WRITER

Anita Sarkeesian

1983 - Today

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Anita Sarkeesian ( sar-KEE-zee-ən; born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. Her video series Tropes vs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anita Sarkeesian has received more than 2,705,162 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Anita Sarkeesian is the 7,196th most popular writer (down from 6,392nd in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,031st in 2019) and the 54th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

History vs Women
2018

Page views of Anita Sarkeesians by language

Over the past year Anita Sarkeesian has had the most page views in the with 273,830 views, followed by Russian (21,056), and Spanish (7,465). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (178.82%), Simple English (76.04%), and Portuguese (57.12%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 7,196 out of 7,302. Before her are Matthew Reilly, Sushmita Banerjee, Tanya Malyarchuk, Radoslav Rochallyi, Bill McKibben, and Snooki. After her are Dawid Jung, Josh Singer, Emily St. John Mandel, Sharmila Rege, Kae Tempest, and Peter Craig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 894. Before her are Joey Votto, Vicky McClure, Priscila Fantin, Ben Gordon, Bobby Campo, and Bruno Vale. After her are Jana Kramer, Farid Díaz, Jacobo Sanz, Daniele Gastaldello, Dinei, and Pejman Montazeri.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 1,191 out of 1,622. Before her are Kiesza (1989), Martha MacIsaac (1984), Charles Hamelin (1984), Joey Votto (1983), Jay Triano (1958), and Laura Brown (1986). After her are José Théodore (1976), Carling Bassett-Seguso (1967), Dustin Milligan (1985), Sarah Burke (1982), John Kucera (1984), and Noah Mills (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 54. Before her are Robert C. Cooper (1968), Rachel Cusk (1967), Geoff Ryman (1951), Anne Michaels (1958), Stephanie Savage (1969), and Eleanor Catton (1985). After her are Emily St. John Mandel (1979).

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