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Cheryl Strayed

1968 - Today

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Cheryl Strayed (; née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Brave Enough (2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cheryl Strayed has received more than 3,313,971 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Cheryl Strayed is the 6,252nd most popular writer (down from 5,773rd in 2019), the 11,008th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,823rd in 2019) and the 808th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cheryl Strayed ranks 6,252 out of 7,302. Before her are Thomas Heywood, Swami Rama, Andrew Vachss, Ferenc Juhász, Donald A. Wollheim, and Mikael Niemi. After her are Charles Eastman, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Akif Pirinçci, R. C. Sherriff, Studs Terkel, and Michael Chabon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Cheryl Strayed ranks 393. Before her are Sammy Sosa, Miguel Herrera, Jürgen Vogel, Grace Poe, Mathilde Seigner, and Sarah McLachlan. After her are Adrian Knup, Ivaylo Yordanov, Wendi Deng Murdoch, Oleh Luzhny, Ljubinko Drulović, and Tiken Jah Fakoly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cheryl Strayed ranks 11,008 out of 20,380. Before her are Gabriel Luna (1982), Keiko Agena (1973), Virginia Weidler (1927), Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), Thomas Bibb (1783), and Howard Dean (1948). After her are Charles Eastman (1858), Bess Armstrong (1953), Mary Costa (1930), Scott Cohen (1961), George Mostow (1923), and Joan Copeland (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cheryl Strayed ranks 808. Before her are Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), Wallace Stegner (1909), Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), Tristan Taormino (1971), Andrew Vachss (1942), and Donald A. Wollheim (1914). After her are Charles Eastman (1858), Studs Terkel (1912), Michael Chabon (1963), Philip G. Epstein (1909), Lauren Weisberger (1977), and Lloyd C. Douglas (1877).

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