# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esme-louise-james
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:22:25.622Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esme-louise-james"
name: "Esmé Louise James"
slug: "esme-louise-james"
description: "Esmé Louise James is a British-born Australian sex historian, author, journalist, and TikTok user known for Kinky History, an online educational video and podcast series about the history of human sexuality, as well as a non-fiction book of the same name, released in Australia and New Zealand in October 2023. The World English-language rights were sold to TarcherPerigee and published in the US in June 2024. The rights for the Dutch translation were sold to Boeklyn BV (Vilvoorde, Belgium"
tagline: "Australian digital creator, author, and academic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esme_Louise_James.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "TikTokers"
  slug: "tiktokers"
profileType:
  name: "TikToker"
  slug: "tiktoker"
birthDate: "1993-05-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.73
  momentum:             1.034011663472126
  historical:           2.429124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  86
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  180
  category: 20
totalFollowers: 132000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KinkyHistory"
    handle:    "KinkyHistory"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.esme.louise"
    handle:    "dr.esme.louise"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.esmeljames.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/esme.louisee/"
    handle:    "esme.louisee"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13227259/"
    handle:    "nm13227259"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
    url:       "https://www.twitch.tv/dresmelouise"
    handle:    "dresmelouise"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVD-KGaUbhshDzlzhz5m7qw"
    handle:    "@dr.esme.louise"
    followers: 132000
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esm%C3%A9_Louise_James"
    title: "Esmé Louise James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esm%C3%A9_Louise_James"
    title: "Esmé Louise James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120457614"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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