Trending Poets in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
4,732,889
Total Views (this year)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
266,528
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
161,848
views
views
3
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
147,843
views
views
4
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
147,051
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
108,523
views
views
6
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
103,467
views
views
7
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
98,974
views
views
8
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
97,803
views
views
9
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
92,972
views
views
10
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
87,260
views
views
11
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
83,838
views
views
12
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
77,617
views
views
13
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
75,784
views
views
14
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
69,430
views
views
15
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
67,412
views
views
16
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
66,628
views
views
17
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
62,077
views
views
18
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
61,057
views
views
19
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
60,219
views
views
20
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
59,393
views
views
21
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
58,934
views
views
22
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
58,834
views
views
23
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
58,494
views
views
24
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
58,187
views
views
25
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
56,530
views
views
26
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
52,946
views
views
27
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
49,103
views
views
28
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
48,960
views
views
29
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
48,907
views
views
30
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
48,235
views
views
31
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
46,787
views
views
32
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
46,178
views
views
33
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
45,089
views
views
34
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
45,030
views
views
35
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
44,624
views
views
36
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
43,423
views
views
37
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
42,346
views
views
38
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
40,992
views
views
39
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
39,178
views
views
40
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
38,940
views
views
41
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
38,460
views
views
42
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
37,620
views
views
43
David
king of Israel and Judah
37,263
views
views
44
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
36,824
views
views
45
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
36,665
views
views
46
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
34,933
views
views
47
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
34,880
views
views
48
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
33,839
views
views
49
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
33,721
views
views
50
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
33,493
views
views
51
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
33,329
views
views
52
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
33,294
views
views
53
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
33,146
views
views
54
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
32,672
views
views
55
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
32,554
views
views
56
Charles Bronson
English criminal
32,208
views
views
57
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
32,141
views
views
58
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
31,904
views
views
59
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
31,291
views
views
60
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
31,239
views
views
61
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
31,084
views
views
62
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
30,871
views
views
63
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
30,858
views
views
64
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
30,607
views
views
65
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
30,266
views
views
66
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
30,150
views
views
67
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
30,134
views
views
68
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
30,131
views
views
69
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
30,129
views
views
70
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
29,355
views
views
71
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
29,038
views
views
72
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician (1883-1966)
28,974
views
views
73
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
28,668
views
views
74
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
28,268
views
views
75
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
28,234
views
views
76
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
28,223
views
views
77
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
27,572
views
views
78
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
27,546
views
views
79
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
27,536
views
views
80
Billy Corgan
American musician
27,381
views
views
81
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
27,025
views
views
82
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
26,313
views
views
83
Michaela Coel
British actress and screenwriter
26,221
views
views
84
Cynthia Nixon
American actress and politician
26,098
views
views
85
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
26,067
views
views
86
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
25,999
views
views
87
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
25,523
views
views
88
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
24,859
views
views
89
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
24,820
views
views
90
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
24,570
views
views
91
Mumtaz Mahal
Mughal empress
24,520
views
views
92
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
24,278
views
views
93
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
24,252
views
views
94
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
24,216
views
views
95
Bo Burnham
American comedian
24,214
views
views
96
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
24,148
views
views
97
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
24,086
views
views
98
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
23,983
views
views
99
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)
23,929
views
views
100
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
23,826
views
views
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