Clay Shirky

Summary

Clay Shirky is a human^[1]. He was born in Columbia^[2]. He was born on January 1, 1964^[3]. He worked as a writer^[4], technology evangelist^[5], scientist^[6], and academic^[7]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (379 views/month, #7,252 of 1,000,298).^[8]

Key Facts

• Clay Shirky was born in Columbia^[2].
• Clay Shirky was born on January 1, 1964^[3].
• Clay Shirky held citizenship in United States^[9].
• Clay Shirky worked as a writer^[4].
• Clay Shirky's professions included technology evangelist^[5].
• Clay Shirky's professions included scientist^[6].
• Clay Shirky worked as an academic^[7].
• Clay Shirky's field of work was internet culture^[10].
• Among Clay Shirky's employers was New York University^[11].
• Clay Shirky was educated at Yale University^[12].
• Clay Shirky was educated at Morse College^[13].
• A notable work attributed to Clay Shirky is Here Comes Everybody^[14].
• A notable work attributed to Clay Shirky is Cognitive Surplus^[15].
• Clay Shirky is recorded as male^[16].
• Clay Shirky's instance of is recorded as human^[17].
• Clay Shirky's Commons category is recorded as Clay Shirky^[18].
• Clay Shirky's given name is recorded as Clay^[19].
• Clay Shirky's official website is recorded as http://www.shirky.com^[20].
• Clay Shirky's participant in is recorded as Wikipedia Day NYC 2025^[21].
• Clay Shirky's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English^[22].
• Clay Shirky's name in native language is recorded as Clay Shirky^[23].
• Clay Shirky's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as NYU Faculty Name Identifiers (PCC URIs in MARC Pilot and PCC Wikidata Pilot Project)^[24].
• Clay Shirky's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+329829'}^[25].
• Clay Shirky's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+360447'}^[26].
• Clay Shirky's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+319625'}^[27].

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Origins and Family

Clay Shirky's place of birth was Columbia^[2]. He was born on January 1, 1964^[3].

Education

Educated at Yale University^[12], a private university^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1701^[30], headquartered in New Haven^[31] and Morse College^[13], a residential college^[32], in United States^[33].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include writer^[4], technology evangelist^[5], scientist^[6], and academic^[7]. Clay Shirky's field of work was internet culture^[10]. Among his employers was New York University^[11].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Here Comes Everybody^[14], a written work^[34] and Cognitive Surplus^[15], a written work^[35].

Why It Matters

Clay Shirky ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (379 views/month, #7,252 of 1,000,298).^[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Works attributed to him include Cognitive Surplus^[38], a written work^[39] and Here Comes Everybody^[40], a written work^[41].

FAQs

Where was Clay Shirky born?

Clay Shirky's place of birth was Columbia^[2].

What did Clay Shirky do for work?

Clay Shirky worked as writer^[4], technology evangelist^[5], scientist^[6], and academic^[7].

Where did Clay Shirky go to school?

Clay Shirky was educated at Yale University^[12] and Morse College^[13].