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John Podesta

1949 - Today

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John David Podesta Jr. (born January 8, 1949) is an American political consultant who has served as senior advisor to the president for clean energy innovation and implementation since September 2022. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Podesta has received more than 3,929,801 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Podesta is the 13,927th most popular politician (down from 13,316th in 2019), the 6,164th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,285th in 2019) and the 396th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Podestas by language

Over the past year John Podesta has had the most page views in the with 358,727 views, followed by Spanish (28,071), and German (18,295). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (235.15%), Egyptian Arabic (107.49%), and Indonesian (66.29%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Podesta ranks 13,927 out of 19,576Before him are Édouard Fritch, Tirigan, Lucius Cornelius Merula, George Maxwell Richards, Jacob Nena, and Neferu II. After him are Robert R. Livingston, Said Mohamed Djohar, Alexander II of Epirus, Christian Kern, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, and Constantine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Podesta ranks 390Before him are Odilo Scherer, Arjun Appadurai, Kayahan, Viktor Klimenko, Michael Beck, and Ivo Linna. After him are Naseeruddin Shah, Philippe Descola, Jessica Harper, Gates McFadden, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Spencer Haywood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Podesta ranks 6,164 out of 20,380Before him are Amanda Righetti (1983), John Lewis (1940), Susan Howard (1944), Shawnee Smith (1969), Neal Stephenson (1959), and Dinah Shore (1916). After him are Robert R. Livingston (1746), Jack Canfield (1944), Spike Jonze (1969), Jon Lovitz (1957), John Hejduk (1929), and Florence Vidor (1895).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Podesta ranks 396Before him are Anna Harrison (1775), Enoch L. Johnson (1883), Mike Lee (1971), Gina Raimondo (1971), Liao Zhongkai (1877), and John Lewis (1940). After him are Robert R. Livingston (1746), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Gray Davis (1942), Alf Landon (1887), Henry Lee III (1756), and Caroline Harrison (1832).