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soap opera

Summary

soap opera is a television series genre[1]. It draws 5,802 Wikipedia views per month (television_series_genre category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • soap opera's instance of is recorded as television series genre[3].
  • soap opera's instance of is recorded as radio genre[4].
  • soap opera is a type of drama television series[5].
  • soap opera is a type of melodrama[6].
  • soap opera is a type of serial drama[7].
  • soap opera's Commons category is recorded as Soap operas[8].
  • soap opera's said to be the same as is recorded as telenovela[9].
  • soap opera's said to be the same as is recorded as téléroman[10].
  • soap opera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Soap operas[11].
  • soap opera's partially coincident with is recorded as serial drama[12].
  • soap opera's different from is recorded as television opera[13].
  • soap opera's hashtag is recorded as soaps[14].
  • soap opera's exact match is recorded as http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/subjectcode/01016001[15].
  • soap opera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include television series genre[3] and radio genre[4]. Recorded subclass of include drama television series[5], melodrama[6], and serial drama[7].

Why It Matters

soap opera draws 5,802 Wikipedia views per month (television_series_genre category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → television series genre, radio genre
    Partially coincident with → serial drama
    Said to be the same as → telenovela, téléroman
    Allmovie genre id → subgenre/d2076
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 388, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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