MUSICIAN

Devin Townsend

1972 - Today

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Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Devin Townsend has received more than 3,152,608 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Devin Townsend is the 2,114th most popular musician (down from 1,721st in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from Canada (down from 490th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Devin Townsends by language

Over the past year Devin Townsend has had the most page views in the with 329,487 views, followed by German (19,665), and Spanish (17,834). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (76.38%), Estonian (47.98%), and Arabic (47.79%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Devin Townsend ranks 2,114 out of 3,175. Before him are Al Foster, Barney Bigard, Herman Li, Omar Hakim, SWV, and Jimmy McCulloch. After him are John Evan, Goldie, Ray Cooper, Dee Palmer, Karin Dreijer, and Steve Lillywhite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Devin Townsend ranks 351. Before him are Darren Shahlavi, Ihor Klymenko, Daniel Elena, Carlos Ponce, Raimondas Rumšas, and Shawn Bradley. After him are Erika Marozsán, Dave Williams, Jacinda Barrett, Gianmarco Pozzecco, David Tua, and Mathias Énard.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Devin Townsend ranks 650 out of 1,622. Before him are Sarah McLachlan (1968), Diego Klattenhoff (1979), Brad Armstrong (1965), Harry Watson (1898), Toller Cranston (1949), and Stéphane Dion (1955). After him are Kevin Zegers (1984), Brad Wright (1961), JR Bourne (1970), June Havoc (1912), Diane Foster (1928), and Lance Stroll (1998).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Devin Townsend ranks 31. Before him are Hank Snow (1914), Kenny Wheeler (1930), Jeff Healey (1966), Angela Hewitt (1958), Guy Lombardo (1902), and Sarah McLachlan (1968). After him are Shawn Drover (1966), John Rutsey (1952), Bruce Fairbairn (1949), Michael Brook (1952), Adam Gontier (1978), and Jeff Waters (1966).

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