Post-it Note

small piece of paper with a re-adherable strip of glue on its back
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Post-it Note

Summary

Post-it Note is an office supply[1]. It draws 771 Wikipedia views per month (office_supply category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Post-it Note is credited with the discovery of Spencer Silver[3].
  • Post-it Note's image is recorded as Post-it.jpg[4].
  • Post-it Note's instance of is recorded as office supply[5].
  • Post-it Note's instance of is recorded as invention[6].
  • Post-it Note's instance of is recorded as product category[7].
  • Post-it Note's instance of is recorded as trademark[8].
  • Post-it Note's owned by is recorded as 3M[9].
  • Post-it Note's logo image is recorded as Post-it-2020.svg[10].
  • Post-it Note's made from material is recorded as paper[11].
  • Post-it Note's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96007291[12].
  • Post-it Note's subclass of is recorded as adhesive paper[13].
  • Post-it Note's subclass of is recorded as stationery[14].
  • Post-it Note's Commons category is recorded as Post-it notes[15].
  • Post-it Note's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02tzth[16].
  • Post-it Note's official website is recorded as https://www.post-it.com/3M/en_US/post-it/[17].
  • Post-it Note's has contributing factor is recorded as Percent Free time[18].
  • Post-it Note's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as sticky-notes[19].
  • Post-it Note's MNopedia ID is recorded as thing/post-it-notes[20].
  • Post-it Note's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007558834305171[21].
  • Post-it Note's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06269819-n[22].
  • Post-it Note's Google Product Taxonomy ID is recorded as 2689[23].
  • Post-it Note's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/38539ca3-320b-406d-b368-36d735da1831[24].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include office supply[5], invention[6], product category[7], and trademark[8].

History and Context

Post-it Note's owned by is recorded as 3M[9].

Why It Matters

Post-it Note draws 771 Wikipedia views per month (office_supply category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . 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.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Post-it Note. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/post-it-note
MLA “Post-it Note.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/post-it-note.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_post-it-note_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Post-it Note}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/post-it-note}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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