audiobook

recording of a text being read
Intangible book_distribution_format Q106833
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audiobook

Summary

audiobook is a book distribution format[1]. audiobook draws 7,940 Wikipedia views per month (book_distribution_format category, ranking #42 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • audiobook's instance of is recorded as book distribution format[3].
  • audiobook's instance of is recorded as audio content genre[4].
  • audiobook is a type of book[5].
  • audiobook is a type of audio work[6].
  • audiobook is a type of spoken word recording[7].
  • audiobook's Commons category is recorded as Audiobooks[8].
  • audiobook's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Audiobooks[9].
  • audiobook's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Audiobook[10].
  • audiobook's different from is recorded as sound book[11].
  • audiobook's different from is recorded as audiobook edition[12].
  • audiobook's P14541 is recorded as 3RSPu4[13].

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Definition and Type

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

Why It Matters

audiobook draws 7,940 Wikipedia views per month (book_distribution_format category, ranking #42 of 1).[2] audiobook has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] audiobook is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 25d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → ljudbocker
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3509]]: ljudbocker, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/44674194|Ljudböcker (#44674194)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → audiobooks
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: audiobooks, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914405|audiobooks (#289914405)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → book distribution format, audio content genre
    P14541 → 3RSPu4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0345634-audioknihy, 0345633-audioknihy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0345633-audioknihy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 16w ago · Skim · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → sound book, audiobook edition
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q122731938]]"
  6. 20w 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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