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sock puppet

puppet made from sock
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sock puppet

Summary

sock puppet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sock puppet is a type of hand puppet[2].
  • sock puppet's Commons category is recorded as Sock puppets[3].
  • sock puppet's Commons gallery is recorded as Sock puppet[4].

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Definition and Type

sock puppet is a type of hand puppet[2].

Why It Matters

sock puppet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sock puppet. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sock-puppet
MLA “sock puppet.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sock-puppet.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sock-puppet_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sock puppet}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sock-puppet}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → hand puppet
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Harper's tag → sock-puppets
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: sock-puppets, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960159|sock puppets (#289960159)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
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