Shodan

American web search engine
Organization company Q10788800
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Summary

Shodan is a company[1]. Shodan ranks in the top 4% of company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,538 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shodan is in the country of United States[3].
  • Shodan is in the country of FI[4].
  • Shodan's instance of is recorded as company[5].
  • Shodan's instance of is recorded as IP search engine[6].
  • Shodan's instance of is recorded as Firefox extension[7].
  • Shodan's founder is recorded as John Matherly[8].
  • Shodan's chief executive officer is recorded as John Matherly[9].
  • Shodan's Commons category is recorded as Shodan[10].
  • January 1, 2009 marks the founding of Shodan[11].
  • 2024-01-03 marks the founding of Shodan[12].
  • Shodan's official website is recorded as https://www.shodan.io/[13].
  • Shodan's email address is recorded as mailto:support@shodan.io[14].
  • Shodan's legal form is recorded as DKUW[15].
  • Shodan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+58167'}[16].
  • Shodan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+88345'}[17].
  • Shodan's Mastodon instance URL is recorded as https://mastodon.shodan.io[18].

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Founding

Shodan's founder is recorded as John Matherly[8]. Recorded inception include January 1, 2009[11] and 2024-01-03[12].

Leadership

Shodan's chief executive officer is recorded as John Matherly[9].

Why It Matters

Shodan ranks in the top 4% of company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,538 views/month).[2] Shodan has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Shodan is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . shodan.io. Retrieved . shodan.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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