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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 679,304 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jacob Appelbaum is the 181st most popular journalist (down from 142nd in 2019), the 18,086th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,544th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jacob Appelbaums by language

Over the past year Jacob Appelbaum has had the most page views in the with 63,999 views, followed by German (12,034), and French (2,407). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (243.09%), Swahili (216.67%), and German (52.33%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 181 out of 196. Before him are Victoria Marinova, Chris Cuomo, Nancy Grace, Lauren Booth, A. O. Scott, and Sevgil Musayeva. After him are Lester Holt, Mohammed Nabbous, Asma al-Ghul, Katsyaryna Andreeva, Arnab Goswami, and Rémi Ochlik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 1,017. Before him are Anderson Gonzaga, Nurcan Taylan, Carmelo González, Martina Hrašnová, Nicole Cooke, and Fumiyuki Beppu. After him are Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Ayako Kitamoto, Ari Graynor, Shaun Maloney, Ana Matnadze, and Darold Williamson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 18,086 out of 20,380. Before him are Earl Clark (1988), Nina Gordon (1967), Shane Harper (1993), Jacqueline Woodson (1963), Mike Stulce (1969), and Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956). After him are Desirae Krawczyk (1994), Angela Lindvall (1979), Morgan Lily (2000), Aesop Rock (1976), Da Brat (1974), and Rosalind Picard (1962).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Jacob Appelbaum ranks 50. Before him are Tim Russert (1950), Michael Wolff (1953), Andrew Breitbart (1969), Chris Cuomo (1970), Nancy Grace (1959), and A. O. Scott (1966). After him are Lester Holt (1959), Jim Acosta (1971), Nate Silver (1978), Steven Crowder (1987), and Peter Travers (2000).

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