headphone

small loudspeakers worn on the head for listening to music or for communications purposes
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headphone

Summary

headphone is an audio equipment[1]. headphone draws 1,556 Wikipedia views per month (audio_equipment category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • headphone is credited with the discovery of Ernest Mercadier[3].
  • headphone's instance of is recorded as audio equipment[4].
  • headphone's instance of is recorded as accessory[5].
  • headphone is a type of loudspeaker[6].
  • headphone's Commons category is recorded as Headphones[7].
  • headphone's Unicode character is recorded as 🎧[8].
  • headphone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Headphones[9].
  • headphone's Commons gallery is recorded as Headphones[10].
  • headphone's different from is recorded as handset[11].
  • headphone's different from is recorded as headset[12].
  • headphone's different from is recorded as earphone[13].
  • headphone's different from is recorded as sound transducer[14].
  • headphone's different from is recorded as in-ear monitor[15].
  • headphone's MCN code is recorded as 8518.30.00[16].
  • headphone's uses is recorded as sound transducer[17].
  • headphone's studied by is recorded as audiology[18].
  • headphone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health[19].
  • headphone's P6009 is recorded as 7551[20].
  • headphone's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+948168'}[21].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include audio equipment[4] and accessory[5].

Why It Matters

headphone draws 1,556 Wikipedia views per month (audio_equipment category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] headphone has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] headphone is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . 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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_headphone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{headphone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/headphone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by audiology
    Local thumb
    Has effect ['Q1475712', 'Q2230578']
    Subclass of loudspeaker
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11926, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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