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Rob Pike

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  • Audience12.1K
  • Fame66.0
  • Momentum0.0
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12.1K github followers
  • Audience12.1K
  • Fame66.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Canada rank#242
  • Developers rank#25
  • Wikipedia5.4K
Born 1956 · age 70Canada
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  • Biggest on GitHub
    12.1K
    @robpike
  • Wikipedia
    23 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Canada
    #242
    Developers
  • Age
    70
    Born 1956
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Robert Pike is a Canadian programmer and author. He is best known for his work on the Go programming language while working at Google and the Plan 9 operating system while working at Bell Labs, where he was a member of the Unix team.

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Fame
Falling
66.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical19.9
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#242
Category rank
#25
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