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Shennong

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Shennong (神農), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian (姜石年), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion. He is venerated as a culture hero in China and Vietnam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shennong has received more than 796,065 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Shennong is the 1,681st most popular politician (down from 1,529th in 2019).

Shennong is most famous for the discovery of the use of plants for medicinal purposes.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shennongs by language

Over the past year Shennong has had the most page views in the with 110,227 views, followed by Chinese (83,305), and Japanese (62,955). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Classical Chinese (62.91%), Hakka (56.76%), and Cantonese (39.10%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shennong ranks 1,681 out of 19,576. Before him are Nadab of Israel, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Majorian, Lucius Junius Brutus, Stateira II, and Anders Fogh Rasmussen. After him are Kurt Schuschnigg, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Zhao Ziyang, Friedrich Fromm, Nahum, and Margaret of Anjou.

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