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activity of seeking out and acquiring items of interest
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collecting

Summary

collecting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • collecting is a type of hobby[2].
  • collecting is a type of gathering[3].
  • collecting's Commons category is recorded as Collecting[4].
  • collecting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Collecting[5].
  • collecting's Commons gallery is recorded as Collecting[6].
  • collecting's different from is recorded as gathering[7].
  • collecting's uses is recorded as collectable[8].
  • collecting's practiced by is recorded as collector[9].
  • collecting's practiced by is recorded as co-collector[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hobby[2] and gathering[3].

Why It Matters

collecting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month).[1] collecting has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] collecting is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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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.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 2d ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Collecting
    Aliases → —
    Uses → collectable
    Different from → gathering
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: COLLEZIONISMO, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779097984573"
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