catfishing

Summary

catfishing ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,168 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Catfish is named after catfishing^[2].
• catfishing's subclass of is recorded as deception^[3].
• catfishing's subclass of is recorded as online misconduct^[4].
• catfishing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0120wq9j^[5].
• catfishing's BBC Things ID is recorded as d97a978f-9173-4dc9-bd8e-82d48ff2751e^[6].
• catfishing's different from is recorded as noodling^[7].
• catfishing's uses is recorded as sockpuppet^[8].
• catfishing's uses is recorded as social networking service^[9].
• catfishing's practiced by is recorded as catfisher^[10].
• catfishing's subreddit is recorded as catfish^[11].
• catfishing's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as catfish-catfishing^[12].
• catfishing's The Advocate tag ID is recorded as catfishing^[13].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for catfishing include Sadfishing^[14].

Why It Matters

catfishing ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,168 views/month).^[1] catfishing has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] catfishing is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]

Entities named for catfishing include Sadfishing^[14].