WRITER

Carter Bays

1975 - Today

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Carter Loard Bays (born August 12, 1975) is an American author, composer and television showrunner. Bays co-created the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother where he served as showrunner, writer and executive producer for all nine seasons. Bays wrote the novel, The Mutual Friend (2022, Dutton Books). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carter Bays has received more than 632,290 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carter Bays is the 7,061st most popular writer (down from 6,293rd in 2019), the 16,161st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,499th in 2019) and the 1,130th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carter Bays ranks 7,061 out of 7,302. Before him are Es'kia Mphahlele, Marguerite Abouet, Han Han, Ann Patchett, Urvashi Butalia, and Cleanth Brooks. After him are Joy Harjo, Dan Stanca, Khosiyat Rustam, Léonora Miano, Allen Drury, and Derrick Jensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Carter Bays ranks 689. Before him are Oleksandr Horyainov, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Pius Ndiefi, Mark Clattenburg, Nikola Prkačin, and Robert Bartko. After him are Ingrid Rubio, Jason Marsden, Bill Tchato, Zoltán Sebescen, IronE Singleton, and Test.

Others Born in 1975

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 16,161 out of 20,380. Before him are Otis Thorpe (1962), Cleanth Brooks (1906), Chuck Palumbo (1971), Susan Ward (1976), Leslie Odom Jr. (1981), and Mark Dindal (1960). After him are Sam Graddy (1964), Myndy Crist (1971), Chris Terrio (1976), Taylor Hill (1996), Pat LaFontaine (1965), and Hanna R. Hall (1984).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 1,130. Before him are Sherman Alexie (1966), Kenneth Turan (1946), Edward P. Jones (1950), Larry Christiansen (1956), Ann Patchett (1963), and Cleanth Brooks (1906). After him are Joy Harjo (1951), Allen Drury (1918), Maggie Stiefvater (1981), Beau Willimon (1977), Jim Cornette (1961), and Rainbow Rowell (1973).

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