Whole Earth Catalog

American counterculture publication
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Whole Earth Catalog
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Whole Earth Catalog

Summary

Whole Earth Catalog is a catalogue[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of catalogue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whole Earth Catalog's instance of is recorded as catalogue[3].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's instance of is recorded as magazine[4].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's founder is recorded as Stewart Brand[5].
  • Whole Earth Catalog is associated with the hippie movement[6].
  • Whole Earth Catalog is associated with the counterculture movement[7].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's place of publication is recorded as California[8].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's Commons category is recorded as Whole Earth Catalog[9].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's archives at is recorded as Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives[11].
  • September 1, 1968 marks the founding of Whole Earth Catalog[12].
  • Whole Earth Catalog ended on 1998[13].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's work available at URL is recorded as https://wholeearth.info/[14].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Know your tools'}[15].
  • Whole Earth Catalog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whole Earth Catalog'}[16].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include catalogue[3] and magazine[4].

History and Context

September 1, 1968 marks the founding of Whole Earth Catalog[12].

Why It Matters

Whole Earth Catalog ranks in the top 2% of catalogue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'pt', 'ta', 'z
    Gnd id → 1078229813
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 15w ago · PARAKANYAA · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Internet archive id → pub_whole-earth-catalog, pub_whole-earth
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P724]]: pub_whole-earth"
  3. 17w ago · RosePickfair · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Whole Earth Catalog wordmark.svg
    Archives at → Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    End time → —
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P154]]: Whole Earth Catalog wordmark.svg"
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