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A. O. Scott

1966 - Today

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Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and cultural critic, known for his film and literary criticism. After starting his career at The New York Review of Books, Variety, and Slate, he began writing film reviews for The New York Times in 2000, and became the paper's chief film critic in 2004, a title he shared with Manohla Dargis. In 2023, he moved to The New York Times Book Review. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. O. Scott has received more than 792,291 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). A. O. Scott is the 179th most popular journalist (down from 143rd in 2019), the 17,980th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,642nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Journalist.

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  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, A. O. Scott ranks 179 out of 196. Before him are Katsiaryna Barysevich, Andrew Breitbart, Victoria Marinova, Chris Cuomo, Nancy Grace, and Lauren Booth. After him are Sevgil Musayeva, Jacob Appelbaum, Lester Holt, Mohammed Nabbous, Asma al-Ghul, and Katsyaryna Andreeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, A. O. Scott ranks 883. Before him are Nadeem Aslam, Rochelle Stevens, Marcos Antonio Menezes Godoi, Danny Ferry, Stefan Molyneux, and Karen Percy. After him are Noam Elkies, Robin Fraser, Mindy Cohn, Anthony Washington, Puri Jagannadh, and Bruce Gilley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, A. O. Scott ranks 17,980 out of 20,380. Before him are Hari Nef (1992), Nicole Haislett (1972), Yvonne Zima (1989), Amanda Fuller (1984), Joe Mauer (1983), and Lee Nguyen (1986). After him are Sean B. Carroll (1960), Emory Cohen (1990), Ireland Baldwin (1995), Morgan York (1993), Lolo Jones (1982), and Katie Aselton (1978).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, A. O. Scott ranks 49. Before him are Janet Maslin (1949), Tim Russert (1950), Michael Wolff (1953), Andrew Breitbart (1969), Chris Cuomo (1970), and Nancy Grace (1959). After him are Jacob Appelbaum (1983), Lester Holt (1959), Jim Acosta (1971), Nate Silver (1978), Steven Crowder (1987), and Peter Travers (2000).

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