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hitchhiking

asking people, usually strangers, for a ride in their road vehicle
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Summary

hitchhiking is an activity[1]. hitchhiking draws 2,612 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #45 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: carpooling[3]
  • Commons category: Hitchhiking[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hitchhiking[5]
  • Practiced by: hitchhiker[6]

Body

Influence

Things named for hitchhiking include Hitch-Hike[7], a film[8], directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile[9] and genetic hitchhiking[10].

Why It Matters

hitchhiking has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] hitchhiking is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for hitchhiking include Hitch-Hike[7], a film[8], directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile[9] and genetic hitchhiking[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . 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. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hitchhiking_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hitchhiking}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hitchhiking}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-19}}
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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. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hitchhiking
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hitchhiking, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289937806|hitchhiking (#289937806)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 16w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → hitchhiking
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: hitchhiking, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144660069|hitchhiking (#144660069)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Direct"
  3. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0221070-autostop
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0221070-autostop, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → activity
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Hitchhiking
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 7008, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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