Barbie

fashion doll brand and media franchise
Organization media_franchise Q167447
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Barbie

Summary

Barbie is a media franchise[1]. Barbie ranks in the top 10% of media_franchise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,444 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Barbie authored Ruth Handler[3].
  • Barbie is credited with the discovery of Ruth Handler[4].
  • Barbie is in the country of United States[5].
  • Barbie's instance of is recorded as media franchise[6].
  • Barbie's instance of is recorded as brand[7].
  • Barbie's instance of is recorded as toyline[8].
  • Barbie is owned by Mattel[9].
  • Barbara Handler is named after Barbie[10].
  • Barbie's manufacturer is recorded as Mattel[11].
  • Barbie's Commons category is recorded as Barbie dolls[12].
  • Barbie comprises Barbie Doll[13].
  • March 9, 1959 marks the founding of Barbie[14].
  • Barbie's characters is recorded as Barbara Millicent Roberts[15].
  • Barbie's characters is recorded as Ken Carson[16].
  • Barbie's official website is recorded as https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie[17].
  • Barbie's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barbie[18].
  • Barbie's product or material produced is recorded as doll[19].
  • Barbie's product or material produced is recorded as film[20].
  • Barbie's product or material produced is recorded as animated series[21].
  • Barbie's product or material produced is recorded as web series[22].
  • Barbie's product or material produced is recorded as video game[23].
  • Barbie's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Barbie universe[24].
  • Barbie's title is recorded as Barbie[25].
  • Barbie's name in kana is recorded as ばーびー[26].
  • Barbie's location of first performance is recorded as New York City[27].

Body

Founding

March 9, 1959 marks the founding of Barbie[14].

Ownership

Barbie is owned by Mattel[9]. Products include doll[19], film[20], animated series[21], web series[22], and video game[23].

Why It Matters

Barbie ranks in the top 10% of media_franchise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,444 views/month).[2] Barbie has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Barbie is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . 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. 2d ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id Barbie
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Barbie, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750742|Barbie (#213750742)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung topic"
  2. 8w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) Barbie Doll
    Characters Barbara Millicent Roberts, Ken Carson
    Wikisimpsons article id 154549
    Based on
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10291]]: 154549, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296169751|Barbie (#296169751)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 9w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id Franchise/Barbie
    Based on
    Behind the voice actors franchise id Barbie
    Instance of media franchise, brand, toyline
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q98148278 */"
  4. 15w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Owned by Mattel
    Named after
    Owned by
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38130, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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