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Black Friday

the Friday following Thanksgiving, considered the beginning of the Christmas shopping season
Event holiday Q86483
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Summary

Black Friday is a holiday[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,878 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Friday[3], shopping day[4]
  • Part of: Christmas and holiday season[5]
  • Commons category: Black Friday (shopping)[6]
  • Facet of: Thanksgiving[7]
  • Different from: Wall Street crash of 1929[8], Black Friday[9]
  • P14541: 46X115[10]

Why It Matters

Black Friday has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Black Friday. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/black-friday
MLA “Black Friday.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/black-friday.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_black-friday_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Black Friday}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/black-friday}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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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. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → black-friday
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Dagens nyheter topic id: black-friday, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/62744369|Black Friday (#62744369)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #"
  2. 5w ago · C960657 · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → Black_Friday
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lex id: Black_Friday"
  3. 9w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Wall Street crash of 1929, Black Friday, Black Friday
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Different from: Black Friday, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Christmas and holiday season
    Different from → Wall Street crash of 1929, Black Friday, Black Friday
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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