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Brandon Sanderson

1975 - Today

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Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, are set. Outside of the Cosmere, he has written several young adult and juvenile series including The Reckoners, the Skyward series, and the Alcatraz series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brandon Sanderson has received more than 8,184,923 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Brandon Sanderson is the 3,767th most popular writer (down from 3,452nd in 2019), the 4,826th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,562nd in 2019) and the 401st most popular American Writer.

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  • 8.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brandon Sanderson ranks 3,767 out of 7,302. Before him are Samad Behrangi, Yuli Daniel, Chögyam Trungpa, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Alaiza Pashkevich, and Dares Phrygius. After him are Angelo de Gubernatis, Adile Sultan, Brendan Behan, Nick Hornby, Mary Renault, and Ferdinand Freiligrath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Brandon Sanderson ranks 75. Before him are Taika Waititi, Paula Patton, Daron Malakian, Walid Regragui, Veselin Topalov, and Jamie Oliver. After him are Aron Ralston, Rubén Baraja, Andrea Agnelli, Míchel, Estas Tonne, and Igor Dodon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brandon Sanderson ranks 4,826 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), Sam Jaffe (1891), William Sanderson (1944), Stephen Collins (1947), Ed Begley (1901), and Tony Hawk (1968). After him are Helen Fisher (1945), George Bellows (1882), Jackie Wilson (1934), Robert Monroe (1915), Greg Mankiw (1958), and Richard Petty (1937).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Brandon Sanderson ranks 401. Before him are Janet Asimov (1926), James A. Michener (1907), Og Mandino (1923), John Gray (1951), Hal Clement (1922), and Marilyn French (1929). After him are Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Francis Scott Key (1779), Henry Adams (1838), David Brin (1950), and James Russell Lowell (1819).

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