The Spectator

British weekly magazine
Periodical magazine Q1790750
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Summary

The Spectator is a magazine[1]. It ranks in the top 0.51% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,399 views/month, #17 of 3,340).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: politics[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: periodical[5]
  • Editor: Fraser Nelson[6], Boris Johnson[7], Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar[8], Iain Macleod[9], Nigel Lawson[10], Matthew d'Ancona[11], Dominic Lawson[12], Charles Moore[13], Alexander Chancellor[14], Frank Johnson[15], Harold Creighton[16], George Gale[17], Iain Hamilton[18], Walter Taplin[19]
  • Founder: Robert Stephen Rintoul[20]
  • Named after: The Spectator[21]
  • Headquarters location: London[22]
  • Postal code: SW1H 9HP[23]
  • Place of publication: London[24]
  • Child organization or unit: Spectator Australia[25], The Spectator World[26]
  • Commons category: The Spectator[27]
  • Language of work or name: English[28]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[29]
  • Inception: 1828[30]
  • Official website: https://www.spectator.co.uk/[31], https://spectator.com/[32]
  • Title: The Spectator[33]
  • Different from: The Spectator[34]
  • Publication interval: 1 week[35]
  • Street address: 22 Old Queen Street, Westminster, SW1H 9HP[36]
  • Social media followers: 196,036[37], 166,233[38], 231,578[39], 252,404[40]
  • P14397: 4490[41]
  • P14536: 370297[42]

Why It Matters

The Spectator has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Piecesofuk · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 30
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'h
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Owned by: Henry Keswick"
  2. 27d ago · F5152a664a · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.spectator.co.uk/, https://spectator.com/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://spectator.com/"
  3. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 370297
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 370297, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  4. 19w ago · Pigsonthewing · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14397 → 4490
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14397: 4490, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/290072202|Spectator (#290072202)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7918|‎Darwin Correspondents]]"
  5. 20w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Linkedin company or organization id → the-spectator
    Tiktok username → thespectatormagazine
    Youtube channel id → UCJMC-44oT9l97ra5iemDPiA
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: The Spectator, update youtube data ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/ca2c40a43398|details]])"
  6. 21w ago · Raasoz456788 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook username → Spectator1828
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.500999, 'lon': -0.131261}
    Child organization or unit → Spectator Australia, The Spectator World
    Named after → The Spectator
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facebook username: Spectator1828"
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