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Big Brother

Summary

Big Brother is a television program[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television_program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,189 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Brother is the creator of John de Mol Jr.[3].
  • Big Brother's instance of is recorded as television program[4].
  • Big Brother's instance of is recorded as media franchise[5].
  • Big Brother is owned by Banijay Entertainment[6].
  • Big Brother's genre is reality television[7].
  • Big Brother is named after Big Brother[8].
  • Big Brother's production company is recorded as Endemol[9].
  • Big Brother's Commons category is recorded as Big Brother (franchise)[10].
  • Big Brother's original broadcaster is recorded as Veronica[11].
  • Big Brother's country of origin is recorded as Netherlands[12].
  • Big Brother began on September 16, 1999[13].
  • Big Brother's distributed by is recorded as Endemol[14].
  • Big Brother's official website is recorded as http://www.endemol.com/programme/big-brother[15].
  • Big Brother's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Big Brother (franchise)[16].
  • Big Brother's topic has template is recorded as Template:Big Brother[17].
  • Big Brother's short name is recorded as BB[18].
  • Big Brother's different from is recorded as Q124648972[19].
  • Big Brother's hashtag is recorded as BigBrother[20].
  • Big Brother's hashtag is recorded as BB[21].
  • Big Brother's derivative work is recorded as Big Brother[22].
  • Big Brother's derivative work is recorded as Big Brother[23].
  • Big Brother's derivative work is recorded as Big Brother[24].
  • Big Brother's derivative work is recorded as Big Brother Brasil[25].
  • Big Brother's derivative work is recorded as Big Brother[26].
  • Big Brother's derivative work is recorded as Big Brother[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include television program[4] and media franchise[5].

History and Context

Big Brother is owned by Banijay Entertainment[6]. It is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Big Brother ranks in the top 2% of television_program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,189 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Netherlands

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . 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. 5w ago · JopkeB · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Big Brother Logo.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P154]]: Big Brother Logo.png"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Big Brother (television programme)
    Creator → —
    Production company → —
    Start time → +1999-09-16T00:00:00Z
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007549515105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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