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Jacob Appelbaum

1983 - Today

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Jacob Appelbaum (born April 1, 1983) is an American independent journalist, computer security researcher, artist, and hacker. Appelbaum studied at the Eindhoven University of Technology and was a core member of the Tor Project, a free software network designed to provide online anonymity, until he stepped down from his position after multiple victims came forward with sexual abuse and rape allegations in 2016. He was among several people to work with NSA contractor Edward Snowden's top secret documents released in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Appelbaum has received more than 687,477 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Appelbaum is the 143rd most popular journalist (up from 198th in 2019), the 16,588th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,674th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Journalist.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 26.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 143 out of 127. Before him are Rémi Ochlik, Victoria Marinova, Eliot Higgins, Arnab Goswami, Lauren Booth, and Mohammed Nabbous. After him are A. O. Scott, Danish Siddiqui, Nate Silver, Jim Acosta, Steven Crowder, and Lauren Southern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 963. Before him are Landry Bonnefoi, Félix Díaz, Brett Davern, Paul Alo'o, Matthew Lloyd, and Nicole Fessel. After him are Kara Monaco, Channing Frye, Kris Boyd, Janeth Jepkosgei, Slobodan Nikić, and Kalle Kriit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 16,588 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Guiry (1981), David Walton (1978), Elizabeth Smart (1987), Miguel (1985), Harley Quinn Smith (1999), and Quinn Cummings (1967). After him are Alexis Jordan (1992), Gus Bilirakis (1963), Stephanie Brown Trafton (1979), Neko Case (1970), Kara Monaco (1983), and Trey Gowdy (1964).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 37. Before him are Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), Steven Sotloff (1983), Tim Russert (1950), Roxana Saberi (1977), and Andrew Breitbart (1969). After him are A. O. Scott (1966), Nate Silver (1978), Jim Acosta (1971), Steven Crowder (1987), and Peter Travers (2000).

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