Trending Lakes in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed lakes on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lake Ontario. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,853,326
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
322,149
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
109,137
views
views
3
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
76,116
views
views
4
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
46,905
views
views
5
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
43,184
views
views
6
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
42,760
views
views
7
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
41,508
views
views
8
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
40,718
views
views
9
Laguna Miscanti
lake in Chile
34,400
views
views
10
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
33,629
views
views
11
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
32,638
views
views
12
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
31,779
views
views
13
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
30,849
views
views
14
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
30,703
views
views
15
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
26,843
views
views
16
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
25,711
views
views
17
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
25,166
views
views
18
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
23,609
views
views
19
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
22,184
views
views
20
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
21,838
views
views
21
Yathkyed Lake
lake in Nunavut, Canada
20,741
views
views
22
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
20,186
views
views
23
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
19,942
views
views
24
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
19,222
views
views
25
El Ojo
lake in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
19,022
views
views
26
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
18,838
views
views
27
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
18,616
views
views
28
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
18,155
views
views
29
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
17,636
views
views
30
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
17,576
views
views
31
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
17,003
views
views
32
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
16,568
views
views
33
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
15,428
views
views
34
Lake Manasarovar
freshwater lake in Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China
15,028
views
views
35
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
14,676
views
views
36
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
14,607
views
views
37
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
13,210
views
views
38
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
12,841
views
views
39
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
12,580
views
views
40
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
11,725
views
views
41
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
11,684
views
views
42
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
11,373
views
views
43
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
11,246
views
views
44
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
11,100
views
views
45
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
10,959
views
views
46
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
10,877
views
views
47
Sørvágsvatn
largest lake in the Faroe Islands
10,099
views
views
48
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
10,065
views
views
49
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
9,973
views
views
50
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
9,923
views
views
51
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
9,858
views
views
52
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
9,531
views
views
53
Tulare Lake
dry lake in San Joaquin Valley, California
9,181
views
views
54
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
9,172
views
views
55
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
9,052
views
views
56
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
8,499
views
views
57
Williston Lake
large reservoir in British Columbia, Canada
8,432
views
views
58
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
8,382
views
views
59
Chandra Taal
lake situated in the Lahaul part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India)
8,145
views
views
60
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
7,971
views
views
61
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
7,917
views
views
62
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
7,890
views
views
63
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
7,824
views
views
64
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
7,664
views
views
65
Lake of the Woods
large glacial lake in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota
7,639
views
views
66
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
7,603
views
views
67
Lake Bonneville
former pluvial lake in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States
7,565
views
views
68
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
7,541
views
views
69
Hussain Sagar
Lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, India
7,534
views
views
70
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
7,500
views
views
71
Lake Michigan–Huron
lake system
7,490
views
views
72
Windermere
largest natural lake in England
7,224
views
views
73
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
7,167
views
views
74
Lake Winnipeg
lake in Manitoba, Canada
7,136
views
views
75
Big Ass Lake
lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
7,050
views
views
76
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
6,726
views
views
77
Lake Pend Oreille
lake in Kootenai and Bonner counties in Idaho, United States
6,660
views
views
78
Lake Winnipesaukee
lake in New Hampshire, United States of America
6,628
views
views
79
Spirit Lake
lake in Skamania County, Washington, USA
6,444
views
views
80
Lake Washington
lake in Washington state, U.S.
6,320
views
views
81
Pangong Tso
soda lake in the Himalayas
6,312
views
views
82
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
6,250
views
views
83
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
6,244
views
views
84
Lake Turkana
alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
6,160
views
views
85
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
6,007
views
views
86
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
5,956
views
views
87
Chilika Lake
lagoon in India
5,952
views
views
88
Lake Havasu
reservoir on the Colorado River in California and Arizona, United States
5,924
views
views
89
Lake George
lake in Warren County, New York, United States
5,917
views
views
90
Lake Saint Clair
lake bordering Ontario, Canada and Michigan, US
5,907
views
views
91
Port Jackson
natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5,861
views
views
92
Walden Pond
lake in Concord, Massachusetts, United States
5,794
views
views
93
Berkeley Pit
mine
5,789
views
views
94
Lake Louise
lake in Alberta, Canada
5,745
views
views
95
Lake Kariba
reservoir in Zimbabwe
5,666
views
views
96
Bay of Kotor
bay
5,487
views
views
97
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
5,485
views
views
98
West Lake
lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
5,471
views
views
99
Pyramid Lake
lake in Nevada, United States
5,470
views
views
100
Venetian Lagoon
enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea
5,459
views
views