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Randall Munroe

1984 - Today

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Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Randall Munroe has received more than 1,447,993 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Randall Munroe is the 388th most popular engineer (down from 346th in 2019), the 18,066th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,152nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Randall Munroe ranks 388 out of 389. Before him are Douglas H. Wheelock, Julius Kühn, Sam Michael, Anna Kikina, Julien Simon-Chautemps, and Jonathan James. After him are Elián González, Alia Sabur, Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, and Sam Dickson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Randall Munroe ranks 955. Before him are T. J. Perkins, Hadizatou Mani, Miguel Flaño, Kalki Koechlin, Corey Sevier, and Arttu Lappi. After him are Andrea Cassarà, Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker, Ralf, Matteo Montaguti, Omarion, and Boniek García.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Randall Munroe ranks 18,066 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Schmidt (1988), Low Ki (1979), Brian Kendrick (1979), Tyler Austin (1991), Paul W. Richards (1964), and Dejounte Murray (1996). After him are Andy Beshear (1977), Jordan Mickey (1994), Michael McDonald (1964), Lorenzo James Henrie (1993), Willie Cauley-Stein (1993), and Connor Franta (1992).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Randall Munroe ranks 51. Before him are David S. Johnson (1945), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Henry M. Morris (1918), Ted Jensen (1954), Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), and Jonathan James (1983). After him are Alia Sabur (1989), and Sam Dickson (1887).

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