cyberpunk

dystopian science fiction genre in a futuristic setting
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cyberpunk

Summary

cyberpunk is a science fiction genre[1]. cyberpunk ranks in the top 3% of science_fiction_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,759 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cyberpunk's instance of is recorded as science fiction genre[3].
  • cyberpunk's instance of is recorded as artistic theme[4].
  • cyberpunk's instance of is recorded as literary subgenre[5].
  • Cyberpunk is named after cyberpunk[6].
  • cyberpunk is a type of dystopian fiction[7].
  • cyberpunk is a type of science fiction[8].
  • cyberpunk's Commons category is recorded as Cyberpunk[9].
  • cyberpunk began on 1980[10].
  • cyberpunk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cyberpunk[11].
  • cyberpunk's location of creation is recorded as North America[12].
  • cyberpunk's described by source is recorded as Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction[13].
  • cyberpunk's different from is recorded as cypherpunk[14].
  • cyberpunk's uses is recorded as cyberpunk music[15].
  • cyberpunk's hashtag is recorded as cyberpunk[16].
  • cyberpunk's derivative work is recorded as cyberpunk derivatives[17].
  • cyberpunk's derivative work is recorded as postcyberpunk[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include science fiction genre[3], artistic theme[4], and literary subgenre[5]. Recorded subclass of include dystopian fiction[7] and science fiction[8].

Origins

Cyberpunk is named after cyberpunk[6].

Influence

Things named for cyberpunk include Cyberpunk 2077[19], a video game[20], directed by Adam Badowski[21] and solarpunk[22], an art genre[23], founded in 2008[24].

Why It Matters

cyberpunk ranks in the top 3% of science_fiction_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,759 views/month).[2] cyberpunk has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] cyberpunk is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for cyberpunk include Cyberpunk 2077[19], a video game[20], directed by Adam Badowski[21] and solarpunk[22], an art genre[23], founded in 2008[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → Main/CyberPunk, Main/Cyberpunk
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6839]]: Main/Cyberpunk"
  2. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hashtag → cyberpunk
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2572]]: cyberpunk"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → art/cyberpunk
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15528, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 22w ago · Marcok · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → art/cyberpunk
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: cyberpunk"
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