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David Blaine

1973 - Today

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David Blaine (born April 4, 1973) is an American magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. Born in New York City, Blaine became interested in magic at a very young age. He gained prominence in 1997, when his first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic, aired on ABC. That year, he also appeared in Magic Man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Blaine has received more than 6,575,540 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). David Blaine is the 6th most popular magician, the 3,467th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,619th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Magician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Blaines by language

Over the past year David Blaine has had the most page views in the with 487,107 views, followed by Russian (29,696), and German (18,754). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kazakh (139.13%), Simple English (138.22%), and Swahili (27.72%)

Among MAGICIANS

Among magicians, David Blaine ranks 6 out of 11. Before him are Harry Houdini, David Copperfield, Uri Geller, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, and James Randi. After him are Ricky Jay, Criss Angel, Dynamo, Derren Brown, and Penn Jillette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, David Blaine ranks 66. Before him are Giancarlo Fisichella, Federica Mogherini, Roberto Martínez, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Pharrell Williams, and Savo Milošević. After him are Tyra Banks, Stephenie Meyer, Matteo Salvini, Rufus Wainwright, Rose McGowan, and Sami Hyypiä.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Blaine ranks 3,467 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Ritt (1914), Sonny Landham (1941), Victoria Nuland (1961), Billy Blanks (1955), Teresa Wright (1918), and Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895). After him are Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), Tyra Banks (1973), Donn F. Eisele (1930), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Big Mama Thornton (1926), and Daniel D. Tompkins (1774).

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Among MAGICIANS In United States

Among magicians born in United States, David Blaine ranks 2. Before him are David Copperfield (1956). After him are Ricky Jay (1946), Criss Angel (1967), and Penn Jillette (1955).

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