# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/austin-petersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:24:04.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/austin-petersen"
name: "Austin Petersen"
slug: "austin-petersen"
description: "Austin Wade Petersen is an American nonfiction writer, politician, activist, commentator, and broadcaster. He is the host of the Wake Up America show daily newscast. He was the runner-up for the Libertarian Party's nomination for President of the United States in 2016, finishing second place to Gary Johnson with 21.9% of the vote."
tagline: "American political commentator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Austin_Petersen_(8561551248).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1981-02-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.15
  momentum:             16.66556071665561
  historical:           6.396621333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1390
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AP4Liberty"
    handle:    "AP4Liberty"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ap4liberty/"
    handle:    "ap4liberty"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ProducerPetersen"
    handle:    "ProducerPetersen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2204011/"
    handle:    "nm2204011"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.austinpetersen.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-1CNbjbBADoa_Y00VDUog"
    handle:    "@petersenforpresident-ll9vb"
    followers: 1390
sources:
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    title: "奧斯汀·彼得森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "أوستين بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Petersen"
    title: "Austin Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Petersen"
    title: "Austin Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Petersen"
    title: "Austin Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Petersen"
    title: "Austin Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22007397"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5669562"
    title: "Austin Petersen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump