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oligopoly

market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers
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Summary

oligopoly ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,052 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: market structure[2]
  • Commons category: Oligopoly[3]
  • Opposite of: oligopsony[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oligopoly[5]
  • Has effect: collusion[6]
  • Has characteristic: interdependence[7], profit maximization[8]
  • Different from: oligarchy[9], oligopsony[10]

Why It Matters

oligopoly has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] oligopoly is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → oligopolies
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: oligopolies, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956553|oligopolies (#289956553)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → oligopolija
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: oligopolija"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0207784-oligopoly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0207784-oligopoly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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