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Jawed Karim

1979 - Today

Jawed Karim

Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He is one of the co-founders of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site. The site's inaugural video, "Me at the zoo", uploaded on April 23, 2005, has been viewed over 345 million times as of January 2025. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jawed Karim has received more than 7,915,511 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Jawed Karim is the 433rd most popular businessperson (down from 145th in 2019), the 4,039th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,331st in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

7.9M
Page Views (PV)
56.89
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
43
Languages Editions (L)
5.69
Effective Languages (L*)
4.11
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jawed Karim ranks 433 out of 847. Before him are Angus Ogilvy, Ernest Oppenheimer, Eli Lilly, Suge Knight, Vicente Calderón, and Peter Lynch. After him are Azim Premji, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Elisabeth Abegg, James Buchanan Duke, J. R. D. Tata, and Muhtar Kent.

Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia

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Angus Ogilvy
1928 - 2004
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 427
Ernest Oppenheimer
1880 - 1957
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 428
Eli Lilly
1838 - 1898
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 429
Suge Knight
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 430
Vicente Calderón
1913 - 1987
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 431
Peter Lynch
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 432
Jawed Karim
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 433
Azim Premji
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 434
N. R. Narayana Murthy
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 435
Elisabeth Abegg
1882 - 1974
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 436
James Buchanan Duke
1856 - 1925
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 437
J. R. D. Tata
1904 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 438
Muhtar Kent
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 439

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jawed Karim ranks 65. Before him are Alexi Laiho, Alice Weidel, Grafite, Ivano Balić, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, and Bleona. After him are Vitas, Lee Hyori, Nihat Kahveci, Sidney Govou, Adam Brody, and Jay Chou.

Others Born in 1979

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Alexi Laiho
MUSICIAN
1979 - 2020
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 59
Alice Weidel
POLITICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 60
Grafite
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 61
Ivano Balić
HANDBALL PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 62
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 63
Bleona
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 64
Jawed Karim
BUSINESSPERSON
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 65
Vitas
MUSICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 66
Lee Hyori
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 67
Nihat Kahveci
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 68
Sidney Govou
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 69
Adam Brody
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 70
Jay Chou
MUSICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 71

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jawed Karim ranks 4,039 out of 7,253. Before him are Marianne Cope (1838), Tom Wlaschiha (1973), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), Heike Makatsch (1971), Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1713), and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833). After him are Sidonie of Saxony (1518), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), Ulrich Biesinger (1933), Karl Neukirch (1864), David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628), and Oskar Maria Graf (1894).

Others born in Germany

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Marianne Cope
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1838 - 1918
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 4,033
Tom Wlaschiha
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 4,034
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1908
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 4,035
Heike Makatsch
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,036
Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
POLITICIAN
1713 - 1747
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,037
Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal
POLITICIAN
1833 - 1890
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,038
Jawed Karim
BUSINESSPERSON
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,039
Sidonie of Saxony
NOBLEMAN
1518 - 1575
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,040
Daniel Gottlob Türk
COMPOSER
1750 - 1810
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,041
Ulrich Biesinger
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2011
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,042
Karl Neukirch
POLITICIAN
1864 - 1941
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,043
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
PAINTER
1628 - 1698
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,044
Oskar Maria Graf
WRITER
1894 - 1967
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,045