Entertainment Software Rating Board

North American self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings for video games
Organization nonprofit_organization Q191458
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Entertainment Software Rating Board

Summary

Entertainment Software Rating Board is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,716 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Entertainment Software Rating Board was a member of International Age Rating Coalition[3].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board is in the country of United States[4].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[5].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's instance of is recorded as self-regulatory organization[6].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's founder is recorded as Entertainment Software Association[7].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board followed 3DO Rating System[8].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board followed Recreational Software Advisory Council[9].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board followed Videogame Rating Council[10].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[11].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's Commons category is recorded as Entertainment Software Rating Board[12].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's chairperson is recorded as Patricia Vance[13].
  • January 1, 1994 marks the founding of Entertainment Software Rating Board[14].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.7528, 'lon': -73.9789}[15].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's location of formation is recorded as United States[16].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's significant event is recorded as Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association[17].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's official website is recorded as https://www.esrb.org[18].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's official website is recorded as http://64.225.213.187/[19].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Entertainment Software Rating Board[20].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's described at URL is recorded as https://www.grandtheftwiki.com/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board[21].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's described at URL is recorded as https://www.halopedia.org/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board[22].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's described at URL is recorded as https://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/esrb.html[23].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's replaces is recorded as Videogame Rating Council[24].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's topic has template is recorded as Template:ESRB[25].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's legal form is recorded as public company[26].
  • Entertainment Software Rating Board's official blog URL is recorded as https://www.esrb.org/blog/[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0e0f95d6-8eab-41c6-8507-6b0f77157085[30]

Body

Founding

Entertainment Software Rating Board's founder is recorded as Entertainment Software Association[7]. January 1, 1994 marks the founding of it[14]. Its location of formation is recorded as United States[16].

Identity

Predecessors include 3DO Rating System[8], Recreational Software Advisory Council[9], and Videogame Rating Council[10].

Leadership

Entertainment Software Rating Board's chairperson is recorded as Patricia Vance[13].

Operations

Entertainment Software Rating Board's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[11].

Why It Matters

Entertainment Software Rating Board ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,716 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . esrb.org. Retrieved . esrb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . globalratings.com. Retrieved . globalratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . LinkedIn. Retrieved . esrb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . esrb.org. Retrieved . esrb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Justia. Retrieved . esrb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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