Trending Journalists — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed journalists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Donald Trump. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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52,628,183
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
2,464,924
views
views
2
Gloria Steinem
American feminist activist and journalist (1934–2026)
1,943,854
views
views
3
Charlie Kirk
American political activist (1993–2025)
1,576,435
views
views
4
Perez Hilton
American actor and blogger
1,393,414
views
views
5
Chris Hansen
American television journalist (born 1959)
1,377,877
views
views
6
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
1,051,994
views
views
7
Hasan Piker
American political commentator (born 1991)
1,037,650
views
views
8
Natalie Harp
American conservative activist
959,486
views
views
9
Hannah Waddingham
British actress
914,485
views
views
10
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
898,600
views
views
11
Warren Beatty
American actor and filmmaker
883,380
views
views
12
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
765,258
views
views
13
Sergey Sosedov
Russian journalist and entertainer (1968—2026)
745,789
views
views
14
Isao Harimoto
South Korean-Japanese professional baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1940–2026)
703,893
views
views
15
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
690,593
views
views
16
Vinnie Jones
British footballer and actor
684,443
views
views
17
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
676,073
views
views
18
Morgan Freeman
American actor and producer (born 1937)
674,155
views
views
19
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
667,254
views
views
20
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress (born 1974)
637,671
views
views
21
O. J. Simpson
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
635,546
views
views
22
Jon Ossoff
American politician and filmmaker (born 1987)
631,124
views
views
23
Aaron Rodgers
American football player (born 1983)
625,572
views
views
24
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
602,210
views
views
25
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
587,662
views
views
26
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States since 2025
581,072
views
views
27
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
574,794
views
views
28
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
572,157
views
views
29
Nigella Lawson
English food writer and television cook (born 1960)
571,079
views
views
30
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
563,147
views
views
31
Hugh Jackman
Australian and English actor and singer (born 1968)
562,946
views
views
32
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
521,949
views
views
33
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
518,200
views
views
34
Milo Yiannopoulos
British far-right political commentator (born 1984)
508,330
views
views
35
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
500,249
views
views
36
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
487,675
views
views
37
Willem Dafoe
American actor (1955-)
482,255
views
views
38
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
476,391
views
views
39
Asia Argento
Italian actress and filmmaker (born 1975)
461,559
views
views
40
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
457,642
views
views
41
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
451,366
views
views
42
Shaquille O'Neal
American basketball player (born 1972)
449,626
views
views
43
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
449,093
views
views
44
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
445,578
views
views
45
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
443,390
views
views
46
Suriya
Indian film actor, producer and television presenter and philanthropist
443,191
views
views
47
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
442,194
views
views
48
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
421,557
views
views
49
Giorgia Meloni
Prime Minister of Italy since 2022
418,458
views
views
50
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
411,538
views
views
51
Stan Lee
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)
407,401
views
views
52
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
405,637
views
views
53
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
396,949
views
views
54
Pamela Anderson
Canadian actress and model (born 1967)
392,901
views
views
55
Priscilla Presley
American actress and businesswoman
387,576
views
views
56
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
381,682
views
views
57
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
372,194
views
views
58
Thierry Henry
French association football player and manager
372,086
views
views
59
Queen Latifah
American rapper, singer and actress
369,485
views
views
60
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
361,762
views
views
61
Sofía Vergara
Colombian-American actress and model (born 1972)
359,791
views
views
62
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
357,849
views
views
63
Kelly Clarkson
American singer-songwriter (born 1982)
354,944
views
views
64
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine since 2019
351,458
views
views
65
Bret Easton Ellis
American novelist, screenwriter
347,818
views
views
66
Donald Trump Jr.
American businessman and reality television personality (born 1977)
346,665
views
views
67
Barry Melrose
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
343,128
views
views
68
Jeremy Clarkson
British broadcaster, journalist and writer
342,514
views
views
69
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
340,763
views
views
70
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
Norwegian princess; daughter of Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
331,121
views
views
71
Rob Lowe
American actor (born 1964)
327,682
views
views
72
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
327,612
views
views
73
Caitlyn Jenner
American media personality and retired decathlete
322,411
views
views
74
Kane Parsons
American filmmaker
321,791
views
views
75
Camila Alves
Brazilian model and designer (born 1983)
321,429
views
views
76
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
320,397
views
views
77
Heidi Klum
German-American model, television personality and businesswoman
319,601
views
views
78
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
317,466
views
views
79
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
316,818
views
views
80
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
314,634
views
views
81
Salman Khan
Indian actor and producer (born 1965)
313,999
views
views
82
Ryan Murphy
American screenwriter (born 1965)
313,212
views
views
83
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
312,309
views
views
84
Josh Duhamel
American actor and former model (born 1972)
311,957
views
views
85
Ashley Alexandra Dupré
American call-girl, singer and columnist
311,483
views
views
86
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
310,704
views
views
87
Sharon Horgan
Irish actress, writer and comedian
310,617
views
views
88
Maria Bartiromo
American financial journalist, television personality, news anchor, and author
306,367
views
views
89
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
303,297
views
views
90
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
303,069
views
views
91
Sahra Wagenknecht
German politician (born 1969)
303,032
views
views
92
Carol Burnett
American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)
301,105
views
views
93
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
300,803
views
views
94
Ivanka Trump
American businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)
298,514
views
views
95
Shah Rukh Khan
Indian actor, producer and television personality
294,422
views
views
96
Bernie Sanders
United States Senator from Vermont
292,862
views
views
97
Fidel Castro
Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)
292,403
views
views
98
Gavin Newsom
40th governor of California since 2019
290,457
views
views
99
John McEnroe
American former tennis player (born 1959)
289,967
views
views
100
Gordon Ramsay
British chef, restaurateur, and television personality (born 1966)
289,261
views
views