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John Thune

1961 - Today

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John Randolph Thune ( THOON; born January 7, 1961) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota, a seat he has held since 2005. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the Senate minority whip, a post he has held since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Thune served three terms as the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Thune has received more than 1,792,957 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. John Thune is the 18,248th most popular politician (down from 16,795th in 2019), the 14,598th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,771st in 2019) and the 1,079th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Thunes by language

Over the past year John Thune has had the most page views in the with 264,172 views, followed by Chinese (5,806), and German (3,239). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (57.21%), Egyptian Arabic (41.28%), and Indonesian (28.34%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Thune ranks 18,248 out of 19,576. Before him are Pedro Cateriano, John Hoeven, Giuliano Poletti, Gesine Lötzsch, Malalai Kakar, and Pat Quinn. After him are Franck Riester, Ed Schafer, Samuel Bodman, Rehman Malik, Thomas Francis Meagher, and Federico Peña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, John Thune ranks 714. Before him are Daniel M. Tani, Bob Peterson, Werner Koch, Anke Behmer, Brett Dean, and Gesine Lötzsch. After him are Takeshi Oki, Guo Jianmei, George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, Bernard Makuza, Gian Francesco Giudice, and Mamady Youla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Thune ranks 14,598 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Hamilton (1958), Jacob Batalon (1996), Julia Garner (1994), Pat Quinn (1948), Ramon Estevez (1963), and James Craig (1912). After him are Monet Mazur (1976), Lawrence O'Donnell (1951), Terrence W. Wilcutt (1949), Raven (1964), Gilbert Arenas (1982), and Jencarlos Canela (1988).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Thune ranks 1,079. Before him are Ed Rendell (1944), Mike Johanns (1950), Sheridan Downey (1884), Carl Hayden (1877), John Hoeven (1957), and Pat Quinn (1948). After him are Ed Schafer (1946), Samuel Bodman (1938), Federico Peña (1947), Oliver Wolcott (1726), Tim Johnson (1946), and John Dingell (1926).

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