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Internet Archive

U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive
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Summary

Internet Archive is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,949 views/month, #5 of 3,287).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: web archiving[3], digital preservation[4]
  • Creator: Brewster Kahle[5]
  • Award received: FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit[6], DPC Fellowship Award[7], ProjectUil[8]
  • Member of: American Library Association[9], Digital Library Federation[10], Digital Preservation Coalition[11], Biodiversity Heritage Library[12], Project ReShare[13], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[14], Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association[15], Coalition for Networked Information[16], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[17], National Digital Stewardship Alliance[18], Communia[19], International Internet Preservation Consortium[20], Massachusetts History Alliance[21], Open Heritage Coalition[22]
  • Country: United States[23]
  • Instance of: digital library[24], web archive[25], community organization[26]
  • Founder: Brewster Kahle[27]
  • Owned by: Brewster Kahle[28]
  • Headquarters location: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist[29]
  • Location: Richmond[30], San Francisco[31], United States[32], Egypt[33], Netherlands[34]
  • Child organization or unit: Internet Archive Europe[35]
  • Commons category: Internet Archive[36]
  • Chairperson: Brewster Kahle[37]
  • Inception: May 1996[38]
  • Significant event: Hachette v. Internet Archive[39]
  • Official website: https://archive.org/[40], https://archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion/[41]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Internet Archive[42]
  • Email address: mailto:info@archive.org[43]
  • Described at URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/internet-archive-emergency-lending-library.html[44]
  • Web feed URL: https://blog.archive.org/feed/atom/[45], https://blog.archive.org/feed/[46]
  • Product or material produced: Cover Art Archive[47]
  • Employees: 122[48]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[49]
  • Topic has template: Template:Internet Archive navbox[50]
  • Published in: Open Heritage Companion[51]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Distributor[52]

  • Country: US[53]

  • Began / founded: 1996-05-10[54]

  • Community tags: digital music, free music[55]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 44eb567e-3e38-4936-ba6c-751e2627e649[56]

Body

Identity

Internet Archive's short name is recorded as IA[57].

Why It Matters

Internet Archive has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

FAQs

What awards did Internet Archive receive?

Honors received include FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit[6], DPC Fellowship Award[7], and ProjectUil[8].

Related Entities

Aaron Swartz Angelique Rockas Brewster Kahle Claire Elaina digital preservation Edward Betts Egypt End of Term Web Archive GitHub Archive Program Gordon Mohr Greg Lindahl Joey Hess Kedar Joshi Netherlands PetaBox Scribe Software Sergio Maltagliati United States Wayforward Machine web archiving website

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . fsf.org. Retrieved . fsf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . dpconline.org. Retrieved . dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [10] ↑ . clir.org. Retrieved . clir.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [11] ↑ . dpconline.org. Retrieved . dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [12] ↑ . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [13] ↑ . projectreshare.org. Retrieved . projectreshare.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [14] ↑ . ifla.org. Retrieved . ifla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [15] ↑ . oaspa.org. Retrieved . oaspa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [16] ↑ . cni.org. Retrieved . cni.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [17] ↑ . sparcopen.org. Retrieved . sparcopen.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [18] ↑ . ndsa.org. Retrieved . ndsa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [19] ↑ . communia-association.org. Retrieved . communia-association.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [20] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [21] ↑ . masshistoryalliance.org. Retrieved . masshistoryalliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . blog.archive.org. Retrieved . blog.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . projects.propublica.org. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 17 February 2022. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . 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. 3d ago · Psychpsyo · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → Brewster Kahle
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Owned by: Brewster Kahle"
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    App store developer id → 1197048903
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ App store developer id: 1197048903"
  3. 9w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14655 → internet-archive
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14655: internet-archive, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300149388|Internet Archive (#300149388)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8203|‎Open"
  4. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/internet-a
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Internet_Archive, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  5. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; replace property ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  6. 11w ago · Nintendofan885 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Internet Archive navbox
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Topic has template: Template:Internet Archive navbox, Moving from Archive.org"
  7. 11w ago · Nintendofan885 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant place → —
    Search formatter url → —
    Owner of → Archive.org, Wayback Machine, Open Library
    Different from → ArXiv, web archive, Archive.today +4
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Significant place: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Moving to Archive.org"
  8. 11w ago · Nintendofan885 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → nonprofit organization, digital library, web archive +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: website, Moving to Archive.org"
  9. 12w ago · Sadads · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 2971
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Consumer rights wiki article id: 2971, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297029037|Internet Archive (#297029037)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Cons"
  10. 13w ago · Conbene · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → Open Heritage Companion
    Wikidata description → U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Published in: Open Heritage Companion, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260640|batch #260640]]"
  11. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → uXmx2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37385|batch #37385]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541)"
  12. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → internet-archive-firm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: internet-archive-firm, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936634|internet archive firm (#289936634)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  13. 18w ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total revenue → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+13401859'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+13080681'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+14000000'} +9
    Described at url → https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/internet-a
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at url: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Internet_Archive"
  14. 23w ago · Mondo · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → —
    Freebase id → /m/017_n0
    Niconicopedia id → —
    Mastodon instance url → —
    + 268 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Total revenue: 30,547,311 United States dollar"
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