AOL Instant Messenger

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AOL Instant Messenger

Summary

AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging client[1]. It draws 541 Wikipedia views per month (instant_messaging_client category, ranking #10 of 42).[2]

Key Facts

  • AOL Instant Messenger's instance of is recorded as instant messaging client[3].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's instance of is recorded as service on Internet[4].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's logo image is recorded as Oxygen-actions-im-aim.svg[5].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's developer is recorded as AOL[6].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's programmed in is recorded as Java[7].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[8].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's software version identifier is recorded as 8.0.7.1[9].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's software version identifier is recorded as 8.0.8.1[10].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's Commons category is recorded as AIM (instant messenger)[11].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of AOL Instant Messenger[13].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's Wine AppDB ID is recorded as 109[14].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01258[15].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's uses is recorded as OSCAR protocol[16].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's discontinuation date is recorded as +2017-12-15T00:00:00Z[17].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's Quora topic ID is recorded as AIM[18].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme is recorded as aim[19].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's AlternativeTo software ID is recorded as aim[20].
  • AOL Instant Messenger's Reddit topic ID is recorded as aol_instant_messenger[21].

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Founding

+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of AOL Instant Messenger[13].

Why It Matters

AOL Instant Messenger draws 541 Wikipedia views per month (instant_messaging_client category, ranking #10 of 42).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . aimemories.tumblr.com. aimemories.tumblr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_aol-instant-messenger_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{AOL Instant Messenger}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/aol-instant-messenger}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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