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Andrew Breitbart

1969 - 2012

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Andrew James Breitbart (; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative journalist and political commentator who was the founder of Breitbart News and a co-founder of HuffPost. After helping in the early stages of HuffPost and the Drudge Report, Breitbart created Breitbart News, a far-right news and opinion website, which has been described as misogynistic, xenophobic, and racist by academics and journalists. Breitbart played central journalistic roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, the firing of Shirley Sherrod, and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Breitbart has received more than 5,553,158 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Andrew Breitbart is the 133rd most popular journalist (down from 118th in 2019), the 15,566th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,853rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Andrew Breitbart ranks 133 out of 127. Before him are Frances Bean Cobain, Steven Sotloff, Lise Rønne, Tim Russert, Timur Miroshnychenko, and Roxana Saberi. After him are Katie Piper, Nina García, Claas Relotius, Rémi Ochlik, Victoria Marinova, and Eliot Higgins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Andrew Breitbart ranks 835. Before him are Victor Alexander, Koji Maeda, Marcio dos Santos Silva, Rob Blake, Valentin Kononen, and Masakazu Koda. After him are James Frey, Nika Futterman, Michelle Smith, Ippei Watanabe, Jens Eriksen, and Marco Villa. Among people deceased in 2012, Andrew Breitbart ranks 464. Before him are Vigor Bovolenta, Jorge Andrés Boero, Leslie Carter, Samia Yusuf Omar, Ajmal Kasab, and Sarah Burke. After him are Rémi Ochlik, Doris Singleton, Ghazala Javed, Jaspal Bhatti, Gary Ablett, and Mark Lenzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Breitbart ranks 15,566 out of 18,182. Before him are Heath Slater (1983), Jacob Pitts (1979), Walt Dohrn (1970), Daveed Diggs (1982), Tim Lincecum (1984), and Josh Ryan Evans (1982). After him are Michelle Maylene (1987), James Frey (1969), Christian Navarro (1991), Scout Taylor-Compton (1989), Jeremy London (1972), and B.o.B. (1988).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Andrew Breitbart ranks 36. Before him are Michael Wolff (1953), Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), Steven Sotloff (1983), Tim Russert (1950), and Roxana Saberi (1977). After him are Jacob Appelbaum (1983), A. O. Scott (1966), Nate Silver (1978), Jim Acosta (1971), Steven Crowder (1987), and Peter Travers (2000).

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