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Cory Doctorow

1971 - Today

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Cory Efram Doctorow (; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cory Doctorow has received more than 1,373,909 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Cory Doctorow is the 6,040th most popular writer (down from 5,487th in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from Canada (down from 674th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cory Doctorow ranks 6,040 out of 5,755Before him are Maxine Hong Kingston, Éliette Abécassis, Ann Leckie, D. C. Fontana, Sjón, and Juli Zeh. After him are Peter Schiff, Terence Winter, Frederick Denison Maurice, Tõnu Õnnepalu, Karen Joy Fowler, and William Safire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Cory Doctorow ranks 471Before him are Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Anwar al-Awlaki, Allan Nielsen, Rie Kimura, John 5, and Kristine Lilly. After him are Giorgos Alkaios, Shannon Briggs, Gil Shaham, Hallucinogen, Kevin Rahm, and Toshiya Fujita.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Cory Doctorow ranks 725 out of 1,350Before him are Sam Rivers (1977), Luke Macfarlane (1980), Lisa Jakub (1978), Martin Brodeur (1972), Joël Lautier (1973), and Andrea Roth (1967). After him are Myriam Bédard (1969), Cliff Thorburn (1948), Allen Berg (1961), Bob Houbregs (1932), Jagmeet Singh (1979), and Ray Bourque (1960).

Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Cory Doctorow ranks 37Before him are Farley Mowat (1921), George Woodcock (1912), Justine Musk (1972), Gregory Colbert (1960), Mavis Gallant (1922), and E. Pauline Johnson (1861). After him are Timothy Findley (1930), Robert C. Cooper (1968), Ed Greenwood (1959), Geoff Ryman (1951), Eleanor Catton (1985), and Anita Sarkeesian (1983).

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