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ad blocker

software that can remove or alter advertising content from a web page, website, or a mobile app
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ad blocker

Summary

ad blocker ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ad blocker's subclass of is recorded as software[2].
  • ad blocker's has use is recorded as protection[3].
  • ad blocker's Commons category is recorded as Adblocking[4].
  • ad blocker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048tw4[5].
  • ad blocker's has cause is recorded as online advertising[6].
  • ad blocker's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adblocking[7].
  • ad blocker's described by source is recorded as Federal Bureau of Investigation[8].
  • ad blocker's has immediate cause is recorded as online advertising[9].
  • ad blocker's BBC Things ID is recorded as b978e4a5-7ce9-4007-8da1-45eb57d66c68[10].
  • ad blocker's hashtag is recorded as adblocker[11].
  • ad blocker's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/ad_blocker[12].
  • ad blocker's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779168726[13].
  • ad blocker's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-138119[14].
  • ad blocker's GitHub topic is recorded as adblock[15].
  • ad blocker's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as ad-blocking[16].

Why It Matters

ad blocker ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . ic3.gov.. ic3.gov.. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Know Your Meme. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ad blocker. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ad-blocker
MLA “ad blocker.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ad-blocker.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ad-blocker_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ad blocker}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ad-blocker}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): ad blocker — https://4ort.xyz/entity/ad-blocker (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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