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clickbait

web content whose main goal is to entice users to click on a link to go to a certain webpage or video
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clickbait

Summary

clickbait ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • clickbait is a type of web content[2].
  • clickbait is a type of false advertising[3].
  • clickbait's Commons category is recorded as Clickbait[4].
  • clickbait's different from is recorded as Clickbait[5].
  • clickbait's P6009 is recorded as 31287[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include web content[2] and false advertising[3].

Why It Matters

clickbait ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).[1] clickbait has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] clickbait is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). clickbait. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/clickbait-q17649781-2
MLA “clickbait.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/clickbait-q17649781-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_clickbait-q17649781-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{clickbait}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/clickbait-q17649781-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 8d ago · Fabe56 · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject lexeme → L1566603
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6254]]: [[Lexeme:L1566603]]"
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