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Luca Brecel

1995 - Today

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Luca Brecel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlukaː breːˈsɛl]; born 8 March 1995) is a Belgian professional snooker player. A four-time ranking event winner, Brecel is the reigning World Snooker Champion, having won the 2023 event by defeating four-time champion Mark Selby 18–15 in the final. Brecel trailed Si Jiahui 5–14 in the semi-final, but eventually won 17–15. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luca Brecel has received more than 1,177,637 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Luca Brecel is the 28th most popular snooker (up from 36th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 883rd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Snooker.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Luca Brecels by language

Over the past year Luca Brecel has had the most page views in the with 468,938 views, followed by Dutch (77,805), and German (66,391). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (447.16%), Russian (220.94%), and Swedish (201.81%)

Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, Luca Brecel ranks 28 out of 67. Before him are Ken Doherty, Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui, John Spencer, Stuart Bingham, and Graeme Dott. After him are Mark Allen, Paul Hunter, Matthew Stevens, James Wattana, Barry Hawkins, and Mark Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Luca Brecel ranks 159. Before him are Nick Robinson, Danielle Campbell, Jordan Bardella, Tao Tsuchiya, Gelson Martins, and Go Min-si. After him are Marlon Santos, Gabriella Papadakis, Przemysław Frankowski, Cedi Osman, Inori Minase, and Marius Wolf.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Luca Brecel ranks 931 out of 1,190. Before him are Mile Svilar (1999), Barbara Dex (1974), Kristof Van Hout (1987), Dennis Praet (1994), François Sterchele (1982), and Mehdi Carcela (1989). After him are Gilles De Bilde (1971), Walter Baseggio (1978), Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (2005), Michel Weber (1963), Axel Hirsoux (1982), and Théo Bongonda (1995).

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Among SNOOKERS In Belgium

Among snookers born in Belgium, Luca Brecel ranks 1. 

Belgian born Snookers

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