POLITICIAN

Kim Yo-jong

1988 - Today

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Kim Yo Jong (Korean: 김여정; born 26 September 1987) is a North Korean politician and diplomat. She is the Deputy Department Director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Since September 2021, she has been a member of State Affairs Commission of North Korea, the only woman on the panel.She served as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea from 2017 to 2019, and again from 2020 to 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Yo-jong has received more than 5,494,271 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Kim Yo-jong is the 10,243rd most popular politician (up from 10,771st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular North Korean Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kim Yo-jongs by language

Over the past year Kim Yo-jong has had the most page views in the with 410,496 views, followed by Japanese (159,468), and Russian (119,129). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (93.76%), Min Nan (78.39%), and Spanish (75.93%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Yo-jong ranks 10,243 out of 19,576Before her are Raymond-Roupen, Václav Talich, Erishum I, Machanidas, Vitaliy Masol, and Tajuddin Ahmad. After her are John IV, Duke of Bavaria, Mark Eyskens, Francisco S. Carvajal, Johannes Dieckmann, Leszek Miller, and Epeius of Phocis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Kim Yo-jong ranks 25Before her are Lizzo, Adele, Conchita Wurst, Natascha Kampusch, Stephen Curry, and Mats Hummels. After her are Juan Mata, Radja Nainggolan, Juan Cuadrado, Big Sean, Alicia Vikander, and Nuri Şahin.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Kim Yo-jong ranks 84 out of 162Before her are Chunghye of Goryeo (1315), Huijong of Goryeo (1181), Chungsuk of Goryeo (1294), Francis Hong Yong-ho (1906), Hong Song-nam (1929), and Ri Sol-ju (1980). After her are Ahn Changho (1876), Dongcheon of Goguryeo (209), Sansang of Goguryeo (200), Han Myeong-sook (1944), Akira Takarada (1934), and Sindae of Goguryeo (89).

Among POLITICIANS In North Korea

Among politicians born in North Korea, Kim Yo-jong ranks 63Before her are Gogukcheon of Goguryeo (150), Kim Pyong-il (1954), Mobon of Goguryeo (30), Chunghye of Goryeo (1315), Chungsuk of Goryeo (1294), and Hong Song-nam (1929). After her are Ahn Changho (1876), Dongcheon of Goguryeo (209), Sansang of Goguryeo (200), Han Myeong-sook (1944), Sindae of Goguryeo (89), and Kim Jong-chul (1981).