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popular culture

set of norms or trends dominant in a society at a given time
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popular culture

Summary

popular culture is a concept[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • popular culture's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • popular culture's instance of is recorded as collection[4].
  • popular culture is a type of culture[5].
  • popular culture is a type of mainstream[6].
  • popular culture's Commons category is recorded as Popular culture[7].
  • popular culture's said to be the same as is recorded as folk culture[8].
  • popular culture's said to be the same as is recorded as popular art[9].
  • popular culture is the opposite of modernism[10].
  • popular culture's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Popular culture[11].
  • popular culture's different from is recorded as media culture[12].
  • popular culture's studied by is recorded as popular culture studies[13].
  • popular culture's characteristic of is recorded as majority[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include concept[3] and collection[4]. Recorded subclass of include culture[5] and mainstream[6]. popular culture is the opposite of modernism[10].

Why It Matters

popular culture ranks in the top 3% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,103 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

It has been cited as an influence by pop art[17], an art movement[18], founded in 1950[19].

FAQs

Who did popular culture influence?

popular culture has been cited as an influence by pop art[17].

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characteristic of → majority
    Instance of → concept, collection
    Studied by → popular culture studies
    Twitch tag id → 0cfc77a1-9f3f-4858-8847-4b00c7a9aa8b
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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