# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-kaufmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:46.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-kaufmann"
name: "Steve Kaufmann"
slug: "steve-kaufmann"
description: "Steve Kaufmann is a Canadian internet personality and polyglot known for his language-learning content on YouTube, and his online language-learning platform LingQ, which he co-founded."
tagline: "Canadian polyglot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Kaufmann.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Creators"
  slug: "creators"
profileType:
  name: "Creator"
  slug: "creator"
birthDate: "1945-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.42
  momentum:             3.57
  historical:           10.40879466666667
  currentAttention:     5.36
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  104
  category: 36
totalFollowers: 1590000
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCez-2shYlHQY3LfILBuDYqQ"
    handle:    "@thelinguist"
    followers: 1590000
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%AF%E8%92%82%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E8%80%83%E5%A4%AB%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "斯蒂夫·考夫曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kaufmann"
    title: "Steve Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "استیو کافمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kaufmann"
    title: "Steve Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kaufmann"
    title: "Steve Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kaufmann"
    title: "Steve Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kaufmann"
    title: "Steve Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "スティーブ・カウフマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kaufmann"
    title: "Steve Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2"
    title: "Кауфман, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Стів Кауфман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kaufmann"
    title: "Steve Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11080860"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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