SINGER

IU

1993 - Today

IU

Lee Ji-eun (Korean: 이지은; born May 16, 1993), also known by her stage name IU (아이유), is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress. She signed with LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with Lost and Found (2008), her first extended play (EP). Although her follow-up albums, Growing Up and IU...IM, brought mainstream success, it was only after the release of "Good Day", the lead single from her 2010 album Real, that she achieved national stardom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of IU has received more than 215,032 page views. Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). IU is the 479th most popular singer (up from 753rd in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Singer.

Memorability Metrics

220k
Page Views (PV)
55.56
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
60
Languages Editions (L)
10.43
Effective Languages (L*)
2.84
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of IUS by language

Over the past year IU has had the most page views in the Chinese wikipedia edition with 782,535 views, followed by Japanese (441,024), and Spanish (216,557). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (168.01%), Cantonese (113.31%), and Southern Azerbaijani (93.15%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, IU ranks 479 out of 4,381. Before her are Mariya Takeuchi, Haddaway, Neil Tennant, Emilio Pericoli, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Marek Grechuta. After her are Jacques Pills, Facundo Cabral, Katy Perry, R. Kelly, Ahmad Zahir, and Mari Boine.

Most Popular Singers in Wikipedia

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Mariya Takeuchi
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 473
Haddaway
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 474
Neil Tennant
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 475
Emilio Pericoli
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 476
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
1962 - 2017
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 477
Marek Grechuta
1945 - 2006
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 478
IU
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 479
Jacques Pills
1906 - 1970
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 480
Facundo Cabral
1937 - 2011
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 481
Katy Perry
1984 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 482
R. Kelly
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 483
Ahmad Zahir
1946 - 1979
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 484
Mari Boine
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 485

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, IU ranks 7. Before her are Ariana Grande, Mia Khalifa, Romelu Lukaku, Paulo Dybala, Harry Kane, and Paul Pogba. After her are Mauro Icardi, Antonio Rüdiger, Hakim Ziyech, Tiffany Trump, Jan Oblak, and Liam Payne.

Others Born in 1993

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Ariana Grande
SINGER
1993 - Present
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 1
Mia Khalifa
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1993 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 2
Romelu Lukaku
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 3
Paulo Dybala
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 4
Harry Kane
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 5
Paul Pogba
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 6
IU
SINGER
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 7
Mauro Icardi
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 8
Antonio Rüdiger
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 9
Hakim Ziyech
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 10
Tiffany Trump
SINGER
1993 - Present
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 11
Jan Oblak
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 12
Liam Payne
SINGER
1993 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 13

In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, IU ranks 115 out of 1,128. Before her are Bong Joon-ho (1969), Son Heung-min (1992), Hong Myung-bo (1969), Kim Seong-su (1891), Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (1943), and Goh Kun (1938). After her are Lee Young-ae (1971), Pak Song-chol (1913), Choi Min-sik (1962), Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), Song Kang-ho (1967), and Kim Hae-sook (1955).

Others born in South Korea

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Bong Joon-ho
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 109
Son Heung-min
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 110
Hong Myung-bo
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 111
Kim Seong-su
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 112
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 113
Goh Kun
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 114
IU
SINGER
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 115
Lee Young-ae
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 116
Pak Song-chol
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2008
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 117
Choi Min-sik
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 118
Lyuh Woon-hyung
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1947
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 119
Song Kang-ho
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 120
Kim Hae-sook
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 121