Trending Poets in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 99 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Madonna. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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23,157,842
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
835,072
views
views
2
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
750,726
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
685,697
views
views
4
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
560,472
views
views
5
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
531,373
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
468,975
views
views
7
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
441,980
views
views
8
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
406,190
views
views
9
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
393,874
views
views
10
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
374,053
views
views
11
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
367,869
views
views
12
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
364,380
views
views
13
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
357,291
views
views
14
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
353,291
views
views
15
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
351,634
views
views
16
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
351,286
views
views
17
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
318,071
views
views
18
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
317,640
views
views
19
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
316,444
views
views
20
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
309,327
views
views
21
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
290,760
views
views
22
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
288,121
views
views
23
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
285,887
views
views
24
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
280,253
views
views
25
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
272,051
views
views
26
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
259,557
views
views
27
Bo Burnham
American comedian
259,180
views
views
28
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
253,190
views
views
29
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
252,303
views
views
30
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
247,632
views
views
31
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
245,139
views
views
32
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
232,031
views
views
33
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
231,469
views
views
34
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
230,026
views
views
35
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
229,772
views
views
36
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
227,021
views
views
37
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
224,929
views
views
38
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
219,944
views
views
39
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
212,890
views
views
40
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
211,257
views
views
41
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
206,084
views
views
42
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
205,065
views
views
43
Henry Rollins
American musician
204,533
views
views
44
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
201,760
views
views
45
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
199,671
views
views
46
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
197,278
views
views
47
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
195,884
views
views
48
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician (born 1950)
195,557
views
views
49
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
188,444
views
views
50
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
188,061
views
views
51
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
187,965
views
views
52
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
178,080
views
views
53
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
175,231
views
views
54
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
174,240
views
views
55
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
173,045
views
views
56
Charles Bronson
English criminal
171,813
views
views
57
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
170,519
views
views
58
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
168,022
views
views
59
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
167,062
views
views
60
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
166,958
views
views
61
Billy Corgan
American musician
166,046
views
views
62
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)
164,595
views
views
63
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
164,540
views
views
64
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
163,793
views
views
65
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
161,115
views
views
66
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
160,862
views
views
67
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
160,486
views
views
68
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
159,616
views
views
69
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
159,199
views
views
70
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
157,048
views
views
71
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
156,721
views
views
72
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
153,805
views
views
73
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
153,246
views
views
74
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
151,964
views
views
75
David
king of Israel and Judah
151,908
views
views
76
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
148,952
views
views
77
Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide
148,719
views
views
78
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
147,395
views
views
79
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
144,545
views
views
80
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
142,056
views
views
81
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
141,986
views
views
82
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
140,353
views
views
83
Johnny Marr
English musician (born 1963)
140,147
views
views
84
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
139,902
views
views
85
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician (born 1945)
139,540
views
views
86
Erykah Badu
American singer-songwriter (born 1971)
138,089
views
views
87
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
137,361
views
views
88
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
135,956
views
views
89
Johnny Flynn
British actor
134,551
views
views
90
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
133,386
views
views
91
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
131,321
views
views
92
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
131,131
views
views
93
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
128,271
views
views
94
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
127,800
views
views
95
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
126,609
views
views
96
Kishore Kumar
Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)
124,444
views
views
97
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
123,676
views
views
98
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
121,428
views
views
99
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
120,951
views
views
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