Trending Poets in USA — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Russell Brand. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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2,950,751
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
98,657
views
views
2
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
65,416
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
64,455
views
views
4
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
63,746
views
views
5
James Avery
American actor (1945–2013)
57,997
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
56,549
views
views
7
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
56,184
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
54,940
views
views
9
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
53,270
views
views
10
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
51,648
views
views
11
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
50,002
views
views
12
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
47,541
views
views
13
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
47,308
views
views
14
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
47,262
views
views
15
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
46,681
views
views
16
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
45,730
views
views
17
Johnny Flynn
British actor
45,351
views
views
18
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
44,786
views
views
19
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
44,319
views
views
20
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
42,731
views
views
21
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
42,256
views
views
22
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
41,266
views
views
23
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
40,405
views
views
24
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
40,345
views
views
25
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
39,629
views
views
26
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
36,166
views
views
27
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
35,560
views
views
28
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
35,432
views
views
29
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
33,599
views
views
30
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
32,552
views
views
31
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
32,426
views
views
32
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
31,238
views
views
33
Billy Corgan
American musician
30,750
views
views
34
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
29,973
views
views
35
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
29,505
views
views
36
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
29,400
views
views
37
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
29,390
views
views
38
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
28,819
views
views
39
Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
28,109
views
views
40
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
27,276
views
views
41
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
26,237
views
views
42
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
26,152
views
views
43
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
25,645
views
views
44
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
25,482
views
views
45
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
25,351
views
views
46
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
24,581
views
views
47
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
24,295
views
views
48
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
23,579
views
views
49
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
23,578
views
views
50
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
23,400
views
views
51
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
23,225
views
views
52
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
23,166
views
views
53
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
23,124
views
views
54
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
23,065
views
views
55
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
22,699
views
views
56
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
22,106
views
views
57
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
21,836
views
views
58
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
21,394
views
views
59
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
20,965
views
views
60
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
20,858
views
views
61
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
20,814
views
views
62
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
20,719
views
views
63
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
20,660
views
views
64
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
20,464
views
views
65
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
20,242
views
views
66
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
20,108
views
views
67
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
20,068
views
views
68
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
20,064
views
views
69
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
19,871
views
views
70
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
19,721
views
views
71
Bo Burnham
American comedian
19,642
views
views
72
Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
19,431
views
views
73
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)
19,136
views
views
74
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
18,737
views
views
75
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
18,552
views
views
76
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician (born 1950)
18,537
views
views
77
Charles Bronson
English criminal
18,484
views
views
78
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
18,417
views
views
79
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
18,062
views
views
80
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
17,978
views
views
81
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
17,953
views
views
82
David
king of Israel and Judah
17,948
views
views
83
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
17,712
views
views
84
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
17,577
views
views
85
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
17,206
views
views
86
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
17,138
views
views
87
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
17,072
views
views
88
Henry Rollins
American musician
17,033
views
views
89
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
16,923
views
views
90
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
16,497
views
views
91
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
16,427
views
views
92
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
16,161
views
views
93
Art Garfunkel
American singer, actor, and poet (born 1941)
16,026
views
views
94
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
15,986
views
views
95
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
15,961
views
views
96
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
15,861
views
views
97
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
15,654
views
views
98
Crispin Glover
American actor
15,581
views
views
99
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
15,576
views
views
100
Johnny Marr
English musician (born 1963)
15,345
views
views
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