WRITER

Anne Applebaum

1964 - Today

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Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964) is an American and naturalized-Polish journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She has worked at The Economist and The Spectator, and was a member of the editorial board of The Washington Post (2002–2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Applebaum has received more than 1,525,961 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Anne Applebaum is the 3,090th most popular writer (down from 2,895th in 2019), the 3,906th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,791st in 2019) and the 336th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Between East and West
Description and travel, Journeys
1994
Iron Curtain
2012
Red Famine
2018
BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
1995
Gulag
Politics and government, Concentration camps, Prisons
2003

Page views of Anne Applebaums by language

Over the past year Anne Applebaum has had the most page views in the with 217,284 views, followed by Polish (148,653), and German (24,908). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (231.51%), Latin (56.44%), and Mirandese (49.88%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Applebaum ranks 3,090 out of 7,302. Before her are Elia Levita, Mastoureh Ardalan, Kondraty Ryleyev, Vicente Huidobro, Susanna Tamaro, and Marie-Joseph Chénier. After her are Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Hermann Rauschning, Walter Hasenclever, Jojo Moyes, Dracontius, and Charlie Kaufman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Anne Applebaum ranks 124. Before her are Lee Jae-myung, Bjarne Riis, Michelle Fairley, Doug Savant, Heike Drechsler, and Gerald Vanenburg. After her are Andi Deris, Diana Krall, Anthony Delon, Aviv Kochavi, Miodrag Belodedici, and Jennifer Doudna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anne Applebaum ranks 3,906 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Sharkey (1902), Edwin Sutherland (1883), Kathleen Freeman (1919), Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), and Charles P. Thacker (1943). After her are Tommy Franks (1945), John Rogan (1867), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Clarence Thomas (1948), Nick Bollettieri (1931), and Hope Lange (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Anne Applebaum ranks 336. Before her are David Foster Wallace (1962), Jim Rohn (1930), John Perkins (1945), Donna Tartt (1963), Gregory Corso (1930), and Lois Lowry (1937). After her are Charlie Kaufman (1958), Steve Berry (1955), Henrietta Szold (1860), Mike Mentzer (1951), Marianne Williamson (1952), and Edward Gorey (1925).

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