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Stephen Colbert

1964 - Today

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Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014 and the CBS talk program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015. Colbert originally studied to be a dramatic actor, but became interested in improvisational theater while attending Northwestern University, where he met Second City director Del Close. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Colbert has received more than 14,749,857 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Stephen Colbert is the 53rd most popular presenter (down from 48th in 2019), the 9,121st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,327th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Stephen Colberts by language

Over the past year Stephen Colbert has had the most page views in the with 1,172,295 views, followed by German (34,406), and Spanish (23,364). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (78.96%), Afrikaans (62.48%), and Serbian (57.80%)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Stephen Colbert ranks 53 out of 143. Before him are Jimmy Kimmel, Alex Trebek, Rosario Fiorello, Ramdev, Ai Iijima, and Sabine Schmitz. After him are Huell Howser, Walter Winchell, Charlie Rose, Lohengrin Filipello, Jee Seok-jin, and Ryan Dunn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Stephen Colbert ranks 352. Before him are Shi Zhengli, Alex Caffi, Marco Ballotta, Molly Shannon, Jakob Hlasek, and Mark Esper. After him are Lauren Vélez, Ed Boon, Lisa Franchetti, Tim Miller, Pernell Whitaker, and Chokri Belaid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Colbert ranks 9,121 out of 20,380. Before him are Loren Acton (1936), Sylvester Graham (1794), Nicholas Colasanto (1924), Caroline Smith (1906), Wovoka (1856), and Mitzi Gaynor (1931). After him are John Abizaid (1951), Frank Benford (1883), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), Jorge Garcia (1973), Dennis Boutsikaris (1952), and Steve Jablonsky (1970).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Stephen Colbert ranks 28. Before him are Steve Allen (1921), Joey Bishop (1918), Casey Kasem (1932), Rush Limbaugh (1951), Regis Philbin (1931), and Jimmy Kimmel (1967). After him are Huell Howser (1945), Walter Winchell (1897), Charlie Rose (1942), Ryan Dunn (1977), Jesse James (1969), and Jerry Doyle (1956).

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