Trending Poets in Russia — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Russian-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Vladimir Vysotsky. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,380,098
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Vladimir Vysotsky
Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)
116,954
views
views
2
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
98,391
views
views
3
Alexander Rosenbaum
Russian bard
59,329
views
views
4
Viktor Tsoi
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
47,349
views
views
5
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
45,578
views
views
6
Yegor Letov
Soviet-Russian musician, poet, and painter (1964–2008)
44,554
views
views
7
Sergei Yesenin
Russian poet (1895–1925)
42,776
views
views
8
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
40,183
views
views
9
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
38,787
views
views
10
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
37,652
views
views
11
Mikhail Lermontov
Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)
36,079
views
views
12
Sergey Bezrukov
Russian actor and singer (born 1973)
34,466
views
views
13
Stas Piekha
Russian actor and singer
32,712
views
views
14
Yuri Stoyanov
Soviet and Russian actor
31,904
views
views
15
Mr. Credo
Russian singer, composer and poet
30,239
views
views
16
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892 – 1941)
29,773
views
views
17
Alena Sviridova
Russian singer
28,449
views
views
18
Nikolai Gogol
Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)
27,680
views
views
19
Valery Leontiev
Russian singer
26,906
views
views
20
Maxim Gorky
Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
26,585
views
views
21
Mari Kraimbrery
Ukrainian-born Russian singer-songwriter
26,190
views
views
22
Korney Chukovsky
Russian children's poet (1882–1969)
25,963
views
views
23
Yuri Shatunov
Russian singer (1973-2022)
25,695
views
views
24
Ivan Bunin
Russian writer and poet (1870–1953)
25,323
views
views
25
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
25,169
views
views
26
Mikhail Gorsheniov
Russian punk rocker (1973–2013)
25,152
views
views
27
Diana Arbenina
Belarusian poet
25,103
views
views
28
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
24,631
views
views
29
Oleg Gazmanov
Russian singer (1951)
24,625
views
views
30
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)
23,828
views
views
31
Stas Mikhaylov
Russian singer
23,822
views
views
32
Mikhail Krug
Russian singer (1962–2002)
23,338
views
views
33
Aleksey Tolstoy
Russian-Soviet writer (1883-1945)
22,827
views
views
34
Oleg Dahl
Soviet actor (1941–1981)
22,250
views
views
35
Svetlana Nazarenko
Kyrgyz singer
22,019
views
views
36
Yelena Borshchyova
Russian actor, poet
21,910
views
views
37
Dima Bilan
Russian pop singer
21,710
views
views
38
Konstantin Bogomolov
Russian theater director
21,416
views
views
39
Vyacheslav Butusov
Russian singer-songwriter (born 1961)
21,412
views
views
40
Yulia Samoylova
Russian singer
20,922
views
views
41
Leonid Agutin
Soviet and Russian singer, composer, poet
20,892
views
views
42
Sergey Shnurov
Russian musician
20,849
views
views
43
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
20,783
views
views
44
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
20,600
views
views
45
Anna Akhmatova
Russian poet (1889–1966)
20,360
views
views
46
Sergey Glushko
Russian film actor (born 1970)
20,305
views
views
47
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
20,185
views
views
48
Joseph Brodsky
Russian-American poet (1940-1996)
20,118
views
views
49
Yuri Shevchuk
Russian singer
19,759
views
views
50
Ani Lorak
Ukrainian-born Russian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur
19,440
views
views
51
Ivan Turgenev
Russian writer (1818–1883)
19,364
views
views
52
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
18,771
views
views
53
Potap
Ukrainian singer, rapper and producer
18,633
views
views
54
Yuri Antonov
Russian singer (born 1945)
18,544
views
views
55
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
18,500
views
views
56
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
18,422
views
views
57
Gosha Kutsenko
Russian actor
18,357
views
views
58
Zemfira
Russian rock musician and songwriter
18,294
views
views
59
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
18,177
views
views
60
Boris Pasternak
Russian writer (1890–1960)
18,058
views
views
61
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
18,005
views
views
62
Timur Mutsurayev
Chechen singer
18,001
views
views
63
Mikhail Tanich
Soviet and Russian poet (1923—2008)
17,932
views
views
64
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
17,754
views
views
65
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
17,671
views
views
66
Eduard Limonov
Russian writer (1943-2020)
17,539
views
views
67
Ahmed I
14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1603–1617)
17,364
views
views
68
Sergey Mikhalkov
Soviet and Russian writer (1913–2009)
17,323
views
views
69
Igor Talkov
Russian singer (1956–1991)
17,215
views
views
70
Nikolay Gumilev
Russian poet (1886-1921)
17,157
views
views
71
Professor Lebedinsky
Russian artist
17,016
views
views
72
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
17,011
views
views
73
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
16,809
views
views
74
Ekaterina Gordon
Russian jurist
16,750
views
views
75
Lev Leshchenko
Russian singer
16,512
views
views
76
Pavel Volya
Russian actor, singer
16,451
views
views
77
Valeriya Novodvorskaya
Russian politician (1950-2014)
16,383
views
views
78
Rolan Bykov
Soviet and Russian actor, theater and film director, screenwriter (1929–1998)
16,297
views
views
79
Eva Polna
Russian songwriter, librarian, singer, poet, composer
16,247
views
views
80
Alexander Blok
Russian poet (1880–1921)
16,144
views
views
81
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
16,083
views
views
82
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
15,920
views
views
83
Aleksandr Kuprin
Russian writer (1870–1938)
15,880
views
views
84
Igor Nikolayev
Russian musician
15,723
views
views
85
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
15,705
views
views
86
Detsl
Russian rapper (1983–2019)
15,617
views
views
87
Valentin Gaft
Soviet and Russian actor (1935–2020)
15,588
views
views
88
Zoya Boguslavskaya
Russian literary critic
15,577
views
views
89
Andrey Makarevich
Soviet and Russian rock musician
15,508
views
views
90
Eldar Ryazanov
Soviet and Russian film director (1927–2015)
15,246
views
views
91
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
15,180
views
views
92
Alexander Vertinsky
Ukrainian, Russian & Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (1889-1957)
15,063
views
views
93
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,582
views
views
94
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
14,375
views
views
95
Natalya Vetlitskaya
Soviet and Russian singer
14,375
views
views
96
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
14,253
views
views
97
Vladimir Kuzmin
Russian musician (born 1955)
14,000
views
views
98
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
13,981
views
views
99
Ilya Lagutenko
Russian singer
13,902
views
views
100
Murat Nasyrov
Russian singer (1969-2007)
13,897
views
views
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