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Scott Cawthon

1971 - Today

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Scott Braden Cawthon (born June 4, 1978) is an American video game developer and writer best known for creating Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of survival horror games which expanded into a media franchise. Cawthon began his career developing family-friendly Christian video games to minimal success. He transitioned to survival horror with the first Five Nights at Freddy's game in 2014, which was a commercial success and gained a cult following. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Cawthon has received more than 4,121,870 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Scott Cawthon is the 36th most popular game designer (up from 40th in 2019), the 10,335th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,344th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Scott Cawthon ranks 36 out of 56. Before him are Dave Arneson, Yuji Horii, Yuji Naka, Hideki Kamiya, Ron Gilbert, and Roberta Williams. After him are Ed Boon, Kazunori Yamauchi, Al Lowe, Naoto Ohshima, Chris Taylor, and Carol Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Scott Cawthon ranks 317. Before him are Allen Johnson, Brad Friedel, Carlos Velasco Carballo, Lisa Ekdahl, Fenriz, and Athena Chu. After him are Kristina Orbakaitė, Iben Hjejle, Matthew Bingley, Ana Ortiz, Rebecca Gayheart, and Mark Feuerstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Cawthon ranks 10,335 out of 18,182. Before him are Lowell George (1945), Slim Whitman (1923), Albert Pyun (1953), Frank Albertson (1909), Jack Smith (1932), and Nick Stahl (1979). After him are Crane Wilbur (1886), Shiri Appleby (1978), Adolphus Greely (1844), Donald E. Williams (1942), Paul Douglas (1907), and Ernie Kovacs (1919).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Scott Cawthon ranks 12. Before him are Will Wright (1960), John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), Dave Arneson (1947), Ron Gilbert (1964), and Roberta Williams (1953). After him are Ed Boon (1964), Carol Shaw (1955), Tim Schafer (1967), Todd Howard (1971), Michael Morhaime (1967), and Jordan Mechner (1964).

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