WRITER

Park Yeon-mi

1993 - Today

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Yeonmi Park (Korean: 박연미; born October 4, 1993) is a North Korean defector, YouTuber, author, and American conservative activist, described as "one of the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United States. Park made her media debut in 2011 on the show Now On My Way to Meet You, where she was dubbed "Paris Hilton" due to her stories of her family's wealthy lifestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Park Yeon-mi has received more than 2,104,887 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Park Yeon-mi is the 7,104th most popular writer (down from 6,383rd in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from North Korea (down from 125th in 2019) and the 5th most popular North Korean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Park Yeon-mi ranks 7,104 out of 7,302. Before her are Sophie Dahl, Laura Gallego García, Rebecca Walker, Simon Kuper, Inna Shevchenko, and Mark Ravenhill. After her are Elizabeth Hand, Tom Holland, Amma Darko, Diablo Cody, Krisztina Tóth, and Kamila Shamsie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Park Yeon-mi ranks 365. Before her are Simen Hegstad Krüger, Alfred Duncan, Jairo Morillas, Emma Meesseman, Anouska Koster, and Richmond Boakye. After her are Abdoulaye Doucouré, Dariya Derkach, Roberto Carballés Baena, Marcel Tisserand, Adam Maher, and Filip Zubčić.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Park Yeon-mi ranks 141 out of 162. Before her are Kim Han-sol (1995), Pak Kwang-ryong (1992), Yu Sun-bok (1970), Kim Myong-gil (1984), Pak Chol-jin (1985), and Pak Nam-chol (1985). After her are Ri Chol-myong (1988), Kim Hyang-mi (1979), Ri Jun-il (1987), An Chol-hyok (1987), Ri Kwang-hyok (1987), and Om Yun-chol (1991).

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Among WRITERS In North Korea

Among writers born in North Korea, Park Yeon-mi ranks 5. Before her are Kim Hyon-hui (1962), Kim Sowol (1902), Kim Myeong-sun (1896), and Kim Iryeop (1896).

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