The Idler

quarterly British magazine founded in 1993, devoted to its ethos of 'idling'
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The Idler

Summary

The Idler is a magazine[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Idler is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • The Idler's instance of is recorded as magazine[4].
  • The Idler's instance of is recorded as newspaper[5].
  • The Idler's founder is recorded as Tom Hodgkinson[6].
  • The Idler's founder is recorded as Gavin Pretor-Pinney[7].
  • The Idler's ISSN is recorded as 1351-5098[8].
  • The Idler's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Idler's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Idler[11].
  • The Idler's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ywpd[12].
  • The Idler's official website is recorded as http://www.idler.co.uk/[13].
  • The Idler's main subject is recorded as idleness[14].
  • The Idler's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Idler'}[15].
  • The Idler's X is recorded as idler[16].
  • The Idler's Instagram username is recorded as idleracademy[17].
  • The Idler's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as idler-academy[18].
  • The Idler's ISSN-L is recorded as 1351-5098[19].
  • The Idler's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10034'}[20].
  • The Idler's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10476'}[21].
  • The Idler's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10606'}[22].

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Founding

Founders include Tom Hodgkinson[6] and Gavin Pretor-Pinney[7]. +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Idler[11].

Why It Matters

The Idler ranks in the top 6% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-idler_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Idler}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-idler}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-09}}
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