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popcorn

variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up on heating
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Summary

popcorn is an appetizer[1]. popcorn draws 12,415 Wikipedia views per month (appetizer category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: corn kernel[3]
  • Subclass of: snack[4]
  • Commons category: Popcorn[5]
  • Unicode character: 🍿[6]
  • Country of origin: Americas[7]
  • Has part(s): maize[8], butter[9], fish oil[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Popcorn[11]
  • Commons gallery: Popcorn[12]
  • Different from: Popcorn[13]
  • Hashtag: popcorn[14]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for popcorn include Popcorn Time[15], a media player software[16], founded in 2014[17].

Why It Matters

popcorn has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] popcorn is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for popcorn include Popcorn Time[15], a media player software[16], founded in 2014[17].

Related Entities

Illinois

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . 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. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Amazon.com browse node → 16323001
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Amazon.com browse node: 16322991, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787725253157"
  2. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Americas
    Open food facts food category id → popcorn
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Open food facts food category id: popcorn, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787294338286"
  3. 9w ago · ~2026-44309-22 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Americas
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Country of origin: Americas Society"
  4. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → popcorn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: popcorn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950817|popcorn (#289950817)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  5. 15w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/popcorn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/popcorn"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Popcorn
    Country of origin → Americas
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 8702, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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