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National Geographic

monthly geography, history, nature, and science magazine
Periodical scientific_journal Q5973845
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Summary

National Geographic is a scientific journal[1]. It ranks in the top 0.042% of scientific journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,262 views/month, #1 of 2,364).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: National Geographic Society[3]
  • Member of: Alliance for Audited Media[4], JournalList[5]
  • Instance of: magazine[6], version, edition or translation[7], website[8]
  • Publisher: National Geographic Society[9]
  • Owned by: The Walt Disney Company[10]
  • Place of publication: Washington, D.C.[11]
  • Commons category: National Geographic[12]
  • Language of work or name: English[13], Italian[14], Indonesian[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Website account on: Kahoot![17]
  • Inception: 1888[18], 2005[19]
  • Start time: 1888[20]
  • Parent organization or unit: National Geographic Partners[21], Kompas Gramedia Group[22]
  • Official website: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/[23], http://natgeo.galegroup.com/natgeo/archive[24], http://books.google.com/books?id=8iRNAQAAIAAJ[25], http://books.google.com/books?id=ECVNAQAAIAAJ[26], http://books.google.com/books?id=fwAlAQAAMAAJ[27], https://nationalgeographic.grid.id[28], https://www.nationalgeographic.it/[29], https://nationalgeographic.com[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:National Geographic[31]
  • Main subject: geography[32], photojournalism[33], social geography[34], natural history[35]
  • Commons gallery: National Geographic Magazine[36]
  • Total produced: 4,336,711[37]
  • Title: National Geographic[38]
  • Different from: National Geographic Eesti[39], National Geographic Society[40], New Zealand Geographic[41]

Why It Matters

National Geographic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

geography Kahoot! magazine natural history scientific journal The Walt Disney Company Tutankhamun United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . auditedmedia.com. auditedmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . auditedmedia.com. auditedmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . journallist.net. journallist.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. coverbrowser.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . auditedmedia.com. auditedmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . auditbureau.org. auditbureau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 3d ago · Sayoxime · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el',
    Thumb url → —
    Image commons → —
    Image license → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: National Geographic magazine – Space special issue (2023-10).jpg"
  2. 9w ago · WebRunner95 · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Alliance for Audited Media, JournalList
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Member of: JournalList, Update outlet to include JournalList trust.txt membership ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/f33f35fe0de|details]])"
  3. 10w ago · WebRunner95 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → scientific journal, magazine, version, edition or translation +1
    Official website → https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/, http://natgeo.galegroup.com/natgeo/archive, http://books.google.com/books?id=8iRNAQAAIAAJ +5
    Member of → Alliance for Audited Media, JournalList
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  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → scientific journal, magazine, version, edition or translation +1
    Start time → +1888-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Nlm unique id → 100969333, 14007038
    Owned by → —
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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