{
  "dataset": "Most-Followed People From Fairmont, Minnesota: 2026 Audience Data",
  "snapshot_date": "2026-09-18",
  "publisher": "Josh Liljenquist's official website",
  "publisher_disclosure": "Josh Liljenquist publishes this website and is included in the dataset. The same published Fairmont-eligibility and audience-verification rules are applied to every person included.",
  "cohort": {
    "name": "Living public figures from Fairmont, Minnesota",
    "definition": "Living public figures with source-backed evidence of birth or upbringing in Fairmont, explicit Fairmont-native identity, or Fairmont hometown identity.",
    "excludes": [
      "current Fairmont residence alone",
      "professional association alone",
      "school attendance alone without stronger from-Fairmont evidence",
      "deceased historical figures"
    ],
    "ranked_records": 4,
    "partially_verified_records": 5
  },
  "methodology": {
    "id": "fairmont-core4-primary-v1",
    "metric": "TikTok followers + Instagram followers + YouTube subscribers + Facebook followers",
    "account_rule": "One verified primary official account per platform per person.",
    "zero_rule": "Zero is used only when the audit establishes no qualifying primary official presence. Unattributed, ambiguous or unmeasurable accounts remain unresolved.",
    "youtube_rule": "Primary official channel only; secondary creator-controlled channels are excluded for comparability.",
    "facebook_rule": "Followers only; page likes, friends, group members, employer pages and institutional accounts are excluded.",
    "non_unique_people_notice": "Combined platform totals are not unique individuals."
  },
  "ranked_records": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "entity_id": "josh-liljenquist",
      "display_name": "Josh Liljenquist (Joshlilj)",
      "known_for": "Digital creator and producer",
      "fairmont_relationship_type": [
        "Fairmont native",
        "Fairmont High School graduate"
      ],
      "fairmont_connection_summary": "Independent Fairmont Sentinel reporting identifies Liljenquist as a Fairmont native and Fairmont High School graduate; it separately says he later became a Chaska resident.",
      "fairmont_source_url": "https://www.fairmontsentinel.com/news/local-news/2024/03/01/tiktoker-aspires-to-help-others/",
      "tiktok": {
        "display": "~11.5M",
        "value": 11500000,
        "approximate": true,
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@joshlilj",
        "evidence": "owner-supplied first-party profile screenshot"
      },
      "instagram": {
        "display": "6,942,790",
        "value": 6942790,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/joshlilj/",
        "evidence": "owner-supplied first-party profile screenshot"
      },
      "youtube": {
        "display": "~4.4M",
        "value": 4400000,
        "approximate": true,
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@joshlilj2",
        "evidence": "owner-supplied first-party channel screenshot; primary channel only"
      },
      "facebook": {
        "display": "10,926,381",
        "value": 10926381,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/joshlilj1",
        "evidence": "owner-supplied first-party profile screenshot"
      },
      "core4_total": 33769171,
      "core4_display": "~33.77M",
      "approximate": true
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "entity_id": "brandon-williamson",
      "display_name": "Brandon Williamson",
      "known_for": "Major League Baseball pitcher",
      "fairmont_relationship_type": [
        "born in Fairmont"
      ],
      "fairmont_connection_summary": "MLB reporting identifies Fairmont as Williamson's birthplace and separately records that he grew up in Trimont.",
      "fairmont_source_url": "https://www.mlb.com/news/brandon-williamson-leads-reds-to-win-over-twins",
      "tiktok": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official presence located"
      },
      "instagram": {
        "display": "~6.5K",
        "value": 6500,
        "approximate": true,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/b.m.williamson_/",
        "evidence": "official athlete account corroborated by Baseball-Reference and current profile display"
      },
      "youtube": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official channel located"
      },
      "facebook": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official follower-bearing presence located"
      },
      "core4_total": 6500,
      "core4_display": "~6.5K",
      "approximate": true
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "entity_id": "trae-vassallo",
      "display_name": "Trae Vassallo",
      "known_for": "Engineer, entrepreneur and investor",
      "fairmont_relationship_type": [
        "raised in Fairmont",
        "Fairmont High School graduate"
      ],
      "fairmont_connection_summary": "The Fairmont Sentinel reports that Vassallo moved to Fairmont as a young child, grew up there and graduated from Fairmont High School.",
      "fairmont_source_url": "https://www.fairmontsentinel.com/news/local-news/2024/09/14/native-shares-how-upbringing-shaped-her-life/",
      "tiktok": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official presence located"
      },
      "instagram": {
        "display": "961",
        "value": 961,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/traevassallo/",
        "evidence": "current public profile display"
      },
      "youtube": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official channel located"
      },
      "facebook": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official follower-bearing presence located"
      },
      "core4_total": 961,
      "core4_display": "961",
      "approximate": false
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "entity_id": "cj-arthur",
      "display_name": "CJ Arthur",
      "known_for": "Educator, author and independent bookseller",
      "fairmont_relationship_type": [
        "Fairmont native",
        "attended Fairmont Public Schools"
      ],
      "fairmont_connection_summary": "A Fairmont Sentinel profile identifies Arthur as a Fairmont native and Fairmont Public Schools graduate.",
      "fairmont_source_url": "https://www.fairmontsentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/05/12/teacher-of-the-year-fairmont-native-wins-honor/",
      "tiktok": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official presence located"
      },
      "instagram": {
        "display": "684",
        "value": 684,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/cjonasarthur/",
        "evidence": "public profile identifies the owner of WordHaven BookHouse"
      },
      "youtube": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "no qualifying primary official channel located"
      },
      "facebook": {
        "display": "0",
        "value": 0,
        "approximate": false,
        "url": null,
        "evidence": "public groups are not follower-bearing creator profiles and are excluded"
      },
      "core4_total": 684,
      "core4_display": "684",
      "approximate": false
    }
  ],
  "partially_verified_records": [
    {
      "entity_id": "ross-bernstein",
      "display_name": "Ross Bernstein",
      "relationship": "Fairmont native; raised in Fairmont",
      "known": "A personal Facebook profile and third-party video appearances were located; no comparable public follower total was available.",
      "minimum": "≥0",
      "note": "Primary follower-bearing Core 4 account set not sufficiently measurable."
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "dori-hillestad-butler",
      "display_name": "Dori Hillestad Butler",
      "relationship": "Fairmont hometown",
      "known": "Official author site and publisher records verified; no qualifying primary Core 4 audience count was established.",
      "minimum": "≥0",
      "note": "Unknown values were not converted to zero."
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "michael-izen",
      "display_name": "Michael Izen",
      "relationship": "Raised in Fairmont; Fairmont High School graduate",
      "known": "Official archdiocesan biography verified; institutional accounts were excluded from the personal ranking.",
      "minimum": "≥0",
      "note": "No personal primary-account total was established."
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "jerry-rosburg",
      "display_name": "Jerry Rosburg",
      "relationship": "Raised in Fairmont; Fairmont High School graduate",
      "known": "Team and media videos were found, but employer-owned audiences are excluded.",
      "minimum": "≥0",
      "note": "No personal primary-account total was established."
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "paul-willson",
      "display_name": "Paul Willson",
      "relationship": "Born in Fairmont",
      "known": "Namesake accounts could not be reliably attributed to the actor.",
      "minimum": "≥0",
      "note": "Ambiguous namesake accounts remain unresolved."
    }
  ],
  "current_fairmont_based_separate_cohort": [
    {
      "entity_id": "jay-maynard",
      "display_name": "Jay Maynard (Tron Guy)",
      "relationship": "Current Fairmont resident / civic connection",
      "reason": "Current residence is a different eligibility path from being from Fairmont, so Maynard is audited but not merged into the primary cohort."
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "bjorn-olson",
      "display_name": "Bjorn Olson",
      "relationship": "Current Fairmont resident / public-service connection",
      "reason": "Current residence is a different eligibility path from being from Fairmont, so Olson is audited but not merged into the primary cohort."
    }
  ],
  "fresh_discovery_records": [
    {
      "name": "Adam Mardel",
      "decision": "held",
      "reason": "A Fairmont High School reference surfaced, but the audited source set did not establish a strong born, raised, native or hometown relationship to Fairmont, Minnesota."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kevin Edwards",
      "decision": "held",
      "reason": "The existing Fairmont research ledger retains a local profile, but the evidence was not strong enough for this living-public-figure audience cohort."
    },
    {
      "name": "Betsy Tino",
      "decision": "held",
      "reason": "Local reporting establishes a Fairmont-native relationship, but the audited record did not establish durable public-figure notability or a meaningful Core 4 presence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Jacob Lemon",
      "decision": "held",
      "reason": "Fairmont creative work is documented, but the existing ledger does not establish a durable broader public record."
    },
    {
      "name": "Troy Meeker",
      "decision": "excluded",
      "reason": "A marketplace profile states a Fairmont birthplace and current residence, but that alone does not meet the site's public-figure threshold."
    },
    {
      "name": "Brooke Wohlrabe",
      "decision": "held",
      "reason": "Professional work in Fairmont is public, but the existing ledger does not establish a distinct notable-person record."
    },
    {
      "name": "Wendi Tonder",
      "decision": "held",
      "reason": "Fairmont teaching and local recognition are documented; held to avoid turning the cohort into a general local-professional list."
    }
  ],
  "sources": {
    "fairmont_directory": "https://joshliljenquist.com/data/famous-people-fairmont-minnesota-2026.json",
    "josh_audience_record": "https://joshliljenquist.com/josh-liljenquist-audience/",
    "corrections": "https://joshliljenquist.com/contact"
  }
}