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Kirkus Reviews

American book review magazine
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Summary

Kirkus Reviews is a magazine[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kirkus Reviews's instance of is recorded as magazine[3].
  • Kirkus Reviews's founder is recorded as Virginia Kirkus[4].
  • Kirkus Reviews is owned by The New York Review of Books[5].
  • Kirkus Reviews is owned by Herb Simon[6].
  • Kirkus Reviews's genre is book review[7].
  • Kirkus Reviews's place of publication is recorded as New York City[8].
  • Kirkus Reviews's place of publication is recorded as Austin[9].
  • Kirkus Reviews's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Kirkus Reviews's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • January 1933 marks the founding of Kirkus Reviews[12].
  • 1948 marks the founding of Kirkus Reviews[13].
  • July 1962 marks the founding of Kirkus Reviews[14].
  • Kirkus Reviews's official website is recorded as http://www.kirkusreviews.com/[15].
  • Kirkus Reviews's official website is recorded as https://www.kirkusreviews.com/[16].
  • Kirkus Reviews's main subject is book review[17].
  • Kirkus Reviews's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kirkus Reviews'}[18].
  • Kirkus Reviews's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kirkus Rev.'}[19].
  • Kirkus Reviews's publication interval is recorded as {'unit': 'week', 'amount': '+2'}[20].
  • Kirkus Reviews's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 028.10973[21].
  • Kirkus Reviews's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as Z477 .K5[22].
  • Kirkus Reviews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+219077'}[23].
  • Kirkus Reviews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+218959'}[24].
  • Kirkus Reviews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+220367'}[25].
  • Kirkus Reviews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+222878'}[26].
  • Kirkus Reviews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6840'}[27].

Why It Matters

Kirkus Reviews ranks in the top 2% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

magazine New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Crunchbase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved . kirkusreviews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Crunchbase. Retrieved . kirkusreviews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Crunchbase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved . kirkusreviews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Crunchbase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Crunchbase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Muck Rack. Retrieved . muckrack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · PARAKANYAA · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → book review
    Sitelink count → 17
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