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Which came first: Dungeons & Dragons or IKEA?

IKEA came first, in 1943 (founded). Dungeons & Dragons followed 31 years later, in 1974 (published).

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  1. Second1974

    Dungeons & Dragons

    game · published

    Dungeons & Dragons was first published in 1974, in a box of three small booklets.

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  2. First1943

    IKEA

    company · founded

    IKEA was founded in 1943 by a 17-year-old as a mail-order business; it only began selling furniture five years later.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.