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Yukihiro Matsumoto

Japanese computer scientist who created the Ruby programming language

  • Audience10.5K
  • Fame70.2
  • Momentum7.5
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10.5K github followers
  • Audience10.5K
  • Fame70.2
  • Momentum7.5
  • Japan rank#216
  • Developers rank#19
  • Wikipedia5K
Born 1965 · age 61Japan
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  • Biggest on GitHub
    10.5K
    @matz
  • Wikipedia
    31 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Japan
    #216
    Developers
  • Age
    61
    Born 1965
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Yukihiro Matsumoto , also known as Matz, is a Japanese computer scientist and software programmer. He is best known as the chief designer of the Ruby programming language and its original reference implementation, Matz's Ruby Interpreter (MRI).

Key facts
Profile type
Developer
Category
Developers
Country
Japan
Country rank
#216
Category rank
#19
Last updated
2026-06-21
Gallery

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3 images
Where to find them

Platforms

  • X (Twitter)
    @yukihiro_matz
  • Facebook
    @yukihiromatz
  • LinkedIn
    @yukihiro
  • Website
    www.rubyist.net
  • GitHub
    @matz
    10.5K
    followers
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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
70.2
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum7.5
Historical22.2
Now attention0.3
Source confidence85.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
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Country rank
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#216
Category rank
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#19
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Sources

  • Wikiquote
    website · ru.wikiquote.org
    Low confidence
  • يوكيهيرو ماتسوموتو
    wikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
    Low confidence
  • يوكيهيرو ماتسوموتو
    wikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
    Low confidence
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Quick facts

Country
Japan
Category
Developers
Profile type
Developer
Status
living
Born
April 14, 1965
Followers
10.5K
Wikipedia
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Last updated
16h ago
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90-day peak
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