800 - 850
Wulfstan of Hedeby was a late ninth-century traveller and trader. His travel accounts, as well as those of another trader, Ohthere of Hålogaland, were included in the Old English Orosius. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wulfstan of Hedeby has received more than 76,351 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wulfstan of Hedeby is the 220th most popular explorer (down from 215th in 2019).
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among explorers, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 220 out of 405. Before him are Jan Czerski, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Alejandro Malaspina, René Caillié, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and Ruy López de Villalobos. After him are Lady Hester Stanhope, Julius Popper, Niccolò de' Conti, Nikolaus Federmann, Thorvald Asvaldsson, and Pedro Arias Dávila.
1845 - 1892
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 214
1385 - 1430
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 215
1754 - 1810
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 216
1799 - 1838
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 217
1867 - 1936
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 218
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 219
800 - 850
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 220
1776 - 1839
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 221
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 222
1395 - 1469
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 223
1505 - 1542
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 224
950 - 980
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 225
1443 - 1531
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 226
Among people born in 800, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 38. Before him are Giustiniano Participazio, Aznar Galíndez I, Hildeprand, Ado of Vienne, Toktu of Bulgaria, and Nennius. After him are Eudokia, wife of Constantine V, Obelerio degli Antenori, Saraha, Agnello Participazio, Sabin of Bulgaria, and García Jiménez of Pamplona. Among people deceased in 850, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ramiro I of Asturias, and Emperor Ninmyō.
800 - 829
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 32
800 - 839
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 33
800 - 744
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 34
800 - 875
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 35
800 - 767
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 36
800 - 900
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 37
800 - 850
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 38
800 - 800
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 39
800 - 831
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 40
800 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 41
800 - 829
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 42
800 - 766
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 43
800 - 886
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 44
780 - 850
HPI: 85.05
Rank: 1
790 - 850
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 2
808 - 850
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 3
800 - 850
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 4