# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruby-franke
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:24:48.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruby-franke"
name: "Ruby Franke"
slug: "ruby-franke"
description: "Ruby Franke is an American former family vlogger and convicted child abuser who ran the now defunct YouTube channel 8 Passengers. On August 30, 2023, Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested in Washington County, Utah, and charged with six counts of felony aggravated child abuse of two of Franke's children. Franke ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts and on February 20, 2024, was sentenced to serve between four and thirty years in prison."
tagline: "American family vlogger who ran a YouTube channel"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "YouTubers"
  slug: "youtubers"
profileType:
  name: "YouTuber"
  slug: "youtuber"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15222076"
birthDate: "1982-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.11
  momentum:             11.27014365225573
  historical:           12.73964933333333
  currentAttention:     50.01773466549231
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 122
totalFollowers: 26300
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5252960/"
    handle:    "nm5252960"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUGnsp4AaZOb0TWjCYCotsg"
    handle:    "@eightpassengers1180"
    followers: 26300
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%AF%E6%AF%94%C2%B7%E6%B3%95%E8%98%AD%E5%85%8B"
    title: "魯比·法蘭克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke"
    title: "Ruby Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke"
    title: "Ruby Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke"
    title: "Ruby Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9"
    title: "روبی فرانک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke"
    title: "Ruby Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke"
    title: "Ruby Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5"
    title: "Дело Руби Франке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke"
    title: "Ruby Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122194407"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4925066"
    title: "Ruby Franke"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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