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Ig Nobel Prize

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Summary

Ig Nobel Prize is an ironic award[1]. It draws 26,242 Wikipedia views per month (ironic award category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Founder: Marc Abrahams[5]
  • Location: Zurich[6]
  • Commons category: Ig Nobel Prize[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Website account on: PayPal[9]
  • Inception: January 1, 1991[10]
  • Official website: http://improbable.com/ig[11], https://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ig Nobel Prize[13]
  • Conferred by: Annals of Improbable Research[14]
  • Motto text: Research that first makes you laugh... then think[15], Raziskave, ki te najprej spravijo v smeh ... potem pa se zamisliš[16]
  • Native label: Ig Nobel Prize[17]
  • Prize money: 10,000,000,000,000[18], 100,000,000,000,000[19], 1[20]
  • Has list: list of Ig Nobel Prize winners[21], list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from Japan[22]
  • Category for recipients of this award: Category:Ig Nobel laureates[23]
  • Reply to: Nobel Prize[24]
  • Social media followers: 19,009[25], 17,540[26], 20,759[27], 21,564[28]

Why It Matters

Ig Nobel Prize has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

What awards did Ig Nobel Prize receive?

Honors received include Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication[3].

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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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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Has list → list of Ig Nobel Prize winners, list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from Japan
    Founded by → —
    Category for recipients of this award → Category:Ig Nobel laureates
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