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Tucker Carlson

1969 - Today

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Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator and writer who hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023. Since his contract with Fox News was terminated, he has hosted Tucker on X. An advocate of former U.S. President Donald Trump, Carlson has been described as "perhaps the highest-profile proponent of Trumpism", and as "the most influential voice in right-wing media, without a close second." Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. He was a CNN commentator from 2000 to 2005 and a co-host of Crossfire, the network's prime-time news debate program, from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he hosted the nightly program Tucker on MSNBC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tucker Carlson has received more than 20,938,291 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Tucker Carlson is the 107th most popular journalist (down from 100th in 2019), the 11,257th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,399th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Tucker Carlson ranks 107 out of 127. Before him are Homai Vyarawalla, Peter Arnett, Arbana Xharra, Anja Niedringhaus, Amy Goodman, and Peter Jennings. After him are Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Kenji Nagai, Margarita Simonyan, Yvonne Ridley, Pavel Sheremet, and Khadija Ismayilova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Tucker Carlson ranks 443. Before him are Roy Hargrove, Jaroslav Sakala, Kelli McCarty, Yuko Oita, Stefan Horngacher, and Gary Speed. After him are Ertuğrul Sağlam, Arancha González Laya, Carlos Aguilera, Bobby Deol, Anja Andersen, and Tony Curran.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tucker Carlson ranks 11,257 out of 18,182. Before him are Katie Couric (1957), Kate Nauta (1982), Phyllis Haver (1899), Les Aspin (1938), Geri Allen (1957), and Joan Severance (1958). After him are Eric Millegan (1974), André 3000 (1975), Eric Winter (1976), Julie Carmen (1954), Bree Turner (1977), and Alan Curtis (1909).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Tucker Carlson ranks 27. Before him are Diane Sawyer (1945), James Foley (1973), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Geraldo Rivera (1943), Sydney Schanberg (1934), and Amy Goodman (1957). After him are Adrian Lamo (1981), Richard Corliss (1944), Michael Wolff (1953), Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), and Steven Sotloff (1983).

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