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WRITER

Clay Shirky

1964 - Today

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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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  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Clay Shirky ranks 6,384 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Clay Shirky ranks 776Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clay Shirky ranks 15,469 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Clay Shirky ranks 1,056Before 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).

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