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Jarkko Oikarinen

1967 - Today

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Jarkko Oikarinen (born 16 August 1967) is a Finnish IT professional and the inventor of the first Internet chat network, called Internet Relay Chat (IRC), where he is known as WiZ. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jarkko Oikarinen has received more than 124,467 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jarkko Oikarinen is the 417th most popular inventor (down from 378th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Finland (down from 477th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Inventor.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jarkko Oikarinen ranks 417 out of 426. Before him are John F. Seitz, Sarah E. Goode, Frank Hornby, Marc Andreessen, Valerie Thomas, and Harold Stephen Black. After him are Boyan Slat, Tony Fadell, David Hahn, Wendell Brown, Franky Zapata, and George Hotz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Jarkko Oikarinen ranks 678. Before him are Cécile Nowak, Matthew J. Holman, Mona Eltahawy, Robert S. Kimbrough, Anita Moen, and Martin Švagerko. After him are Nadezhda Talanova, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Doctor Khumalo, Hamid Estili, Marco V, and Eduardo Iturralde González.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jarkko Oikarinen ranks 537 out of 751. Before him are Ville Peltonen (1973), Thomas Johanson (1969), Saara Aalto (1987), Ville Niinistö (1976), Janne Happonen (1984), and Sonja Lumme (1961). After him are Aki Parviainen (1974), Virpi Sarasvuo (1976), Hannu Manninen (1978), Erna Siikavirta (1977), Leena Peisa (1979), and Jari Isometsä (1968).

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Among INVENTORS In Finland

Among inventors born in Finland, Jarkko Oikarinen ranks 2. Before him are Aimo Lahti (1896).

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