Trending Lakes — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed lakes on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lake Ontario. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
5,109,527
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
1,250,146
views
views
2
Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
246,525
views
views
3
Lake Inba
lake in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
225,825
views
views
4
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
221,285
views
views
5
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
130,071
views
views
6
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
115,978
views
views
7
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
106,288
views
views
8
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
89,044
views
views
9
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
82,142
views
views
10
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
76,712
views
views
11
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
75,495
views
views
12
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
74,147
views
views
13
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
72,517
views
views
14
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
70,076
views
views
15
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
64,138
views
views
16
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
63,728
views
views
17
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
61,875
views
views
18
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
61,567
views
views
19
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
59,926
views
views
20
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
55,475
views
views
21
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
52,775
views
views
22
Lake Manasarovar
freshwater lake in Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China
51,504
views
views
23
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
47,325
views
views
24
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
46,315
views
views
25
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
44,834
views
views
26
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
44,019
views
views
27
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
42,256
views
views
28
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
41,041
views
views
29
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
40,463
views
views
30
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
37,101
views
views
31
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
36,575
views
views
32
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
36,008
views
views
33
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
34,999
views
views
34
Laguna Miscanti
lake in Chile
34,890
views
views
35
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
32,708
views
views
36
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
31,766
views
views
37
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
31,512
views
views
38
El Ojo
lake in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
30,819
views
views
39
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
30,624
views
views
40
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
29,495
views
views
41
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
29,000
views
views
42
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
28,058
views
views
43
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
27,833
views
views
44
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
27,227
views
views
45
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
24,981
views
views
46
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
24,958
views
views
47
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
24,026
views
views
48
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
24,018
views
views
49
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
23,835
views
views
50
Lake Sevan
lake in Armenia
23,781
views
views
51
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
23,776
views
views
52
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
23,134
views
views
53
Yathkyed Lake
lake in Nunavut, Canada
22,646
views
views
54
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
22,578
views
views
55
Pragser Wildsee
lake in the Dolomites
21,886
views
views
56
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
21,720
views
views
57
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
21,646
views
views
58
Lake Iseo
fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy
21,140
views
views
59
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
20,747
views
views
60
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
20,717
views
views
61
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
20,451
views
views
62
Lake Lucerne
lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
20,001
views
views
63
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
19,882
views
views
64
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
18,823
views
views
65
Big Ass Lake
lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
18,763
views
views
66
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
18,614
views
views
67
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
18,353
views
views
68
Lake Michigan–Huron
lake system
18,344
views
views
69
Lake Starnberg
lake in Bavaria, Germany
18,239
views
views
70
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
18,039
views
views
71
IJsselmeer
artificial lake in the Netherlands
17,977
views
views
72
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
17,830
views
views
73
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
17,434
views
views
74
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
17,324
views
views
75
Oeschinen Lake
lake in Switzerland
17,250
views
views
76
Lake Trasimeno
lake in Umbria, Italy
16,494
views
views
77
Königssee
lake in Schönau am Königsee, Bavaria, Germany
16,361
views
views
78
Reschensee
artificial lake in Italy
16,353
views
views
79
Tulare Lake
dry lake in San Joaquin Valley, California
16,136
views
views
80
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
16,022
views
views
81
Venetian Lagoon
enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea
15,911
views
views
82
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
15,787
views
views
83
Lake Annecy
perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie, France
15,520
views
views
84
Sørvágsvatn
largest lake in the Faroe Islands
15,389
views
views
85
Lake of the Woods
large glacial lake in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota
15,377
views
views
86
Bay of Kotor
bay
15,363
views
views
87
Lake Orta
lake in Italy
15,346
views
views
88
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
15,193
views
views
89
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
15,069
views
views
90
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
14,954
views
views
91
Lake Turkana
alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
14,484
views
views
92
Lake Winnipeg
lake in Manitoba, Canada
14,415
views
views
93
Lake Bonneville
former pluvial lake in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States
14,406
views
views
94
Chiemsee
freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany
14,213
views
views
95
Laacher See
volcanic crater lake in Germany
14,022
views
views
96
Lake Kariba
reservoir in Zimbabwe
13,876
views
views
97
Windermere
largest natural lake in England
13,609
views
views
98
Chandra Taal
lake situated in the Lahaul part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India)
13,476
views
views
99
Lake George
lake in Warren County, New York, United States
13,467
views
views
100
Lake Winnipesaukee
lake in New Hampshire, United States of America
13,264
views
views