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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 597,496 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Carter Bays is the 6,317th most popular writer (down from 5,500th in 2019), the 14,538th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,894th in 2019) and the 1,033rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carter Bays ranks 6,317 out of 5,755. Before him are Dan Stanca, Evgeny Morozov, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mark Z. Danielewski, Larry Christiansen, and Chris Savino. After him are Terézia Mora, David Nicholls, Lena Andersson, George Monbiot, Laura Gallego García, and Paul Beatty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Carter Bays ranks 562. Before him are Tim Minchin, Rodrigo Mendes, Robert Lopez, Urmas Reinsalu, Dmitri Khokhlov, and Jörgen Pettersson. After him are George Boateng, Ricardo Santos, Sergiy Matveyev, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sibusiso Zuma, and Marius Urzică.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 14,538 out of 18,182. Before him are Bonnie Bassler (1962), Stephen Bowen (1964), Derek Cianfrance (1974), Virginia Williams (1978), Peter Fitzgerald (1960), and James Arnold Taylor (1969). After him are Keegan Allen (1989), Raja Chari (1977), Marc Cohn (1959), Cindy Hyde-Smith (1959), Essence Atkins (1972), and America Olivo (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 1,033. Before him are Diablo Cody (1978), Kate DiCamillo (1964), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973), Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), Larry Christiansen (1956), and Chris Savino (1962). After him are Paul Beatty (1962), Lev Grossman (1969), Scott Smith (1965), Rebecca Walker (1969), Al Roker (1954), and Justin Knapp (1982).

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