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The Register

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Summary

The Register is a website[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (778 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Mike Magee[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Genre: technology journalism[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Industry: journalism[7]
  • Inception: 1994[8]
  • Official website: https://www.theregister.com/[9]
  • Main subject: software[10], computer[11]
  • Web feed URL: https://www.theregister.com/headlines.atom[12]
  • Alexa rank: 6379[13]
  • Search formatter URL: https://search.theregister.com/?q=$1[14]
  • Social media followers: 96,831[15], 100,581[16], 102,910[17]
  • DuckDuckGo bang: theregister[18], elreg[19], register[20]

Why It Matters

The Register has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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