Trending Journalists in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed journalists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Donald Trump. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
44,286,500
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
2,015,376
views
views
2
Gloria Steinem
American feminist activist and journalist (1934–2026)
1,899,669
views
views
3
Perez Hilton
American actor and blogger
1,389,022
views
views
4
Charlie Kirk
American political activist (1993–2025)
1,353,249
views
views
5
Chris Hansen
American television journalist (born 1959)
1,330,719
views
views
6
Hasan Piker
American political commentator (born 1991)
1,012,574
views
views
7
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
965,074
views
views
8
Natalie Harp
American conservative activist
947,931
views
views
9
Hannah Waddingham
British actress
850,952
views
views
10
Warren Beatty
American actor and filmmaker
748,067
views
views
11
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
698,872
views
views
12
Jon Ossoff
American politician and filmmaker (born 1987)
614,501
views
views
13
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
613,900
views
views
14
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
596,983
views
views
15
Aaron Rodgers
American football player (born 1983)
580,605
views
views
16
Nigella Lawson
English food writer and television cook (born 1960)
567,197
views
views
17
Morgan Freeman
American actor and producer (born 1937)
558,802
views
views
18
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
536,123
views
views
19
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
530,465
views
views
20
O. J. Simpson
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
520,223
views
views
21
Milo Yiannopoulos
British far-right political commentator (born 1984)
502,632
views
views
22
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States since 2025
501,025
views
views
23
Vinnie Jones
British footballer and actor
500,067
views
views
24
Penelope Keith
English actress (1940–2026)
492,240
views
views
25
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
483,415
views
views
26
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
472,679
views
views
27
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
461,163
views
views
28
Hugh Jackman
Australian and English actor and singer (born 1968)
454,175
views
views
29
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
452,363
views
views
30
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
450,326
views
views
31
Suriya
Indian film actor, producer and television presenter and philanthropist
441,721
views
views
32
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
436,987
views
views
33
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
435,041
views
views
34
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress (born 1974)
408,764
views
views
35
Shaquille O'Neal
American basketball player (born 1972)
386,420
views
views
36
Asia Argento
Italian actress and filmmaker (born 1975)
382,840
views
views
37
Willem Dafoe
American actor (1955-)
380,905
views
views
38
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
374,053
views
views
39
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
368,902
views
views
40
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
367,869
views
views
41
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
362,326
views
views
42
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
359,182
views
views
43
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
353,516
views
views
44
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
353,291
views
views
45
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
351,634
views
views
46
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
343,763
views
views
47
Queen Latifah
American rapper, singer and actress
342,985
views
views
48
Barry Melrose
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
341,826
views
views
49
Kelly Clarkson
American singer-songwriter (born 1982)
332,900
views
views
50
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
331,985
views
views
51
Stan Lee
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)
331,947
views
views
52
Bret Easton Ellis
American novelist, screenwriter
321,001
views
views
53
Pamela Anderson
Canadian actress and model (born 1967)
310,511
views
views
54
Ashley Alexandra Dupré
American call-girl, singer and columnist
310,219
views
views
55
Jeremy Clarkson
British broadcaster, journalist and writer
309,731
views
views
56
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
309,327
views
views
57
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
308,754
views
views
58
Salman Khan
Indian actor and producer (born 1965)
308,319
views
views
59
Kane Parsons
American filmmaker
307,751
views
views
60
Maria Bartiromo
American financial journalist, television personality, news anchor, and author
304,690
views
views
61
Sofía Vergara
Colombian-American actress and model (born 1972)
303,614
views
views
62
Priscilla Presley
American actress and businesswoman
298,418
views
views
63
Sharon Horgan
Irish actress, writer and comedian
296,557
views
views
64
Carol Burnett
American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)
293,072
views
views
65
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
290,760
views
views
66
Rob Lowe
American actor (born 1964)
288,987
views
views
67
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
288,219
views
views
68
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
285,887
views
views
69
Thierry Henry
French association football player and manager
282,648
views
views
70
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
276,906
views
views
71
Josh Duhamel
American actor and former model (born 1972)
276,656
views
views
72
Donald Trump Jr.
American businessman and reality television personality (born 1977)
274,348
views
views
73
Camila Alves
Brazilian model and designer (born 1983)
274,324
views
views
74
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
272,051
views
views
75
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
271,827
views
views
76
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
271,488
views
views
77
Shah Rukh Khan
Indian actor, producer and television personality
270,770
views
views
78
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
269,533
views
views
79
Caitlyn Jenner
American media personality and retired decathlete
265,452
views
views
80
Olivia Munn
American actress, comedian, television personality and author
265,074
views
views
81
Gordon Ramsay
British chef, restaurateur, and television personality (born 1966)
261,011
views
views
82
Gavin Newsom
40th governor of California since 2019
259,681
views
views
83
Bernie Sanders
United States Senator from Vermont
259,331
views
views
84
John McEnroe
American former tennis player (born 1959)
257,464
views
views
85
Jesse James
American entrepreneur and television personality
256,479
views
views
86
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
255,854
views
views
87
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
255,818
views
views
88
Richard O'Brien
English actor, writer, musician, and television presenter
253,231
views
views
89
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
252,303
views
views
90
Ryan Murphy
American screenwriter (born 1965)
249,872
views
views
91
Giorgia Meloni
Prime Minister of Italy since 2022
248,314
views
views
92
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
247,632
views
views
93
Elizabeth Banks
American actress and director (born 1974)
244,611
views
views
94
Norm Macdonald
Canadian comedian (1959–2021)
244,310
views
views
95
Jemima Goldsmith
British screenwriter, television, film and documentary producer
243,573
views
views
96
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
242,624
views
views
97
Betty White
American actress and comedian (1922–2021)
241,102
views
views
98
Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer (born 1946)
239,962
views
views
99
Jane Schoenbrun
American filmmaker and screenwriter
239,720
views
views
100
Vivek Ramaswamy
American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
237,468
views
views