AOL

American web portal and online service provider
Organization online_service_provider Q27585
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AOL

Summary

AOL is an online service provider[1]. AOL draws 8,330 Wikipedia views per month (online_service_provider category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • AOL is in the country of United States[3].
  • AOL's instance of is recorded as online service provider[4].
  • AOL's instance of is recorded as media company[5].
  • AOL's instance of is recorded as web portal[6].
  • AOL's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • AOL's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • AOL's instance of is recorded as search engine[9].
  • AOL's instance of is recorded as company[10].
  • AOL's founder is recorded as Marc Seriff[11].
  • AOL's founder is recorded as Steve Case[12].
  • AOL's founder is recorded as Jim Kimsey[13].
  • AOL is owned by Bending Spoons[14].
  • AOL is owned by Verizon Communications[15].
  • AOL is owned by Apollo Global Management[16].
  • AOL's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[17].
  • AOL's chief executive officer is recorded as Tim Armstrong[18].
  • AOL's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[19].
  • AOL's operating system is recorded as Q11248[20].
  • AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Netscape[21].
  • AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Weblogs, Inc.[22].
  • AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Relegence[23].
  • AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Personal Library Software[24].
  • AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Spinner[25].
  • AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as Third Screen Media[26].
  • AOL's child organization or unit is recorded as NaviSoft[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Marc Seriff[11], Steve Case[12], and Jim Kimsey[13]. Recorded inception include 1983[28] and 1985[29].

Identity

AOL's official name is recorded as AmericaOnLine Inc.[30].

Leadership

AOL's chief executive officer is recorded as Tim Armstrong[18].

Operations

AOL's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[17]. Parent organizations include Yahoo Inc.[31] and Bending Spoons[32]. Subsidiaries include Netscape[21], a trademark[33], in United States[34], founded in 1994[35], headquartered in Mountain View[36]; Weblogs, Inc.[22], a business[37], founded in 2003[38]; Relegence[23], a business[39], headquartered in United States[40]; Personal Library Software[24], a business[41], headquartered in United States[42]; Spinner[25], a business[43], headquartered in United States[44]; and Third Screen Media[26], a business[45], in United States[46], headquartered in United States[47].

Industry

Industries include media industry[48], technology industry[49], mass media[50], Internet industry[51], and software industry[52].

Ownership

Owners include Bending Spoons[14], a business[53], in Italy[54], founded in 2013[55], headquartered in Milan[56]; Verizon Communications[15], a business[57], in United States[58], founded in 1983[59], headquartered in New York City[60]; and Apollo Global Management[16], a private equity firm[61], in United States[62], founded in 1990[63], headquartered in Solow Building[64]. AOL's product or material produced is recorded as software[65].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for AOL include Volksparkstadion[66], an association football venue[67], in Germany[68].

Why It Matters

AOL draws 8,330 Wikipedia views per month (online_service_provider category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] AOL has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] AOL is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]

Entities named for AOL include Volksparkstadion[66], an association football venue[67], in Germany[68].

References

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [69] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [70] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 1041798736
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11693]]: 1041798736, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270419|batch #270419]]"
  2. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 077D-D7B9-86CA-D345-B299
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 077D-D7B9-86CA-D345-B299, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → america-online-online-service
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: america-online-online-service, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289913229|america online online service (#289913229)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-"
  4. 15w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → America_Online
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: America_Online, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294322198|America Online (#294322198)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki"
  5. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → AOL, America+On-Line,+Inc.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: America+On-Line,+Inc., import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/9aef88c707e54/|details]])"
  6. 18w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Marc Seriff, Steve Case, Jim Kimsey
    Product → —
    Image unavailable reason → —
    Child organization or unit → Netscape, CompuServe, Weblogs, Inc. +21
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q6239588]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q7581629]] → [[Q6239588]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q7581629_Q6239588"
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