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John Oliver

1977 - Today

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John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian who hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. He started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom and came to wider attention for his work in the United States as the senior British correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for The Daily Show and became its guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. He also co-hosted the comedy podcast The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had previously worked on the radio series Political Animal and The Department. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Oliver has received more than 10,163,945 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). John Oliver is the 93rd most popular presenter (down from 78th in 2019), the 6,280th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,681st in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, John Oliver ranks 93 out of 143. Before him are Don Cornelius, Judith Rakers, Dennis Miller, Alexa Chung, Tina Kandelaki, and Trevor Noah. After him are Maria Efrosinina, Jovana Joksimović, Assi Azar, Wendy Williams, Derek Muller, and Sean Hannity.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, John Oliver ranks 422. Before him are Zdeno Chára, Ioannis Okkas, Bree Turner, Lateef Crowder dos Santos, Juan Antonio Flecha, and Jason Mraz. After him are Denise Ho, Dustin Diamond, Sin Cara, Hussein Abdulghani, Reinhard Schwarzenberger, and Daniel Majstorović.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Oliver ranks 6,280 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Carthy (1941), James, Viscount Severn (2007), Grant Shapps (1968), Shaka Hislop (1969), Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), and Craig Fairbrass (1964). After him are John Inman (1935), Sonia Robertson (1947), Leighton Baines (1984), Judy Grinham (1939), Marc Quinn (1964), and Carl Fogarty (1965).

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Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, John Oliver ranks 13. Before him are John Peel (1939), Gavin McInnes (1970), Matt Lucas (1974), Tony Wilson (1950), Bruce Forsyth (1928), and Alexa Chung (1983). After him are Charlie Brooker (1971), Caroline Flack (1979), Noel Fielding (1973), Karl Pilkington (1972), Jade Goody (1981), and Mehdi Hasan (1979).

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