Trending Poets — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Madonna. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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30,254,746
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
1,026,870
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
924,309
views
views
3
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
869,769
views
views
4
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
684,473
views
views
5
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
635,432
views
views
6
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
595,406
views
views
7
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
590,995
views
views
8
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
563,147
views
views
9
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
516,459
views
views
10
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
504,117
views
views
11
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
496,151
views
views
12
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
476,675
views
views
13
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
473,023
views
views
14
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
457,642
views
views
15
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
449,093
views
views
16
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
445,578
views
views
17
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
443,390
views
views
18
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
421,557
views
views
19
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
392,204
views
views
20
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
387,621
views
views
21
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
384,859
views
views
22
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
374,323
views
views
23
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
372,194
views
views
24
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
360,647
views
views
25
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
355,140
views
views
26
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
347,200
views
views
27
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
346,238
views
views
28
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
343,411
views
views
29
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
340,763
views
views
30
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
333,352
views
views
31
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
310,704
views
views
32
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
303,297
views
views
33
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
303,069
views
views
34
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
300,803
views
views
35
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
293,279
views
views
36
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
290,856
views
views
37
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
288,688
views
views
38
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
286,344
views
views
39
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
279,594
views
views
40
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
277,375
views
views
41
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
276,045
views
views
42
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
275,362
views
views
43
Bo Burnham
American comedian
267,365
views
views
44
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
266,686
views
views
45
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
258,998
views
views
46
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
258,180
views
views
47
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
252,206
views
views
48
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
245,119
views
views
49
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
242,614
views
views
50
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
239,928
views
views
51
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
238,872
views
views
52
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
237,536
views
views
53
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
235,203
views
views
54
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
232,846
views
views
55
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician (born 1950)
232,593
views
views
56
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
232,182
views
views
57
Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
231,382
views
views
58
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
229,508
views
views
59
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
223,495
views
views
60
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
221,811
views
views
61
Henry Rollins
American musician
219,965
views
views
62
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
215,745
views
views
63
David
king of Israel and Judah
211,704
views
views
64
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
210,792
views
views
65
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
207,683
views
views
66
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
206,931
views
views
67
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
205,983
views
views
68
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
202,978
views
views
69
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
199,300
views
views
70
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
197,630
views
views
71
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
197,485
views
views
72
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
197,158
views
views
73
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
197,031
views
views
74
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
196,759
views
views
75
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
194,914
views
views
76
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
193,688
views
views
77
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
192,440
views
views
78
Charles Bronson
English criminal
190,348
views
views
79
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
188,167
views
views
80
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
187,779
views
views
81
Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide
187,466
views
views
82
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
187,456
views
views
83
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
185,085
views
views
84
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
183,588
views
views
85
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
182,318
views
views
86
Billy Corgan
American musician
180,227
views
views
87
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
179,817
views
views
88
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
179,714
views
views
89
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
178,815
views
views
90
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
177,418
views
views
91
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
176,696
views
views
92
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
176,551
views
views
93
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
174,897
views
views
94
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
171,804
views
views
95
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
169,030
views
views
96
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)
166,074
views
views
97
Vladimir Vysotsky
Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)
161,164
views
views
98
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
160,535
views
views
99
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
159,663
views
views
100
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
157,970
views
views
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