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Google News

news aggregator and app developed by Google
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Google News was established in September 2002.

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: search engine[4]
  • Owned by: Google[5]
  • Commons category: Google News[6]
  • Platform: Android[7], iOS[8]
  • Inception: September 2002[9]
  • Distributed by: Google Play[10], App Store (Apple)[11]
  • Official website: https://news.google.com[12]
  • Main subject: news[13]
  • Replaces: Google Play Newsstand[14], Google News & Weather[15]
  • Has contributing factor: Percent Free time[16]
  • Main Wikidata property: P5337[17], P6157[18]
  • Side effect: vaccine controversies[19]
  • Search formatter URL: https://news.google.com/search/section/q/$1[20], https://www.google.com/search?q=$1&tbm=nws[21]
  • Access restriction status: open access[22]
  • Social media followers: 285,212[23], 273,410[24], 303,693[25], 313,222[26]

Why It Matters

Google News has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Kylespaski · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://news.google.com
    Country → —
    Small logo or icon → Google News icon.png
    Has contributing factor → Percent Free time
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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