Trending Poets in China — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Mao Zedong. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the Chinese-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of China. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
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Ranked
68,473
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
4,707
views
views
2
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
2,342
views
views
3
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
2,291
views
views
4
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) (r. 626-649)
2,118
views
views
5
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
2,019
views
views
6
Xin Qiji
Chinese poet
1,814
views
views
7
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
1,661
views
views
8
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
1,594
views
views
9
Julien Gracq
French writer (1910-2007)
1,493
views
views
10
Cao Cao
Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)
1,292
views
views
11
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
1,245
views
views
12
Hongzhi Emperor
10th emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1470–1505)
1,221
views
views
13
Liu Xiaobo
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist (1955–2017)
1,198
views
views
14
Li Bai
Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)
1,053
views
views
15
Su Shi
Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
1,022
views
views
16
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
981
views
views
17
Wanli
emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1563-1620)
962
views
views
18
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
7th emperor of the Tang dynasty, reigning from 713 to 756 CE
935
views
views
19
Liu Ji
Chinese philosopher and politician (1311–1375)
917
views
views
20
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
862
views
views
21
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
845
views
views
22
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
845
views
views
23
Mao Xinyu
grandson of former CCP Chairman Mao Zedong
835
views
views
24
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
788
views
views
25
Emperor Huizong of Song
emperor of the Song Dynasty (1082-1135)
711
views
views
26
Cao Pi
Cao Wei Emperror (187-226)
710
views
views
27
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
688
views
views
28
Emperor Wu of Han
seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China (157 BC–87 BC)
679
views
views
29
Lin Huiyin
Chinese architect and writer (1904-1955)
678
views
views
30
Li Yu
ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom in ancient China
640
views
views
31
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
612
views
views
32
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)
604
views
views
33
Yue Fei
Song dynasty general, killed by royal decree from the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1103–1142)
604
views
views
34
Sappho
ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)
602
views
views
35
Xu Zhimo
Chinese poet (1897-1931)
602
views
views
36
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
594
views
views
37
Qian Chu
Song Dynasty politician
582
views
views
38
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
563
views
views
39
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje
Tibetan Lama
551
views
views
40
Du Fu
Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)
541
views
views
41
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
531
views
views
42
Wen Zhengming
Chinese painter, calligrapher and poet from the Ming dynasty (1470-1559)
515
views
views
43
Qu Yuan
Chinese poet and politician (c.340–278 BC)
511
views
views
44
Li Qingzhao
Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"
507
views
views
45
Emperor Gaozong of Song
emperor of Song Dynasty China (1107–1187)
498
views
views
46
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
486
views
views
47
Emperor Yang of Sui
emperor of the Sui Dynasty
485
views
views
48
Fujiwara no Akisuke
Japanese poet
476
views
views
49
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
473
views
views
50
Yu Qian
Chinese general, imperial scholar and poet (1398-1457)
471
views
views
51
Heshen
Chinese politician (1750-1799)
468
views
views
52
Concubine Qi
Han dynasty concubine (c.224 – 194 BC)
462
views
views
53
Li Deyu
Chinese writer and chancellor (787-850)
461
views
views
54
Yang Kaihui
wife of Mao Zedong (1901-1930)
453
views
views
55
Guo Moruo
Chinese writer (1892-1978)
445
views
views
56
Di Renjie
Chinese official
438
views
views
57
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
437
views
views
58
Jia Qianqian
Chinese poet
436
views
views
59
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
432
views
views
60
Fujiwara no Michinobu
Japanese waka poet
426
views
views
61
Wu
Founding Liang emperor from 502 to 549
426
views
views
62
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
416
views
views
63
Wang Sengru
413
views
views
64
Wen Tianxiang
Chinese politician of the Song Dynasty
412
views
views
65
Cao Xueqin
Chinese novelist and poet (1710–1765)
406
views
views
66
Wang Anshi
Song Dynasty chancellor and poet (1021-1086)
406
views
views
67
Wang Xizhi
Chinese calligrapher (c. 321 – c. 361)
402
views
views
68
Lady Sun
3rd century Chinese noble lady. CBDB = 135352
399
views
views
69
Jia Baoyu
principal character in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber
394
views
views
70
Chao Yuen Ren
Chinese-American linguist and educator (1892–1982)
393
views
views
71
Tao Yuanming
Chinese poet (365–427)
393
views
views
72
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
377
views
views
73
Zhu Xi
Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)
375
views
views
74
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
371
views
views
75
Zhuang Zhou
Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)
361
views
views
76
Huineng
semi-legendary Chinese Chan (Zen) patriarch
356
views
views
77
David
king of Israel and Judah
355
views
views
78
Cao Zhi
State of Cao Wei prince and poet (192-232)
355
views
views
79
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
354
views
views
80
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
347
views
views
81
He Zhizhang
Chinese writer (659-744)
347
views
views
82
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
340
views
views
83
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
340
views
views
84
Lü Dongbin
Chinese Taoist scholar and poet during the Tang Dynasty
335
views
views
85
Emperor Xiaozong of Song
Chinese Song dynasty emperor from 1162 to 1189
333
views
views
86
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
329
views
views
87
Bai Juyi
Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty (772-846)
327
views
views
88
Zhang Zongchang
Chinese warlord (1881-1932)
322
views
views
89
Liu Kang
Vivio Mucho en El Puente Del Marconi
321
views
views
90
Wei Zheng
Tang Dynasty chancellor (580-643)
314
views
views
91
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
314
views
views
92
Huang Chao
Chinese emperor
312
views
views
93
Shangguan Wan'er
Poet, writer, politician and imperial consort of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (664-710)
310
views
views
94
Fan Zhongyan
Chinese poet, politician, philosopher and writer (989–1052)
309
views
views
95
Tablo
South Korean-Canadian rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter
309
views
views
96
Shiang-Hua Chang
Chinese writer
301
views
views
97
Yao Guang Xiao
Ming dynasty person CBDB = 35140 (1335–1418)
301
views
views
98
Guo Ziyi
general during the Tang Dynasty (697-781)
298
views
views
99
Sima Qian
Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
294
views
views
100
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
294
views
views
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