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The 100 most-viewed lakes on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lake Baikal. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,591,103
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
131,863
views
views
2
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
96,735
views
views
3
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
63,990
views
views
4
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
46,364
views
views
5
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
45,421
views
views
6
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
41,275
views
views
7
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
37,810
views
views
8
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
33,200
views
views
9
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
32,888
views
views
10
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
32,697
views
views
11
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
32,382
views
views
12
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
28,974
views
views
13
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
28,143
views
views
14
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
25,983
views
views
15
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
23,539
views
views
16
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
22,242
views
views
17
Lake Wakatipu
lake in Otago Region, New Zealand
22,220
views
views
18
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
21,695
views
views
19
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
20,978
views
views
20
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
19,429
views
views
21
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
18,964
views
views
22
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
18,378
views
views
23
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
18,314
views
views
24
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
17,391
views
views
25
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
17,359
views
views
26
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
16,894
views
views
27
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
16,353
views
views
28
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
16,050
views
views
29
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
15,449
views
views
30
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
15,375
views
views
31
Lake Zaysan
lake in eastern Kazakhstan
15,276
views
views
32
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
13,892
views
views
33
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
13,673
views
views
34
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
13,622
views
views
35
Lake Inba
lake in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
13,276
views
views
36
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
13,146
views
views
37
Pragser Wildsee
lake in the Dolomites
12,956
views
views
38
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
12,541
views
views
39
Lake Shinji
lake in Shimane Prefecture, Chūgoku region, Japan
12,537
views
views
40
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
12,018
views
views
41
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
11,839
views
views
42
Lake Kasumigaura
lake in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan
11,805
views
views
43
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
11,534
views
views
44
Lake Trasimeno
lake in Umbria, Italy
11,398
views
views
45
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
11,173
views
views
46
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
10,827
views
views
47
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
10,728
views
views
48
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
10,646
views
views
49
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
10,620
views
views
50
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
10,487
views
views
51
Lake Iseo
fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy
10,450
views
views
52
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
10,088
views
views
53
El Ojo
lake in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
10,068
views
views
54
Tule Lake
intermittent lake in California
9,651
views
views
55
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
9,643
views
views
56
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
9,505
views
views
57
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
9,162
views
views
58
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
9,150
views
views
59
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
9,146
views
views
60
Lake Starnberg
lake in Bavaria, Germany
9,024
views
views
61
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
8,931
views
views
62
Lake Sevan
lake in Armenia
8,677
views
views
63
Reschensee
artificial lake in Italy
8,360
views
views
64
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
8,353
views
views
65
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
8,249
views
views
66
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
8,141
views
views
67
Königssee
lake in Schönau am Königsee, Bavaria, Germany
7,752
views
views
68
Lake Lucerne
lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
7,679
views
views
69
IJsselmeer
artificial lake in the Netherlands
7,668
views
views
70
Walchensee
lake in Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
7,666
views
views
71
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
7,612
views
views
72
Venetian Lagoon
enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea
7,597
views
views
73
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
7,564
views
views
74
Lake Orta
lake in Italy
7,530
views
views
75
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
7,445
views
views
76
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
7,364
views
views
77
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
7,141
views
views
78
Neusiedl Lake
steppe lake in Central Europe
7,088
views
views
79
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
6,862
views
views
80
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
6,783
views
views
81
Bay of Kotor
bay
6,592
views
views
82
Lake Onega
freshwater lake in Russia, second largest in Europe
6,546
views
views
83
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
6,352
views
views
84
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
6,274
views
views
85
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
6,236
views
views
86
Lake Tazawa
crater lake
6,208
views
views
87
Mar Menor
coastal saltwater lagoon of the Mediterranean Sea in Spain
6,145
views
views
88
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
6,064
views
views
89
Lake Inawashiro
lake in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
5,932
views
views
90
Sørvágsvatn
largest lake in the Faroe Islands
5,889
views
views
91
Lake Nasser
reservoir in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan
5,857
views
views
92
Lac de Vouglans
reservoir
5,850
views
views
93
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
5,843
views
views
94
Big Ass Lake
lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
5,798
views
views
95
Achensee
lake in Tyrol
5,541
views
views
96
Oeschinen Lake
lake in Switzerland
5,494
views
views
97
Walden Pond
lake in Concord, Massachusetts, United States
5,463
views
views
98
Laacher See
volcanic crater lake in Germany
5,456
views
views
99
Lago de Atitlán
crater lake in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
5,451
views
views
100
Lac du Bourget
lake in France
5,414
views
views