APNG

PNG extension for animated images
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APNG

Summary

APNG is a raster-graphics file format[1]. APNG draws 336 Wikipedia views per month (raster_graphics_file_format category, ranking #6 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • APNG's image is recorded as Animated PNG example bouncing beach ball.png[3].
  • APNG's instance of is recorded as raster-graphics file format[4].
  • APNG's based on is recorded as Portable Network Graphics[5].
  • APNG's Commons category is recorded as Animated PNG files[6].
  • APNG's publication date is recorded as +2007-08-03T00:00:00Z[7].
  • APNG's start time is recorded as +2004-08-27T00:00:00Z[8].
  • APNG's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03sbhz[9].
  • APNG's media type is recorded as image/apng[10].
  • APNG's media type is recorded as image/png[11].
  • APNG's file extension is recorded as png[12].
  • APNG's file extension is recorded as apng[13].
  • APNG's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/935[14].
  • APNG's Library of Congress Format Description Document ID is recorded as fdd000649[15].
  • APNG's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as APNG[16].
  • APNG's schematic is recorded as Apng assembling.svg[17].
  • APNG's Fandom article ID is recorded as htmlcss:APNG[18].
  • APNG's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 136334151[19].
  • APNG's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as apng[20].
  • APNG's Mozilla Developer Network article is recorded as Mozilla/Tech/APNG[21].
  • APNG's Can I use feature ID is recorded as apng[22].
  • APNG's Chrome Platform Status feature ID is recorded as 6691520493125632[23].

Why It Matters

APNG draws 336 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.[24] APNG is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] . wiki.mozilla.org. wiki.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . bugzilla.mozilla.org. bugzilla.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: 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] . caniuse.com. Retrieved . caniuse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 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.
  3. [25] . 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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