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The Postal Service

American indie rock band
Organization musical_group Q1239214
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Summary

The Postal Service is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,746 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Postal Service's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Postal Service's genre is indie pop[4].
  • United States Postal Service is named after The Postal Service[5].
  • The Postal Service's record label is recorded as Sub Pop[6].
  • The Postal Service's discography is recorded as The Postal Service discography[7].
  • The Postal Service's Commons category is recorded as The Postal Service[8].
  • The Postal Service's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Postal Service comprises Ben Gibbard[10].
  • The Postal Service comprises Dntel[11].
  • The Postal Service comprises Jenny Lewis[12].
  • 2001 marks the founding of The Postal Service[13].
  • The Postal Service's location of formation is recorded as Seattle[14].
  • The Postal Service's official website is recorded as https://postalservicemusic.net/[15].
  • The Postal Service's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Postal Service[16].
  • The Postal Service's start of work period is recorded as 2001[17].
  • The Postal Service's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+29080'}[18].
  • The Postal Service's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22119'}[19].
  • The Postal Service's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+27988'}[20].
  • The Postal Service's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+28901'}[21].
  • The Postal Service's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+24800'}[22].
  • The Postal Service's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+27300'}[23].

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Founding

2001 marks the founding of The Postal Service[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as Seattle[14].

Why It Matters

The Postal Service ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,746 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Sub Pop United States United States Postal Service

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.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Has part(s) → Ben Gibbard, Dntel, Jenny Lewis
    Genre → indie pop
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