YOUTUBER

Shane Dawson

1988 - Today

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Shane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known online as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician. Dawson was one of the first people to rise to fame on YouTube after he began making videos in 2008 at the age of 19 and garnered over 500 million views during the next two years. Most of Dawson's early work consisted of comedy sketches in which he would play original characters, impersonate celebrities, and make light of popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shane Dawson has received more than 10,942,630 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Shane Dawson is the 6th most popular youtuber, the 6,844th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,555th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Youtuber.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among YOUTUBERS

Among youtubers, Shane Dawson ranks 6 out of 60. Before him are PewDiePie, Angry Grandpa, Logan Paul, Jake Paul, and Rémi Gaillard. After him are Charli D'Amelio, MrBeast, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Dream, Liza Koshy, and Josh Peck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Shane Dawson ranks 60. Before him are Islam Slimani, Sven Ulreich, Zoë Kravitz, Dušan Tadić, Juan Martín del Potro, and Nikola Kalinić. After him are Anderson, Brenda Song, Jihadi John, Anikka Albrite, Benedikt Höwedes, and Haley Joel Osment.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shane Dawson ranks 6,844 out of 20,380. Before him are John Corigliano (1938), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), Charles Fefferman (1949), Wendy Makkena (1958), Lizzy Caplan (1982), and Aurora Snow (1981). After him are Edmund Wilson (1895), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Hugh O'Brian (1925), Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), and Leslie Mann (1972).

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Among YOUTUBERS In United States

Among youtubers born in United States, Shane Dawson ranks 4. Before him are Angry Grandpa (1950), Logan Paul (1995), and Jake Paul (1997). After him are Charli D'Amelio (2004), MrBeast (1998), Dream (1999), Liza Koshy (1996), Josh Peck (1986), Bryan Dechart (1987), Jeffree Star (1985), and Markiplier (1989).

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