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shipping

desire by fans for fictional characters (or more rarely, real people) to be in a romantic or sexual relationship
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shipping

Summary

shipping ranks in the top 0.063% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,626 views/month, #49 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • interpersonal relationship is named after shipping[2].
  • ship is named after shipping[3].
  • shipping is a type of intentional human activity[4].
  • shipping is a type of fantasy[5].
  • shipping is part of glossary of dōjin[6].
  • shipping's Commons category is recorded as Shipping (fandom)[7].
  • shipping comprises ship name[8].
  • shipping's main subject is character[9].
  • shipping's main subject is romantic relationship[10].
  • shipping's main subject is sexual relationship[11].
  • shipping's facet of is recorded as fandom[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include intentional human activity[4] and fantasy[5].

Origins

Things named after include interpersonal relationship[2], a type of relation[13] and ship[3], a watercraft type[14].

Use and Application

shipping comprises ship name[8]. shipping is part of glossary of dōjin[6].

Why It Matters

shipping ranks in the top 0.063% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,626 views/month, #49 of 77,819).[1] shipping has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] shipping is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shipping_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shipping}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shipping}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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Edit History

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  1. 29d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Part of → —
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → ship name
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 161200, Add qualifier to All the Tropes article ID `Shipping`"
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