DeSmog

news outlet focusing on topics related to global warming
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DeSmog

Summary

DeSmog is a website[1]. DeSmog ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • DeSmog's field of work was climate change disinformation[3].
  • DeSmog's field of work was information integrity[4].
  • DeSmog's field of work was climate change[5].
  • DeSmog's field of work was misinformation[6].
  • DeSmog was a member of JournalList[7].
  • DeSmog is in the country of United Kingdom[8].
  • DeSmog's instance of is recorded as website[9].
  • DeSmog's instance of is recorded as environmental organization[10].
  • DeSmog's instance of is recorded as news media[11].
  • DeSmog's founder is recorded as James Hoggan[12].
  • January 2006 marks the founding of DeSmog[13].
  • DeSmog's official website is recorded as http://www.desmogblog.com[14].
  • DeSmog's official website is recorded as https://www.desmog.com/[15].
  • DeSmog's main subject is global warming[16].
  • DeSmog's main subject is climate change disinformation[17].
  • DeSmog's main subject is fact-checking[18].
  • DeSmog's described at URL is recorded as https://www.journalismfund.eu/media/desmog[19].
  • DeSmog's described at URL is recorded as https://minor-foundation.no/desmog-uk-mapping-climate-science-denial[20].
  • DeSmog's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10843[21].
  • DeSmog's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[22].
  • DeSmog's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+279819'}[23].
  • DeSmog's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+94316'}[24].
  • DeSmog's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+97922'}[25].
  • DeSmog's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+89008'}[26].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include climate change disinformation[3]; information integrity[4]; climate change[5], a global problem[27]; and misinformation[6], a Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[28].

Why It Matters

DeSmog ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] DeSmog is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . 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 aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 11d ago · Sadads · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q145]]"
  2. 21d ago · WebRunner95 · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → JournalList
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q122938552]], Update outlet to include JournalList trust.txt membership ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/b9ec826c004|details]])"
  3. 4w ago · Alb1275 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uk parliament thesaurus id → 586575
    Described at url → https://www.journalismfund.eu/media/desmog, https://minor-foundation.no/desmog-uk-mapping-climate-scienc
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4527]]: 586575"
  4. 11w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instagram username → _desmog, desmognews
    Influencewatch id → organization/desmog
    Instance of → —
    Main wikidata property → P10843
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P101]]: [[Q125928]], import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
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