JOURNALIST

Eliot Higgins

1979 - Today

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Eliot Ward Higgins (born January 1979), who previously wrote under the pseudonym Brown Moses, is a British citizen journalist and former blogger, known for using open sources and social media for investigations. He is the founder of Bellingcat, an investigative journalism website that specialises in fact-checking and open-source intelligence. He has investigated incidents including the Syrian Civil War, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliot Higgins has received more than 435,177 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eliot Higgins is the 172nd most popular journalist (down from 138th in 2019), the 7,229th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,557th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eliot Higgins by language

Over the past year Eliot Higgins has had the most page views in the with 46,072 views, followed by Russian (5,922), and German (3,786). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (72.81%), Vietnamese (32.77%), and Egyptian Arabic (27.78%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Eliot Higgins ranks 172 out of 196. Before him are Nina García, Katie Piper, Lise Rønne, Alan Johnston, Claas Relotius, and Natalia Morar. After him are Katsiaryna Barysevich, Andrew Breitbart, Victoria Marinova, Chris Cuomo, Nancy Grace, and Lauren Booth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Eliot Higgins ranks 898. Before him are Will Young, Einar Selvik, Josh Keaton, Juvenal Edjogo-Owono, Živilė Balčiūnaitė, and Liu Xuan. After him are Yury Patrikeyev, Nacho Novo, Park Dong-hyuk, Kristen Viikmäe, Bat for Lashes, and Roberto Luongo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eliot Higgins ranks 7,229 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Backley (1969), Nigel Spink (1958), Ben Mee (1989), Kelly Holmes (1970), Ian Hallam (1948), and Gary Wilson (1985). After him are Jack McConnell (1960), Simon Grayson (1969), Bat for Lashes (1979), Jo Durie (1960), Allan McGregor (1982), and Ian Walker (1971).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Eliot Higgins ranks 21. Before him are Jill Dando (1961), Samantha Power (1970), Martin Bashir (1963), Yvonne Ridley (1958), Jemima Goldsmith (1974), and Katie Piper (1983). After him are Lauren Booth (1967).

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