Ozone layer

Quality:

Ozone layer - region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's UV radiation. Article “Ozone layer” in Simple English Wikipedia has 20.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 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.

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 2583^rd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

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The 9974^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 5829^th most popular in all topics.

The 5436^th most popular in AI.

Since the creation of article “Ozone layer”, its content was written by 25 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (9974^th place) and edited by 3451 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (5436^th place).

The article is cited 39 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 5522 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #211 in June 2009
• Global: #1186 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #177 in September 2017
• Global: #2415 in April 2008

There are 53 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) Ozone layer		54.9565
2	Indonesian (id) Lapisan ozon		53.7922
3	Persian (fa) لایه ازون		46.156
4	Latin (la) Stratum ozontis		43.7236
5	Tamil (ta) ஓசோன் படலம்		41.7784
6	French (fr) Couche d'ozone		40.3341
7	Croatian (hr) Ozonski omotač		39.0038
8	Chinese (zh) 臭氧层		37.2605
9	Portuguese (pt) Ozonosfera		34.7198
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Ozonski omotač		33.214

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Spanish (es) Capa de ozono		9 805 036
2	English (en) Ozone layer		9 757 247
3	Arabic (ar) طبقة الأوزون		2 059 353
4	Japanese (ja) オゾン層		1 831 614
5	French (fr) Couche d'ozone		1 772 426
6	Russian (ru) Озоновый слой		1 564 861
7	Portuguese (pt) Ozonosfera		1 507 145
8	Hindi (hi) ओजोन परत		1 183 848
9	Indonesian (id) Lapisan ozon		1 131 452
10	German (de) Ozonschicht		1 055 310

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ozone layer		9 702
2	Russian (ru) Озоновый слой		2 673
3	Spanish (es) Capa de ozono		2 045
4	French (fr) Couche d'ozone		1 855
5	Japanese (ja) オゾン層		1 501
6	German (de) Ozonschicht		1 407
7	Persian (fa) لایه ازون		1 096
8	Vietnamese (vi) Lớp ozon		840
9	Chinese (zh) 臭氧层		675
10	Portuguese (pt) Ozonosfera		443

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ozone layer		799
2	Spanish (es) Capa de ozono		309
3	French (fr) Couche d'ozone		309
4	German (de) Ozonschicht		245
5	Portuguese (pt) Ozonosfera		129
6	Dutch (nl) Ozonlaag		102
7	Hungarian (hu) Ózonréteg		100
8	Japanese (ja) オゾン層		96
9	Swedish (sv) Ozonlagret		91
10	Italian (it) Ozonosfera		89

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Czech (cs) Ozonová vrstva		3
2	Danish (da) Ozonlaget		1
3	Spanish (es) Capa de ozono		1
4	Hebrew (he) שכבת האוזון		1
5	Japanese (ja) オゾン層		1
6	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Ozonski omotač		1
7	Tamil (ta) ஓசோன் படலம்		1
8	Arabic (ar) طبقة الأوزون		0
9	Azerbaijani (az) Ozon təbəqəsi		0
10	Belarusian (be) Азонавы слой		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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