Google

American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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Google was founded on September 4, 1998. [1] It was co-founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. [2] The company offers products including Google Search, Software tools, Google Voice, Google Ads, search engine, and Gemini.

Google

Summary

Google is a business[1]. Google ranks in the top 0.0034% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703,663 views/month, #1 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Google received the BigBrotherAwards[3].
  • Google received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4].
  • Google received the National Prize in Digital Media[5].
  • Google received the Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6].
  • Google received the National Design Awards[7].
  • Google received the Big Brother Awards[8].
  • Google is in the country of United States[9].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as business[10].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as technology company[11].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as identity provider[12].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as public company[13].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as online service[14].
  • Google's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .google[15].
  • Google's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .goog[16].
  • Google's founder is recorded as Sergey Brin[17].
  • Google's founder is recorded as Larry Page[18].
  • googol is named after Google[19].
  • Barney Google is named after Google[20].
  • Google's headquarters location is recorded as Mountain View[21].
  • Google's headquarters location is recorded as Googleplex[22].
  • Google's chief executive officer is recorded as Sundar Pichai[23].
  • Google's child organization or unit is recorded as AdMob[24].
  • Google's child organization or unit is recorded as DoubleClick[25].
  • Google's child organization or unit is recorded as On2 Technologies[26].
  • Google's child organization or unit is recorded as Picnik, Inc.[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Sergey Brin[17] and Larry Page[18].

Identity

Part of include list of companies involved in the Gaza war[28] and Big Tech[29].

Leadership

Google's chief executive officer is recorded as Sundar Pichai[23].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Mountain View[21], a city of California[30], in United States[31] and Googleplex[22], a building complex[32], in United States[33]. Subsidiaries include AdMob[24], a business[34], in United States[35], founded in 2006[36], headquartered in Mountain View[37]; DoubleClick[25], a business[38], in United States[39], founded in 1996[40], headquartered in New York City[41]; On2 Technologies[26], a business[42], in United States[43], founded in 1992[44], headquartered in New York City[45]; Picnik, Inc.[27], a former entity[46], in United States[47], headquartered in Seattle[48]; YouTube LLC[49], a company[50], in United States[51], headquartered in San Bruno[52]; and Waze[53], a mobile app[54], founded in 2010[55].

Recognition

Awards received include BigBrotherAwards[3]; Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], a class of award[56], in Spain[57], founded in 1981[58]; National Prize in Digital Media[5], an award[59], in Spain[60]; Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6]; National Design Awards[7], an award[61], in United States[62], founded in 2000[63]; and Big Brother Awards[8], a Big Brother Awards[64], in Finland[65].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Google include Proceratium google[66] and Googlepedia[67].

Why It Matters

Google ranks in the top 0.0034% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703,663 views/month, #1 of 29,529).[2] Google has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Google is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[70], a public company[71], in Russia[72], founded in 1997[73], headquartered in Moscow[74].

Google is credited with the discovery of Google Takeout[75], a project[76], founded in 2011[77]. Works attributed to Google include Chromium Embedded Framework[78], a software framework[79], founded in 2008[80]; Google Patents[81], a search engine[82]; and Google Fusion Tables[83], a website[84]. Entities named for Google include Proceratium google[66] and Googlepedia[67].

FAQs

What awards did Google receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], National Prize in Digital Media[5], and Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6].

Who did Google influence?

Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[70].

What did Google discover?

Google is credited as discoverer of Google Takeout[75].

References

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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. 5d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'am', 'ami', 'ang', 'ann', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', '
    J-global id → 200906047946720154
    Sitelink count → 211
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7783]]: 200906047946720154, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262139165|Google (#262139165)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBAL techn"
  2. 10d ago · Александр Сигачёв · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia portal id → google-mediakorporatsiia-0f535f
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11514]]: google-mediakorporatsiia-0f535f, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/160348761|Google (компания) (#160348761)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/ca"
  3. 19d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikikids id → Google_LLC, Google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12086]]: Google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/312956247|Google (#312956247)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8336|WikiKids]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 24d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14560 → 468
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14560]]: 468, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294596922|Google (#294596922)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8077|Taiwan Central News Agency ("
  5. 26d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → google
    Part of → list of companies involved in the Gaza war, Big Tech
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3509]]: google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/22881477|Google (#22881477)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'match"
  6. 26d ago · Lysdo · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → google
    Part of → list of companies involved in the Gaza war, Big Tech
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q3122864]]"
  7. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → C78E-82DF-AEF1-3B8C-A673
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: C78E-82DF-AEF1-3B8C-A673, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  8. 6w ago · Tcit · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    Autonomous system number → 15169, 13949, 16550 +23
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3797]]: 43515"
  9. 8w ago · يزن البلوي · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P154]]: Google Favicon 2025.svg"
  10. 9w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology--media-a, https://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/google/
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Google, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  11. 10w ago · Tcit · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tos;dr service id → 182
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8525]]: 182"
  12. 11w ago · Sadads · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 183
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14350]]: 183, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297028929|Google (#297028929)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Rights Wiki articl"
  13. 11w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1tlQ2A, 61Oj5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  14. 12w ago · A876 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://about.google/, https://about.google/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://about.google/"
  15. 12w ago · DevKinoBR · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology--media-a, https://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/google/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/google/"
  16. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213752986|Google (#213752986)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung topic"
  17. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → google-firm, google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934026|google (#289934026)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  18. 14w ago · Mykhal · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1344]]: [[Q24632656]], rather irrelevant (linking it from the opposite side would be less disputable)"
  19. 15w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-TpeS-KRTo-CjuA
    Part of → list of companies involved in the Gaza war, Big Tech
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q3122864]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q30748112]] → [[Q3122864]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q30748112_Q31228"
  20. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0247275-Google-firma
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0247275-Google-firma, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  21. 16w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmaffinity person and company id → 272545672
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12153]]: 272545672"
  22. 17w ago · Luamssuk · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14409 → 60006191
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14409]]: 60006191"
  23. 18w ago · Kylespaski · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P154]]: Google logo (1998-1999).svg"
  24. 18w ago · Kylespaski · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P154]]: Google 2026 logo.svg"
  25. 18w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P154]]: Google logo (2013-2015).svg"
  26. 19w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → google-firm, google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: google-firm, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934027|google firm (#289934027)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  27. 20w ago · Wolverène · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Telegram username → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P3789]]: googl, ----- not an official account"
  28. 20w ago · WiK14ot0g · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1344]]: [[Q139583174]]"
  29. 22w ago · M2545 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Society for Geoinformatics, GeoIT and Navigation e.V., Computer & Communications Industry Association, Alpha-Omega +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q123944536]], +DCC member ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/f2f53231aa0|details]])"
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