WRITER

Thomas Friedman

1953 - Today

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Loren Friedman ( FREED-mən; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for The New York Times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Friedman has received more than 2,278,745 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Thomas Friedman is the 3,690th most popular writer (up from 4,030th in 2019), the 4,718th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,474th in 2019) and the 392nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

2.3M
Page Views (PV)
51.11
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
35
Languages Editions (L)
3.12
Effective Languages (L*)
4.36
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

1999

Hot, flat, and crowded

Environmental conditions, Social conditions, Green movement

Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy.

2008

The Lexus and the olive tree

International economic relations, Social aspects, Capitalism

1999

From Beirut to Jerusalem

Arab-Israeli conflict, History, Israel-Arab conflict

1989

Longitudes and Attitudes

Terrorism, Politics and government, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

*Longitudes and Attitudes* contains the columns Friedman has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis. As the author writes, the book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, my hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September and its aftermath, as they were unfolding." Readers have repeatedly said that Friedman has expressed the essence of their own feelings, helping them not only by explaining who "they" are, but also by reassuring us about who "we" are. More than any other journalist writing, Friedman gives voice to America's awakening sense of its role in a changed world.

2002

The World Is Flat

Globalization, Diffusion of innovations, Information society

When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development at the dawn of the 21st century--the attacks of 9/11, or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations, and giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this "flattening" of the globe, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt.

2005

Page views of Thomas Friedmen by language

Over the past year Thomas Friedman has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 267,685 views, followed by Hebrew (12,981), and Arabic (11,241). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (117.66%), Italian (109.07%), and Arabic (107.40%)