JOURNALIST

Maria Ressa

1963 - Today

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Maria Angelita Ressa (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈɾesa]; born Maria Angelita Delfin Aycardo on October 2, 1963) is a Filipino and American journalist. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Ressa has received more than 1,806,894 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Maria Ressa is the 45th most popular journalist (up from 49th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Filipino Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Maria Ressa ranks 45 out of 196Before her are Vladimir Posner, Pavlo Chubynsky, Eddie Adams, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Ara Güler, and Letizia Battaglia. After her are Eve Arnold, Marta Hillers, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Edward R. Murrow, Marion Dönhoff, and Mauricio Funes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Maria Ressa ranks 128Before her are Farahnaz Pahlavi, Stanislav Cherchesov, Demián Bichir, Andrew Ridgeley, James Denton, and Ulrich Thomsen. After her are Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, William Baldwin, Paul Belmondo, Anthony Albanese, Vanessa Williams, and Donna Tartt.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Maria Ressa ranks 28 out of 155Before her are Gabriela Silang (1731), Melchora Aquino (1812), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), Fidel Ramos (1928), Benigno Aquino III (1960), and Joseph Estrada (1937). After her are Antonio Luna (1866), Juan Luna (1857), Francisco Balagtas (1788), Sergio Osmeña (1878), Florencio Campomanes (1927), and Carlos P. Garcia (1896).

Among JOURNALISTS In Philippines

Among journalists born in Philippines, Maria Ressa ranks 2Before her are Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850).