2012

Summary

2012 is a leap year^[1]. 2012 draws 2,486 Wikipedia views per month (leap_year category, ranking #2 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2012's instance of is recorded as leap year^[3].
• 2012's instance of is recorded as calendar year^[4].
• 2012's instance of is recorded as leap year starting on Sunday and ending on Monday^[5].
• 2012 followed 2011^[6].
• 2012 was followed by 2013^[7].
• 2012 is part of 2010s^[8].
• 2012 is part of Gregorian calendar^[9].
• 2012's Commons category is recorded as 2012^[10].
• 2012's said to be the same as is recorded as 12012 HE^[11].
• 2012's said to be the same as is recorded as 2012^[12].
• 2012 comprises January 2012^[13].
• 2012 comprises February 2012^[14].
• 2012 comprises March 2012^[15].
• 2012 comprises April 2012^[16].
• 2012 comprises May 2012^[17].
• 2012 comprises June 2012^[18].
• 2012 comprises July 2012^[19].
• 2012 comprises August 2012^[20].
• 2012 comprises September 2012^[21].
• 2012 comprises October 2012^[22].
• 2012 comprises November 2012^[23].
• 2012 comprises December 2012^[24].
• 2012 began on January 1, 2012^[25].
• 2012 ended on December 31, 2012^[26].
• 2012 took place on January 1, 2012^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include leap year^[3], calendar year^[4], and leap year starting on Sunday and ending on Monday^[5].

Use and Application

Components include January 2012^[13], a January^[28]; February 2012^[14], a February^[29]; March 2012^[15], a March^[30]; April 2012^[16], an April^[31]; May 2012^[17], a May^[32]; and June 2012^[18], a June^[33]. Part of include 2010s^[8], a decade^[34] and Gregorian calendar^[9], an arithmetic calendar^[35], founded in 1582^[36].

Influence

Things named for 2012 include 2012^[37], a film^[38], directed by Roland Emmerich^[39] and Kony 2012^[40], a viral video^[41], founded in 2005^[42], directed by Jason Russell^[43].

Why It Matters

2012 draws 2,486 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.^[44] 2012 is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for 2012 include 2012^[37], a film^[38], directed by Roland Emmerich^[39] and Kony 2012^[40], a viral video^[41], founded in 2005^[42], directed by Jason Russell^[43].