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audiobook

recording of a text being read
Intangible literary_genre Q106833
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audiobook

Summary

audiobook is a literary genre[1]. audiobook ranks in the top 9% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (412 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • audiobook's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • audiobook's instance of is recorded as literary form[4].
  • audiobook's instance of is recorded as audio content genre[5].
  • audiobook is a type of book[6].
  • audiobook is a type of audio work[7].
  • audiobook is a type of spoken word recording[8].
  • audiobook's Commons category is recorded as Audiobooks[9].
  • audiobook's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Audiobooks[10].
  • audiobook's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Audiobook[11].
  • audiobook's different from is recorded as sound book[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre[3], literary form[4], and audio content genre[5]. Recorded subclass of include book[6], audio work[7], and spoken word recording[8].

Why It Matters

audiobook ranks in the top 9% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (412 views/month).[2] audiobook has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] audiobook is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). audiobook. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/audiobook
MLA “audiobook.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/audiobook.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_audiobook_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{audiobook}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/audiobook}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Audiobooks
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → book, audio work, spoken word recording
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25071, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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