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APNG

PNG extension for animated images
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APNG

Summary

APNG is a raster-graphics file format[1]. APNG draws 1,208 Wikipedia views per month (raster_graphics_file_format category, ranking #6 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • APNG's instance of is recorded as raster-graphics file format[3].
  • APNG's based on is recorded as Portable Network Graphics[4].
  • APNG's Commons category is recorded as Animated PNG files[5].
  • APNG was released on August 3, 2007[6].
  • APNG began on August 27, 2004[7].
  • APNG's media type is recorded as image/apng[8].
  • APNG's media type is recorded as image/png[9].
  • APNG's file extension is recorded as png[10].
  • APNG's file extension is recorded as apng[11].

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Definition and Type

APNG's instance of is recorded as raster-graphics file format[3].

Why It Matters

APNG draws 1,208 Wikipedia views per month (raster_graphics_file_format category, ranking #6 of 22).[2] APNG has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] APNG is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wiki.mozilla.org. wiki.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . bugzilla.mozilla.org. bugzilla.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). APNG. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/apng
MLA “APNG.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/apng.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_apng_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{APNG}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/apng}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 25d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2007-08-03T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → raster-graphics file format
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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