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Something Awful

comedy website founded by Richard Kyanka
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Something Awful

Summary

Something Awful is a website[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Something Awful is in the country of United States[3].
  • Something Awful's instance of is recorded as website[4].
  • Something Awful's founder is recorded as Richard Kyanka[5].
  • 1999 marks the founding of Something Awful[6].
  • Something Awful's official website is recorded as http://www.somethingawful.com/[7].
  • Something Awful's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+5206'}[8].

Why It Matters

Something Awful has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

It has been cited as an influence by Christopher Poole[10], an entrepreneur[11], b. 1989[12], of United States[13].

FAQs

Who did Something Awful influence?

Something Awful has been cited as an influence by Christopher Poole[10].

Related Entities

Christopher Poole United States website

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] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Something Awful. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/something-awful
MLA “Something Awful.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/something-awful.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_something-awful_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Something Awful}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/something-awful}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Shisma · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → —
    Owned by → —
    Domain name → somethingawful.com
    Alexa rank → —
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P13337]]: somethingawful.com, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783157205909"
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