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BookCrossing

the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise
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BookCrossing

Summary

BookCrossing is a website[1]. BookCrossing ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (789 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BookCrossing's instance of is recorded as website[3].
  • BookCrossing's instance of is recorded as organization[4].
  • BookCrossing's Commons category is recorded as BookCrossing[5].
  • January 1, 2001 marks the founding of BookCrossing[6].
  • BookCrossing's official website is recorded as http://www.bookcrossing.com/[7].
  • BookCrossing's official website is recorded as https://bookcrossing.ru/[8].
  • BookCrossing's official website is recorded as https://www.bookcrossing.com/[9].
  • BookCrossing's described at URL is recorded as https://bookcrossing.io/[10].
  • BookCrossing's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+124828'}[11].
  • BookCrossing's hashtag is recorded as BookCrossing[12].

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Founding

January 1, 2001 marks the founding of BookCrossing[6].

Why It Matters

BookCrossing ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (789 views/month).[2] BookCrossing has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] BookCrossing is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

organization website

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). BookCrossing. Retrieved April 5, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bookcrossing
MLA “BookCrossing.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 5 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bookcrossing.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bookcrossing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{BookCrossing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bookcrossing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-05}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): BookCrossing — https://4ort.xyz/entity/bookcrossing (retrieved 2026-04-05)

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Edit History

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  1. 5d ago · Dcxke4vajg8q · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vk username → bookcrossing
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P3185]]: bookcrossing"
  2. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/01tt_j
    Facebook → —
    Hashtag → BookCrossing
    Instagram → —
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29494, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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