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Yahoo

Summary

Yahoo is a web portal[1]. Yahoo ranks in the top 3% of web_portal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,162 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yahoo received the Silver Anvil Award[3].
  • Yahoo is in the country of United States[4].
  • Yahoo's instance of is recorded as web portal[5].
  • Yahoo's instance of is recorded as web service[6].
  • Yahoo's founder is recorded as David Filo[7].
  • Yahoo's founder is recorded as Jerry Yang[8].
  • Yahoo is owned by Yahoo Inc.[9].
  • Yahoo is operated by Yahoo Inc.[10].
  • Yahoo's headquarters location is recorded as Sunnyvale[11].
  • Yahoo's Commons category is recorded as Yahoo![12].
  • Yahoo's industry is recorded as web portal[13].
  • January 1994 marks the founding of Yahoo[14].
  • Yahoo's location of formation is recorded as Sunnyvale[15].
  • Yahoo's significant event is recorded as Yahoo! data breaches[16].
  • Yahoo's significant event is recorded as 2012 Yahoo! Voices hack[17].
  • Yahoo's significant event is recorded as Yahoo 2013 data breach[18].
  • Yahoo's significant event is recorded as Yahoo 2014 data breach[19].
  • Yahoo's official website is recorded as https://www.yahoo.com/[20].
  • Yahoo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yahoo![21].
  • Yahoo's Commons gallery is recorded as Yahoo![22].
  • Yahoo's topic has template is recorded as template:YahooTV show[23].
  • Yahoo's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}[24].
  • Yahoo's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[25].
  • Yahoo's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[26].
  • Yahoo's owner of is recorded as Q384060[27].

Body

Reception

Yahoo received the Silver Anvil Award[3].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Yahoo include YAHOO! Search Popularity Award[28].

Why It Matters

Yahoo ranks in the top 3% of web_portal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,162 views/month).[2] Yahoo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Yahoo is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Works attributed to Yahoo include Yahoo! Groups[31], a website[32], founded in 2001[33]; Yahoo! Live[34], a website[35], founded in 2008[36]; and Yahoo! Teachers[37], a website[38], founded in 2007[39]. Entities named for Yahoo include YAHOO! Search Popularity Award[28].

FAQs

What awards did Yahoo receive?

Honors received include Silver Anvil Award[3].

Related Entities

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . apps.prsa.org. Retrieved . apps.prsa.org. Provenance: 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] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bloomberg.com. Retrieved . bloomberg.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . whois.icann.org. whois.icann.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . alexa.com. alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexaresearch.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → Yahoo!
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: Yahoo!, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294328453|Yahoo! (#294328453)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 26d ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Yahoo!
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Yahoo!"
  3. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Yahoo!
    Founder → David Filo, Jerry Yang
    Industry → web portal
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: money/Yahoo-Inc"
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