WRITER

Judy Blume

1938 - Today

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Judith Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult, and adult fiction. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 26 novels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judy Blume has received more than 3,206,788 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Judy Blume is the 5,846th most popular writer (down from 5,309th in 2019), the 9,171st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,519th in 2019) and the 698th most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Judy Blume ranks 5,846 out of 7,302Before her are Louise Bennett-Coverley, Akiva Goldsman, Robinson Jeffers, Zoltán Ambrus, Colum McCann, and Giorgio Faletti. After her are Qaysin Quli, Ewa Lipska, Ruskin Bond, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Dolores Redondo, and Granius Licinianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Judy Blume ranks 493Before her are Armando Tobar, Klaus Töpfer, Justin Lekhanya, Giampaolo Menichelli, Robert Zollitsch, and Ann Jones. After her are József Gelei, Eleanor Bron, António Calvário, Carlos Contreras, Porter Goss, and Atje Keulen-Deelstra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judy Blume ranks 9,171 out of 20,380Before her are Harold Hackett (1878), Johnny Messner (1970), Chris Broderick (1970), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), Don Stroud (1943), and Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912). After her are Bree Olson (1986), Francis Hopkinson (1737), Mimi Kennedy (1948), Anthony Anderson (1970), Jenna Dewan (1980), and Deb Haaland (1960).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Judy Blume ranks 698Before her are Carol Shields (1935), Bess Meredyth (1890), Chaz Bono (1969), M. Scott Peck (1936), Akiva Goldsman (1962), and Robinson Jeffers (1887). After her are Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Tony Hillerman (1925), Joan D. Vinge (1948), Archibald MacLeish (1892), and Booth Tarkington (1869).