# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/justin-frankel
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:28:35.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/justin-frankel"
name: "Justin Frankel"
slug: "justin-frankel"
description: "Justin Frankel is an American computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application and for inventing the Gnutella peer-to-peer network. Frankel is also the founder of Cockos Incorporated, which creates music production and development software such as the REAPER digital audio workstation, the NINJAM collaborative music tool and the Jesusonic expandable effects processor."
tagline: "American computer programmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geeking_out_with_Justin_Frankel_screenshot_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Developers"
  slug: "developers"
profileType:
  name: "Developer"
  slug: "developer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740"
birthDate: "1978"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.54511066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 193
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/justinfrankel"
    handle:    "justinfrankel"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Frankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Frankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Frankel"
    title: "Justin Frankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Frankel"
    title: "Justin Frankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Frankel"
    title: "Justin Frankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "जस्टिन फ्रँकेल"
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    title: "Justin Frankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Frankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Frankel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump