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Dr. Demento

1941 - Today

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Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present. Hansen created the Demento persona in 1970 while working at the Pasadena, California, station KPPC-FM. After he once played "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus on the radio, DJ "The Obscene" Steven Clean said that Hansen had to be "demented" to play it; this event inspired his stage name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dr. Demento has received more than 1,872,907 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Dr. Demento is the 70th most popular presenter (up from 100th in 2019), the 11,764th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,040th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Dr. Demento ranks 70 out of 143. Before him are Al Franken, Terry Wogan, Sergey Dorenko, Drew Carey, Erez Tal, and Gretchen Carlson. After him are Gene Siskel, Gavin McInnes, Nikolay Baskov, Al Sharpton, Matt Lucas, and Nadia Hasnaoui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Dr. Demento ranks 597. Before him are Javier Vargas, Jim "Bad News" Barnes, David Walker, Twyla Tharp, Reg Presley, and Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga. After him are Frederick D. Gregory, David Darling, Hugo Berly, Sushilkumar Shinde, Arun Shourie, and Yasmeen Lari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dr. Demento ranks 11,764 out of 20,380. Before him are Titian Peale (1799), Buck Owens (1929), Charles Foster (1828), Troy Ruttman (1930), Robert Treat Paine (1731), and Preston Foster (1900). After him are Ashley Johnson (1983), Steve Clark (1943), Hayes Alan Jenkins (1933), Stanley Jordan (1959), Dana Rohrabacher (1947), and Dorothy Tree (1906).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Dr. Demento ranks 38. Before him are Ryan Dunn (1977), Jesse James (1969), Jerry Doyle (1956), Al Franken (1951), Drew Carey (1958), and Gretchen Carlson (1966). After him are Gene Siskel (1946), Al Sharpton (1954), Maury Povich (1939), Fred Allen (1894), Don Cornelius (1936), and Dennis Miller (1953).

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