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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Bram Cohen

1975 - Today

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Bram Cohen is an American computer programmer, best known as the author of the peer-to-peer (P2P) BitTorrent protocol in 2001, as well as the first file sharing program to use the protocol, also known as BitTorrent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bram Cohen has received more than 773,559 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Bram Cohen is the 203rd most popular computer scientist (down from 177th in 2019), the 14,757th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,794th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Bram Cohen ranks 203 out of 201Before him are Brian Acton, Jon Lech Johansen, Ruzena Bajcsy, Jenova Chen, Nancy Lynch, and Bram Moolenaar. After him are Demis Hassabis, Ninoslav Marina, Danny Hillis, Larry Ewing, Katie Bouman, and John Resig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Bram Cohen ranks 596Before him are Anna Gabriel i Sabaté, Patrick Femerling, Kelly, Choi Sung-yong, David Kostelecký, and Pius Ndiefi. After him are José Luis Martí, Daniel Adair, Yan Sen, Quique Álvarez, Kaitlin Olson, and Tatiana Lysenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bram Cohen ranks 14,757 out of 18,182Before him are Kwame Brown (1982), Danny Granger (1983), Teddy Riley (1967), Matthew Lawrence (1980), Candice Michelle (1978), and Carmen Hart (1984). After him are Rebecca Sugar (1987), Kevin P. Chilton (1954), Road Dogg (1969), Dan O'Brien (1966), Elijah Cummings (1951), and Jordana Spiro (1977).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Bram Cohen ranks 107Before him are Hans Reiser (1963), Craig Federighi (1969), Shawn Fanning (1980), John Ousterhout (1954), Brian Acton (1972), and Nancy Lynch (1948). After him are Danny Hillis (1956), Katie Bouman (1989), John Resig (1984), David Karp (1986), Blake Ross (1985), and Virgil Griffith (1983).