WRITER

Chuck Palahniuk

1962 - Today

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Charles Michael Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adult coloring books, as well as several short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chuck Palahniuk has received more than 5,018,851 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Chuck Palahniuk is the 1,885th most popular writer (up from 1,959th in 2019), the 2,388th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,557th in 2019) and the 211th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chuck Palahniuk ranks 1,885 out of 7,302. Before him are Johnston McCulley, Jovan Dučić, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Stig Dagerman, and Victoria Ocampo. After him are Shirley Jackson, Hierocles of Alexandria, Marko Vovchok, Ion of Chios, Handrij Zejler, and Henrik Wergeland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Chuck Palahniuk ranks 70. Before him are Viola Amherd, Suzanne Collins, Alessandra Mussolini, Felicity Huffman, Felipe Calderón, and Arnold Vosloo. After him are François-Henri Pinault, Matt Cameron, Srettha Thavisin, Alain Robert, Joan Cusack, and Michel Petrucciani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chuck Palahniuk ranks 2,388 out of 20,380. Before him are Simon Fraser (1776), Perry Como (1912), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Carmine Coppola (1910), and George Hamilton (1939). After him are Shirley Jackson (1916), James Levine (1943), Steve Morse (1954), Robin Tunney (1972), Don Cheadle (1964), and Wilma Rudolph (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Chuck Palahniuk ranks 211. Before him are Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), William Moulton Marston (1893), Paul Goodman (1911), James Ellroy (1948), and Johnston McCulley (1883). After him are Shirley Jackson (1916), Nora Ephron (1941), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Robert James Waller (1939), and Nicholas Sparks (1965).

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