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Welcome to Night Vale

fiction podcast by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
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Welcome to Night Vale

Summary

Welcome to Night Vale is a podcast show[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of podcast_show entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,547 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Welcome to Night Vale's instance of is recorded as podcast show[3].
  • Jeffrey Cranor wrote the screenplay for Welcome to Night Vale[4].
  • Joseph Fink wrote the screenplay for Welcome to Night Vale[5].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's composer is recorded as Jon Bernstein[6].
  • Welcome to Night Vale was published by Night Vale Presents[7].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is supernatural podcast[8].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is surreal comedy podcast[9].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is deadpan podcast[10].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is absurdist podcast[11].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is mystery podcast[12].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is news satire podcast[13].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is magic realist podcast[14].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is science fiction podcast[15].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is LGBT podcast[16].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is existentialist literature[17].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is weird fiction[18].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is comedy fiction podcast[19].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's genre is fiction podcast[20].
  • Welcome to Night Vale was produced by Jeffrey Cranor[21].
  • Welcome to Night Vale was produced by Joseph Fink[22].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's Commons category is recorded as Welcome to Night Vale[23].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's language of work or name is recorded as English[24].
  • Welcome to Night Vale was distributed by audio podcast[25].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's review score is recorded as 4.396039603960396/5[26].
  • Welcome to Night Vale's original broadcaster is recorded as Night Vale Presents[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Welcome to Night Vale was published by Night Vale Presents[7]. Producers include Jeffrey Cranor[21] and Joseph Fink[22]. Screenwriters include Jeffrey Cranor[4] and Joseph Fink[5].

Publication

Welcome to Night Vale's language of work or name is recorded as English[24]. Genres include supernatural podcast[8], surreal comedy podcast[9], deadpan podcast[10], absurdist podcast[11], mystery podcast[12], and news satire podcast[13]. It was distributed by audio podcast[25].

Reception

Welcome to Night Vale's review score is recorded as 4.396039603960396/5[26].

Why It Matters

Welcome to Night Vale ranks in the top 7% of podcast_show entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,547 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Apple Podcasts. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Podchaser. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 20h ago · Back ache · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru', 'uk']
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+380'}
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 12w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → Before Time Began
    Original broadcaster → Night Vale Presents
    Theme music → The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt, The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt, The Ballad of Haydon and Prideaux +1
    Distribution format → audio podcast
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40005|batch #40005]]: more tv series identifiers"
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