WRITER

Malcolm Gladwell

1963 - Today

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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published eight books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcolm Gladwell has received more than 8,318,765 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Malcolm Gladwell is the 6,058th most popular writer (down from 5,505th in 2019), the 4,949th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,565th in 2019) and the 552nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Malcolm Gladwell ranks 6,058 out of 7,302Before him are Franz Fühmann, Alain Mabanckou, Gustav Hasford, Stephen R. Donaldson, Pavao Pavličić, and Iolo Morganwg. After him are John Braine, Henry Lawson, Gerhard Roth, Franz von Dingelstedt, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and Charles Brackett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Malcolm Gladwell ranks 452Before him are Su Tong, Gwynne Shotwell, Nino de Angelo, Jozefina Topalli, Biagio Antonacci, and Stefan Pettersson. After him are Philippe Bugalski, Luis Carlos Perea, Adriana Bazon, Pablo Berger, John Delaney, and Hennadiy Avdyeyenko.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Gladwell ranks 4,949 out of 8,785Before him are Archibald Menzies (1754), Dave Stewart (1950), Gem Archer (1966), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Geraldine Beamish (1883), and Ian Burgess (1930). After him are Laura Fraser (1976), John Braine (1922), Herbert Morrison (1888), Ronald Pope (1920), Mackenzie Crook (1971), and Frank Bruno (1961).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Gladwell ranks 552Before him are Philippa Pearce (1920), Sarah Trimmer (1741), Anne Fine (1947), Izaak Walton (1593), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), and Iolo Morganwg (1747). After him are John Braine (1922), Denise Levertov (1923), Thomas Traherne (1636), Hammond Innes (1913), Chris Claremont (1950), and Zadie Smith (1975).