dark web

part of the World Wide Web that is not directly reachable from the public Internet
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dark web

Summary

dark web is a social issue[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of social_issue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,646 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • dark web's instance of is recorded as social issue[3].
  • dark web's instance of is recorded as risk source[4].
  • dark web is a type of web content[5].
  • dark web is part of deep web[6].
  • dark web is part of darknet[7].
  • 2009 marks the founding of dark web[8].
  • dark web's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dark web[9].
  • dark web's facet of is recorded as World Wide Web[10].
  • dark web's different from is recorded as deep web[11].
  • dark web's different from is recorded as darknet[12].
  • dark web's different from is recorded as Q56351245[13].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as botnet[14].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as darknet market[15].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as Bitcoin[16].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as hacker group[17].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as funding[18].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as fraud[19].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as pornography[20].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as terrorism[21].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as social media[22].
  • dark web's contains is recorded as hoax[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include social issue[3] and risk source[4]. dark web is a type of web content[5].

Origins

2009 marks the founding of dark web[8].

Use and Application

Part of include deep web[6], a narrative location[24] and darknet[7], founded in 1970[25].

Influence

Things named for dark web include Dark Web: Cicada 3301[26], a film[27], directed by Alan Ritchson[28].

Why It Matters

dark web ranks in the top 4% of social_issue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,646 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Dark Web: Cicada 3301[26], a film[27], directed by Alan Ritchson[28].

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.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . 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. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0406355-temny-web
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0406355-temny-web, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id technology/dark-web
    Inception +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of social issue, risk source
    Aliases
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007402507805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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