# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roosh-v
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:24:38.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roosh-v"
name: "Roosh V"
slug: "roosh-v"
description: "Daryush Valizadeh, also known as Roosh Valizadeh, Roosh V and Roosh Vorek, is an American former alt-right blogger and pickup artist. Valizadeh wrote on his personal blog and also owned the Return of Kings website and Roosh V Forum, where he published articles by himself and others on related subjects. Valizadeh has self-published more than a dozen dating and travel guides, most of which discuss picking up and having relations with women in specific countries. His advice, his videos and his writings have received widespread criticism, including accusations of misogyny, antisemitism, homophobia, and having ties to the alt-right."
tagline: "American writer and men's rights and manosphere activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roosh-daryush-valizadeh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1979-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.88
  momentum:             1.3671875
  historical:           10.66520133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rooshv"
    handle:    "rooshv"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kingroosh/"
    handle:    "kingroosh"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC16j6EppP0K85CzYMduNCqw"
    handle:    "UC16j6EppP0K85CzYMduNCqw"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://RooshV.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "روش وی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дарюш Вализаде"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روش وی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%88_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8D"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosh_V"
    title: "Roosh V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump