bus and power connector by Apple Inc.. Article “Lightning (connector)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 26.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 5 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Lightning (connector)”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 810 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 9 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1519 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #10712 in January 2026
• Global: #1187 in September 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #62416 in May 2026
• Global: #4038 in December 2014

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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Lightning (connector)		71.6441
2	Vietnamese (vi) Lightning (cổng kết nối)		58.1933
3	Korean (ko) 라이트닝 (단자)		50.8174
4	Chinese (zh) Lightning接头		49.3981
5	Catalan (ca) Lightning (connector)		45.5793
6	Hebrew (he) מחבר לייטנינג		44.9792
7	Persian (fa) لایتنینگ (رابط)		41.0862
8	Estonian (et) Lightning pistik		38.0647
9	Turkish (tr) Lightning (konnektör)		37.1243
10	German (de) Lightning (Schnittstelle)		34.8011

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Lightning (connector)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Lightning (connector)		4 357 117
2	German (de) Lightning (Schnittstelle)		883 981
3	Russian (ru) Lightning (коннектор)		779 700
4	Japanese (ja) Lightning (インターフェイス)		549 043
5	Chinese (zh) Lightning接头		405 612
6	Spanish (es) Lightning (conector)		338 290
7	French (fr) Lightning (connecteur)		302 814
8	Italian (it) Lightning (connettore)		207 090
9	Polish (pl) Lightning (złącze)		126 580
10	Portuguese (pt) Lightning (conector)		71 877

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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 "Lightning (connector)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Lightning (connector)		12 881
2	Russian (ru) Lightning (коннектор)		2 186
3	German (de) Lightning (Schnittstelle)		2 022
4	Japanese (ja) Lightning (インターフェイス)		1 399
5	Chinese (zh) Lightning接头		1 196
6	Spanish (es) Lightning (conector)		846
7	French (fr) Lightning (connecteur)		695
8	Italian (it) Lightning (connettore)		627
9	Polish (pl) Lightning (złącze)		224
10	Vietnamese (vi) Lightning (cổng kết nối)		215

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Lightning (connector)		322
2	German (de) Lightning (Schnittstelle)		78
3	Chinese (zh) Lightning接头		64
4	French (fr) Lightning (connecteur)		56
5	Russian (ru) Lightning (коннектор)		56
6	Japanese (ja) Lightning (インターフェイス)		49
7	Italian (it) Lightning (connettore)		29
8	Polish (pl) Lightning (złącze)		23
9	Spanish (es) Lightning (conector)		20
10	Czech (cs) Lightning (konektor)		15

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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 "Lightning (connector)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Lightning (connector)		8
2	French (fr) Lightning (connecteur)		1
3	Japanese (ja) Lightning (インターフェイス)		1
4	Korean (ko) 라이트닝 (단자)		1
5	Catalan (ca) Lightning (connector)		0
6	Czech (cs) Lightning (konektor)		0
7	German (de) Lightning (Schnittstelle)		0
8	Spanish (es) Lightning (conector)		0
9	Estonian (et) Lightning pistik		0
10	Persian (fa) لایتنینگ (رابط)		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 "Lightning (connector)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Lightning (connector)		269
2	Hebrew (he) מחבר לייטנינג		181
3	Japanese (ja) Lightning (インターフェイス)		157
4	Polish (pl) Lightning (złącze)		117
5	Chinese (zh) Lightning接头		102
6	Russian (ru) Lightning (коннектор)		76
7	Vietnamese (vi) Lightning (cổng kết nối)		67
8	Portuguese (pt) Lightning (conector)		59
9	French (fr) Lightning (connecteur)		57
10	Lithuanian (lt) Lightning (jungtis)		56

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Lightning (connector)
cs	Czech Lightning (konektor)
de	German Lightning (Schnittstelle)
en	English Lightning (connector)
es	Spanish Lightning (conector)
et	Estonian Lightning pistik
fa	Persian لایتنینگ (رابط)
fi	Finnish Lightning (liitäntä)
fr	French Lightning (connecteur)
he	Hebrew מחבר לייטנינג
hy	Armenian Apple Lightning (միակցիչ)
it	Italian Lightning (connettore)
ja	Japanese Lightning (インターフェイス)
ko	Korean 라이트닝 (단자)
lt	Lithuanian Lightning (jungtis)
nl	Dutch Lightning-connector
pl	Polish Lightning (złącze)
pt	Portuguese Lightning (conector)
ru	Russian Lightning (коннектор)
simple	Simple English Lightning (connector)
th	Thai ไลต์นิง (อุปกรณ์เชื่อมต่อ)
tr	Turkish Lightning (konnektör)
uk	Ukrainian Lightning (роз'єм)
vi	Vietnamese Lightning (cổng kết nối)
zh	Chinese Lightning接头

Best Rank

Simple English: #62416 05.2026

Global: #4038 12.2014

Best Rank

Simple English: #10712 01.2026

Global: #1187 09.2023

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