PRESENTER

Brian Williams

1959 - Today

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Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American retired journalist and television news anchor. He was a correspondent for NBC Nightly News starting in 1993, before his promotion to anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in 2004.In February 2015, Williams was suspended by NBC News for six months for "misrepresent[ing] events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003". Four months after the incident came to light, the network removed him from NBC Nightly News permanently and reassigned him as the breaking news anchor for MSNBC.In September 2016, Williams became the host of MSNBC's political news show, The 11th Hour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Williams has received more than 5,903,863 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Brian Williams is the 102nd most popular presenter (down from 94th in 2019), the 15,541st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,674th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brian Williams by language

Over the past year Brian Williams has had the most page views in the with 444,242 views, followed by Spanish (6,417), and Japanese (3,709). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (102.14%), Japanese (68.90%), and Simple English (55.48%)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Brian Williams ranks 102 out of 143. Before him are Wendy Williams, Derek Muller, Marc Maron, Charlie Brooker, Maria Menounos, and Master P. After him are Michael Cole, Rachel Maddow, Geoff Keighley, Howard K. Smith, Caroline Flack, and Ralph Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Brian Williams ranks 730. Before him are Bert Cameron, Mark Patton, Charles Kennedy, Vicky Ntetema, Sergei Alifirenko, and Winona LaDuke. After him are Marc Cohn, Michael Almereyda, Mircea Fulger, Steven Strogatz, Denise Curry, and Stan Van Gundy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Williams ranks 15,541 out of 20,380. Before him are Rex J. Walheim (1962), Jesse Hughes (1972), Jake Lacy (1985), Zell Miller (1932), Betsy Nagelsen (1956), and Mark N. Brown (1951). After him are Jordan Clarkson (1992), Tom Hall (1964), Lou Antonio (1934), Katrina Bowden (1988), Kali Rocha (1971), and Terry Hart (1946).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Brian Williams ranks 49. Before him are Don Cornelius (1936), Dennis Miller (1953), Wendy Williams (1964), Marc Maron (1963), Maria Menounos (1978), and Master P (1970). After him are Michael Cole (1968), Rachel Maddow (1973), Howard K. Smith (1914), Ralph Edwards (1913), Perez Hilton (1978), and David Brinkley (1920).

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