2012

Summary

2012 is a leap year^[1]. 2012 draws 703 Wikipedia views per month (leap_year category, ranking #2 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2012's image is recorded as 2012-illustration davidrevoy.jpg^[3].
• 2012's instance of is recorded as leap year^[4].
• 2012's instance of is recorded as calendar year^[5].
• 2012's instance of is recorded as leap year starting on Sunday and ending on Monday^[6].
• 2012's follows is recorded as 2011^[7].
• 2012's followed by is recorded as 2013^[8].
• 2012's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2006005170^[9].
• 2012's part of is recorded as 2010s^[10].
• 2012's part of is recorded as Gregorian calendar^[11].
• 2012's Commons category is recorded as 2012^[12].
• 2012's said to be the same as is recorded as 12012 HE^[13].
• 2012's said to be the same as is recorded as 2012^[14].
• 2012's has part is recorded as January 2012^[15].
• 2012's has part is recorded as February 2012^[16].
• 2012's has part is recorded as March 2012^[17].
• 2012's has part is recorded as April 2012^[18].
• 2012's has part is recorded as May 2012^[19].
• 2012's has part is recorded as June 2012^[20].
• 2012's has part is recorded as July 2012^[21].
• 2012's has part is recorded as August 2012^[22].
• 2012's has part is recorded as September 2012^[23].
• 2012's has part is recorded as October 2012^[24].
• 2012's has part is recorded as November 2012^[25].
• 2012's has part is recorded as December 2012^[26].
• 2012's start time is recorded as +2012-01-01T00:00:00Z^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for 2012 include 2012^[28], a film^[29], directed by Roland Emmerich^[30] and Kony 2012^[31], a viral video^[32], founded in 2005^[33], directed by Jason Russell^[34].

Why It Matters

2012 draws 703 Wikipedia views per month (leap_year category, ranking #2 of 6).^[2] 2012 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] 2012 is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for 2012 include 2012^[28], a film^[29], directed by Roland Emmerich^[30] and Kony 2012^[31], a viral video^[32], founded in 2005^[33], directed by Jason Russell^[34].