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Shawn Fanning

American businessman

  • Fame54.2
  • Momentum0.6
  • Developers rank#110
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  • Fame54.2
  • Momentum0.6
  • Developers rank#110
  • Wikipedia9.5K
Born 1980 · age 46United States
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  • Age
    46
    Born 1980
  • Known for
    The Italian Job
    2003
Summary
Updated 2026-06-16

Shawn Fanning is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing platforms, in 1999. The popularity of Napster was widespread and Fanning was featured on the cover of Time magazine.

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Fame
Stable
54.2
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.6
Historical21.1
Now attention3.2
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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Category rank
#110
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