JOURNALIST
Julian Assange
1971 - Today
Julian Assange
Julian Paul Assange (; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. WikiLeaks came to international attention in 2010 when it published a series of leaks provided by U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. These leaks included the Baghdad airstrike Collateral Murder video (April 2010), the Afghanistan war logs (July 2010), the Iraq war logs (October 2010), and Cablegate (November 2010). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julian Assange has received more than 16,520,974 page views. His biography is available in 102 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 101 in 2019). Julian Assange is the 11th most popular journalist (down from 7th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Australia (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Australian Journalist.
Julian Assange is most famous for being the founder of WikiLeaks, a website that publishes classified information.
Memorability Metrics
17M
Page Views (PV)
72.00
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
102
Languages Editions (L)
7.49
Effective Languages (L*)
5.02
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Julian Assanges by language
Among JOURNALISTS
Among journalists, Julian Assange ranks 11 out of 129. Before him are Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Gerda Taro, Sebastião Salgado, Dorothea Lange, and John Reed. After him are Anna Politkovskaya, Beate Klarsfeld, W. T. Stead, Lee Miller, Jean-Marie Balestre, and Walker Evans.
Most Popular Journalists in Wikipedia
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Joseph Pulitzer
1847 - 1911
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 5
Gianni Rodari
1920 - 1980
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 6
Gerda Taro
1910 - 1937
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 7
Sebastião Salgado
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 8
Dorothea Lange
1895 - 1965
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 9
John Reed
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 10
Julian Assange
1971 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 11
Anna Politkovskaya
1958 - 2006
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 12
Beate Klarsfeld
1939 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
W. T. Stead
1849 - 1912
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 14
Lee Miller
1907 - 1977
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 15
Jean-Marie Balestre
1921 - 2008
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 16
Walker Evans
1903 - 1975
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 17
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1971, Julian Assange ranks 8. Before him are Justin Trudeau, Elon Musk, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Jared Leto, Pep Guardiola, and Anna Netrebko. After him are Winona Ryder, Jeremy Renner, Idina Menzel, Mark Wahlberg, Kim Jong-nam, and Ewan McGregor.
Others Born in 1971
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Justin Trudeau
1971 - Present
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 2
Elon Musk
1971 - Present
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 3
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
1971 - 2019
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 4
Jared Leto
1971 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 5
Pep Guardiola
1971 - Present
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 6
Anna Netrebko
1971 - Present
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 7
Julian Assange
1971 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 8
Winona Ryder
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 9
Jeremy Renner
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 10
Idina Menzel
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
Mark Wahlberg
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 12
Kim Jong-nam
1971 - 2017
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 13
Ewan McGregor
1971 - Present
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 14
In Australia
Among people born in Australia, Julian Assange ranks 15 out of 790. Before him are Rupert Murdoch (1931), Cate Blanchett (1969), Chris Hemsworth (1983), Rod Laver (1938), Colleen McCullough (1937), and Truganini (1812). After him are Steve Irwin (1962), Alexander Prokhorov (1916), Hugh Jackman (1968), Ned Kelly (1855), Peter Singer (1946), and V. Gordon Childe (1892).
Others born in Australia
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Rupert Murdoch
1931 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 9
Cate Blanchett
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 10
Chris Hemsworth
1983 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 11
Rod Laver
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 12
Colleen McCullough
1937 - 2015
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 13
Truganini
1812 - 1876
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 14
Julian Assange
1971 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 15
Steve Irwin
1962 - 2006
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 16
Alexander Prokhorov
1916 - 2002
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 17
Hugh Jackman
1968 - Present
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 18
Ned Kelly
1855 - 1880
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 19
Peter Singer
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 20
V. Gordon Childe
1892 - 1957
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 21
Among JOURNALISTS In Australia
Among journalists born in Australia, Julian Assange ranks 1.
