Trending Journalists — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed journalists on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Gloria Steinem. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
35,640,064
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Gloria Steinem
American feminist activist and journalist (1934–2026)
1,907,350
views
views
2
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
1,590,917
views
views
3
Charlie Kirk
American political activist (1993–2025)
1,244,739
views
views
4
Chris Hansen
American television journalist (born 1959)
816,357
views
views
5
Sergey Sosedov
Russian journalist and entertainer (1968—2026)
745,007
views
views
6
Warren Beatty
American actor and filmmaker
737,288
views
views
7
Isao Harimoto
South Korean-Japanese professional baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1940–2026)
701,852
views
views
8
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
626,989
views
views
9
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
588,058
views
views
10
Hasan Piker
American political commentator (born 1991)
585,433
views
views
11
Vinnie Jones
British footballer and actor
578,756
views
views
12
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
528,301
views
views
13
Nigella Lawson
English food writer and television cook (born 1960)
524,210
views
views
14
Aaron Rodgers
American football player (born 1983)
518,640
views
views
15
Morgan Freeman
American actor and producer (born 1937)
498,863
views
views
16
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
489,175
views
views
17
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress (born 1974)
470,678
views
views
18
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
468,257
views
views
19
O. J. Simpson
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
449,382
views
views
20
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
427,490
views
views
21
Hannah Waddingham
British actress
425,843
views
views
22
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
397,387
views
views
23
Hugh Jackman
Australian and English actor and singer (born 1968)
386,764
views
views
24
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
378,661
views
views
25
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
375,299
views
views
26
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States since 2025
366,900
views
views
27
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
357,699
views
views
28
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
355,987
views
views
29
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
344,384
views
views
30
Barry Melrose
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
341,112
views
views
31
Suriya
Indian film actor, producer and television presenter and philanthropist
339,955
views
views
32
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
324,443
views
views
33
Willem Dafoe
American actor (1955-)
323,557
views
views
34
Jon Ossoff
American politician and filmmaker (born 1987)
322,983
views
views
35
Giorgia Meloni
Prime Minister of Italy since 2022
320,128
views
views
36
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
320,095
views
views
37
Natalie Harp
American conservative activist
319,788
views
views
38
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
319,505
views
views
39
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
316,401
views
views
40
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
309,917
views
views
41
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
309,584
views
views
42
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
305,346
views
views
43
Ashley Alexandra Dupré
American call-girl, singer and columnist
300,115
views
views
44
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
298,402
views
views
45
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
298,107
views
views
46
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
295,700
views
views
47
Sahra Wagenknecht
German politician (born 1969)
293,729
views
views
48
Maria Bartiromo
American financial journalist, television personality, news anchor, and author
292,384
views
views
49
Queen Latifah
American rapper, singer and actress
290,567
views
views
50
Kelly Clarkson
American singer-songwriter (born 1982)
283,885
views
views
51
Asia Argento
Italian actress and filmmaker (born 1975)
281,406
views
views
52
Sharon Horgan
Irish actress, writer and comedian
279,409
views
views
53
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
276,255
views
views
54
Donald Trump Jr.
American businessman and reality television personality (born 1977)
275,944
views
views
55
Shaquille O'Neal
American basketball player (born 1972)
272,693
views
views
56
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
272,169
views
views
57
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
267,657
views
views
58
Pamela Anderson
Canadian actress and model (born 1967)
263,565
views
views
59
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
262,959
views
views
60
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
261,338
views
views
61
Camila Alves
Brazilian model and designer (born 1983)
260,828
views
views
62
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine since 2019
256,289
views
views
63
Leif-Erik Holm
German politician
251,031
views
views
64
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
247,594
views
views
65
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
246,003
views
views
66
Heidi Klum
German-American model, television personality and businesswoman
245,953
views
views
67
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
243,194
views
views
68
Ryan Murphy
American screenwriter (born 1965)
239,335
views
views
69
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
237,860
views
views
70
Sofía Vergara
Colombian-American actress and model (born 1972)
233,221
views
views
71
Priscilla Presley
American actress and businesswoman
229,964
views
views
72
Rob Lowe
American actor (born 1964)
228,535
views
views
73
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
221,400
views
views
74
Quentin Mosimann
Swiss DJ and music producer
218,391
views
views
75
Stan Lee
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)
214,824
views
views
76
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
211,577
views
views
77
Will Best
English television presenter (born 1985)
210,794
views
views
78
Giovannino Guareschi
Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist (1908-1968)
207,637
views
views
79
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
206,965
views
views
80
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
206,711
views
views
81
Caitlyn Jenner
American media personality and retired decathlete
206,120
views
views
82
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
205,982
views
views
83
Sanae Takaichi
Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
203,917
views
views
84
Thierry Henry
French association football player and manager
199,938
views
views
85
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
199,748
views
views
86
Salman Khan
Indian actor and producer (born 1965)
197,443
views
views
87
Ivanka Trump
American businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)
196,634
views
views
88
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
195,696
views
views
89
John McEnroe
American former tennis player (born 1959)
194,391
views
views
90
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
192,782
views
views
91
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
192,628
views
views
92
Manoj Tiwari
Indian politician, singer and actor
192,564
views
views
93
Jeremy Clarkson
British broadcaster, journalist and writer
192,130
views
views
94
Ashley St. Clair
American political commentator
191,544
views
views
95
Jesse James
American entrepreneur and television personality
190,930
views
views
96
Esther Rantzen
English television presenter (1940–2026)
190,893
views
views
97
Jimmy Fallon
American talk show host and comedian (born 1974)
190,182
views
views
98
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
189,766
views
views
99
Fidel Castro
Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)
186,989
views
views
100
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
185,917
views
views