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Nate Silver

1978 - Today

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Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician, writer and poker player who analyzes baseball, basketball and elections. He is the founder of FiveThirtyEight and held the position of editor-in-chief there, along with being a special correspondent for ABC News until May 2023. Since departing FiveThirtyEight, Silver has been publishing on his Substack blog Silver Bulletin and serves as an advisor to Polymarket. Silver was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time in 2009 after his election forecasting model correctly predicted the outcomes in 49 of 50 states in the 2008 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nate Silver has received more than 3,578,428 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nate Silver is the 189th most popular journalist (down from 145th in 2019), the 19,084th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,801st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Journalist.

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  • 25.04

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Nate Silver ranks 189 out of 196Before him are Mohammed Nabbous, Asma al-Ghul, Katsyaryna Andreeva, Arnab Goswami, Rémi Ochlik, and Jim Acosta. After him are Natalie Morales, Danish Siddiqui, Darya Chultsova, Steven Crowder, Lauren Southern, and Peter Travers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Nate Silver ranks 1,146Before him are Yusuke Nakatani, Kutre Dulecha, Yoshifumi Ono, Andy Dawson, Kjartan Sveinsson, and Michael Holt. After him are Akihiro Tabata, Takao Yamauchi, Maëlle Ricker, Ryo Fukudome, Katsuya Ishihara, and Yoshitaka Kageyama.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nate Silver ranks 19,084 out of 20,380Before him are Aaron Long (1992), Bobby Brown (1984), Hannah Marks (1993), Kenton Duty (1995), Big Cass (1986), and Tim Ryan (1973). After him are Jessica DiCicco (1980), Jonny Weston (1988), Johnny O'Bryant III (1993), David Wright (1982), Aramis Knight (1999), and Bia (1991).

Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Nate Silver ranks 53Before him are Chris Cuomo (1970), Nancy Grace (1959), A. O. Scott (1966), Jacob Appelbaum (1983), Lester Holt (1959), and Jim Acosta (1971). After him are Steven Crowder (1987), Peter Travers (2000), and Ryan Owens (null).