MUSICIAN

Mike Portnoy

1967 - Today

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Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American musician who is primarily known as the drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of progressive metal band Dream Theater. In September 2010, Portnoy announced his departure from Dream Theater after 25 years, with Mike Mangini taking his place as drummer of the band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Portnoy has received more than 4,017,844 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Mike Portnoy is the 214th most popular musician (up from 241st in 2019), the 1,220th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,416th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Musician.

Mike Portnoy is most famous for being the drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He is also the founder of the record label The Music Force and the author of the book "The Power of Full Engagement."

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  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mike Portnoy ranks 214 out of 3,175. Before him are Violeta Parra, Joe Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Stuart Sutcliffe, Lenny Kravitz, and Snoop Dogg. After him are Dave Brubeck, Izzy Stradlin, György Cziffra, Chris de Burgh, Franz Berwald, and Lady Gaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Mike Portnoy ranks 23. Before him are Kazuyoshi Miura, Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Michael Jai White, Akshay Kumar, Benicio del Toro, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. After him are Aleksandr Karelin, Aleksander Čeferin, Javier Sotomayor, Mark Ruffalo, Matthias Sammer, and Matt LeBlanc.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Portnoy ranks 1,220 out of 20,380. Before him are Lita Grey (1908), Tobey Maguire (1975), Taylor Swift (1989), John Payne (1912), Jake LaMotta (1922), and Snoop Dogg (1971). After him are Dave Brubeck (1920), Allen Dulles (1893), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Sonny Liston (1932), Izzy Stradlin (1962), and Robert Rauschenberg (1925).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mike Portnoy ranks 58. Before him are Willie Nelson (1933), Stan Getz (1927), Joe Jackson (1928), Herbie Hancock (1940), Lenny Kravitz (1964), and Snoop Dogg (1971). After him are Dave Brubeck (1920), Izzy Stradlin (1962), Lady Gaga (1986), Pete Seeger (1919), Mike Shinoda (1977), and Jaco Pastorius (1951).

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