WRITER

Anita Sarkeesian

1983 - Today

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Anita Sarkeesian (; born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic and public speaker. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. She has received particular attention for her video series Tropes vs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anita Sarkeesian has received more than 2,311,642 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Anita Sarkeesian is the 5,516th most popular writer (down from 4,808th in 2019), the 686th most popular biography from Canada (down from 664th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 2.3M

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  • 50.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 5,516 out of 5,794. Before her are Carl Hiaasen, Maja Haderlap, James Patrick Kelly, Nic Pizzolatto, Petr Zelenka, and Ed Bradley. After her are Marie Darrieussecq, Robert C. Cooper, Jenny Erpenbeck, Paolo Bacigalupi, Dimitris Lyacos, and Wilma Mankiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 295. Before her are Hillary Scott, Jelena Tomašević, Mary Kom, Romeo Castelen, Simon Eder, and Gregory Smith. After her are Saadet Aksoy, Lima, Verónica Echegui, Marcos Maidana, Philipp Degen, and Bjørn Helge Riise.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 686 out of 1,130. Before her are Ray Bourque (1960), Guy Maddin (1956), Jodelle Ferland (1994), François Arnaud (1985), Coco Rocha (1988), and Gregory Smith (1983). After her are Gina Holden (1975), Robert C. Cooper (1968), Cas Anvar (1966), Sasha Clements (1990), Lee Aaron (1962), and Jade Raymond (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Anita Sarkeesian ranks 36. Before her are Mark Strand (1934), Farley Mowat (1921), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Gregory Colbert (1960), Timothy Findley (1930), and Cory Doctorow (1971). After her are Robert C. Cooper (1968), Geoff Ryman (1951), and Eleanor Catton (1985).

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