LWN.net

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LWN.net

Summary

LWN.net is an online newspaper[1]. LWN.net draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (online_newspaper category, ranking #43 of 199).[2]

Key Facts

  • LWN.net's image is recorded as LWN net screenshot.png[3].
  • LWN.net's instance of is recorded as online newspaper[4].
  • LWN.net's instance of is recorded as online magazine[5].
  • LWN.net's founder is recorded as Jonathan Corbet[6].
  • LWN.net's genre is recorded as computer magazine[7].
  • LWN.net's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles[8].
  • LWN.net's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • +1998-01-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of LWN.net[10].
  • LWN.net's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05b3rp[11].
  • LWN.net's official website is recorded as https://lwn.net/[12].
  • LWN.net's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+64457'}[13].
  • LWN.net's X is recorded as lwnnet[14].
  • LWN.net's Mastodon address is recorded as [email protected][15].
  • LWN.net's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17244'}[16].
  • LWN.net's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5523'}[17].
  • LWN.net's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5610'}[18].
  • LWN.net's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5734'}[19].
  • LWN.net's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+4412'}[20].
  • LWN.net's FAQ URL is recorded as https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn[21].
  • LWN.net's AlternativeTo software ID is recorded as lwn-net[22].
  • LWN.net's Mastodon instance URL is recorded as https://fedi.lwn.net[23].
  • LWN.net's login URL is recorded as https://lwn.net/Login/[24].
  • LWN.net's registration page URL is recorded as https://lwn.net/Login/newaccount[25].
  • LWN.net's DuckDuckGo bang is recorded as lwn[26].

Body

Founding

LWN.net's founder is recorded as Jonathan Corbet[6]. +1998-01-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of LWN.net[10].

Operations

LWN.net's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles[8].

Why It Matters

LWN.net draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (online_newspaper category, ranking #43 of 199).[2] LWN.net has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] LWN.net is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[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] . lwn.net. lwn.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . lwn.net. Retrieved . lwn.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . lwn.net. Retrieved . lwn.net. Provenance: 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.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). LWN.net. Retrieved April 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lwn-net
MLA “LWN.net.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 6 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lwn-net.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lwn-net_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{LWN.net}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lwn-net}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-06}}
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