1964 - Today
Clay Shirky (born 1964) is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies and journalism. In 2017 he was appointed Vice Provost of Educational Technologies of New York University (NYU), after serving as Chief Information Officer at NYU Shanghai from 2014 to 2017. He also is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and Associate Arts Professor at the Tisch School of the Arts' Interactive Telecommunications Program. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clay Shirky has received more than 710,575 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Clay Shirky is the 6,384th most popular writer (down from 5,625th in 2019), the 15,469th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,087th in 2019) and the 1,056th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Clay Shirky ranks 6,384 out of 5,755. Before him are Mark Boal, Sharmila Rege, Katharine Gun, Valeria Luiselli, Nirupama Rao, and Patrick McCabe. After him are Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Monica Ali, Sophie Dahl, Sanal Edamaruku, Walt Dohrn, and James Frey.
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.56
Rank: 6,378
1964 - 2013
HPI: 30.50
Rank: 6,379
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.45
Rank: 6,380
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.35
Rank: 6,381
1950 - Present
HPI: 30.34
Rank: 6,382
1955 - Present
HPI: 30.28
Rank: 6,383
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 6,384
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 6,385
1967 - Present
HPI: 29.95
Rank: 6,386
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.95
Rank: 6,387
1955 - Present
HPI: 29.91
Rank: 6,388
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 6,389
1969 - Present
HPI: 29.87
Rank: 6,390
Among people born in 1964, Clay Shirky ranks 776. Before him are Kenneth Ham, Celso Luis Gomes, Espen Barth Eide, James M. Kelly, Gloria Siebert, and Daniele Scarpa. After him are Arne Duncan, Carolyn Waldo, Corrado Sanguineti, Yoshikazu Goto, Hussain Shah, and Marise Payne.
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.43
Rank: 770
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.41
Rank: 771
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.31
Rank: 772
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.26
Rank: 773
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.23
Rank: 774
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.17
Rank: 775
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 776
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.98
Rank: 777
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.72
Rank: 778
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.63
Rank: 779
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.57
Rank: 780
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.56
Rank: 781
1964 - Present
HPI: 29.55
Rank: 782
Among people born in United States, Clay Shirky ranks 15,469 out of 18,182. Before him are Huma Abedin (1976), Evan Taubenfeld (1983), Michael Cassidy (1983), Dana Barron (1966), Taylor Rochestie (1985), and Richard A. Searfoss (1956). After him are Tyreke Evans (1989), Frankie Shaw (1981), Kelly Marie Tran (1989), Mark Kirk (1959), John Lynch (1952), and Chandler Parsons (1988).
1976 - Present
HPI: 30.15
Rank: 15,463
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 15,464
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 15,465
1966 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 15,466
1985 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 15,467
1956 - 2018
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 15,468
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 15,469
1989 - Present
HPI: 30.13
Rank: 15,470
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.12
Rank: 15,471
1989 - Present
HPI: 30.12
Rank: 15,472
1959 - Present
HPI: 30.12
Rank: 15,473
1952 - Present
HPI: 30.12
Rank: 15,474
1988 - Present
HPI: 30.12
Rank: 15,475
Among writers born in United States, Clay Shirky ranks 1,056. Before him are Kelly Link (1969), Ian Brennan (1978), Edward P. Jones (1950), Vince Flynn (1966), Jenny Han (1980), and Mark Boal (1973). After him are Walt Dohrn (1970), James Frey (1969), Tahereh Mafi (1988), Vanessa Taylor (1970), Adam Johnson (1967), and Edward Kitsis (1971).
1969 - Present
HPI: 30.75
Rank: 1,050
1978 - Present
HPI: 30.73
Rank: 1,051
1950 - Present
HPI: 30.69
Rank: 1,052
1966 - 2013
HPI: 30.67
Rank: 1,053
1980 - Present
HPI: 30.66
Rank: 1,054
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.56
Rank: 1,055
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 1,056
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 1,057
1969 - Present
HPI: 29.87
Rank: 1,058
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.66
Rank: 1,059
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.39
Rank: 1,060
1967 - Present
HPI: 29.25
Rank: 1,061
1971 - Present
HPI: 29.24
Rank: 1,062