# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-topolsky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:57:47.237Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-topolsky"
name: "Joshua Topolsky"
slug: "joshua-topolsky"
description: "Joshua Ryan Topolsky is an American technology journalist. He is also a record producer, and DJ under the stage name Joshua Ryan. Topolsky was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of technology news network The Verge, and a co-creator of its parent company Vox Media. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Engadget."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua_Topolsky.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1977-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.171889333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 403
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/joshuatopolsky"
    handle:    "joshuatopolsky"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/joshuatopolsky/"
    handle:    "joshuatopolsky"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joshuatopolsky"
    handle:    "joshuatopolsky"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUGU5K8TQUQjqSTdIEez9QA"
    handle:    "@joshuatopolsky"
    followers: 403
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "چوشوا توپولسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Topolsky"
    title: "Joshua Topolsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Topolsky"
    title: "Joshua Topolsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Topolsky"
    title: "Joshua Topolsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョシュア・トポルスキー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/221a8a0c-2c21-4823-8d2b-f429ff29158d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6290270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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