Trending Poets in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Homer.
100
Ranked
6,486,215
Total Views (this year)
1
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
405,465
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
233,100
views
views
3
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
229,896
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
169,342
views
views
5
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
148,348
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
128,797
views
views
7
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
124,294
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
121,373
views
views
9
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
112,738
views
views
10
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
110,932
views
views
11
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
108,600
views
views
12
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
101,269
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
101,083
views
views
14
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
95,561
views
views
15
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
95,232
views
views
16
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
94,285
views
views
17
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
87,434
views
views
18
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
86,809
views
views
19
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
86,225
views
views
20
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
80,209
views
views
21
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
79,190
views
views
22
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
77,692
views
views
23
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
75,812
views
views
24
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
73,583
views
views
25
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
69,957
views
views
26
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
68,851
views
views
27
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
66,349
views
views
28
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
66,243
views
views
29
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
65,371
views
views
30
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
63,958
views
views
31
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
63,375
views
views
32
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
62,862
views
views
33
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
62,530
views
views
34
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
61,916
views
views
35
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
61,661
views
views
36
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
61,200
views
views
37
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
60,094
views
views
38
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
58,588
views
views
39
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
56,934
views
views
40
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
56,673
views
views
41
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
54,140
views
views
42
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
53,608
views
views
43
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
52,152
views
views
44
Charles Bronson
English criminal
51,476
views
views
45
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
51,236
views
views
46
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
50,783
views
views
47
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
50,185
views
views
48
David
king of Israel and Judah
49,749
views
views
49
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
49,598
views
views
50
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
48,337
views
views
51
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
47,073
views
views
52
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
46,816
views
views
53
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
46,636
views
views
54
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
46,574
views
views
55
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
46,447
views
views
56
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
45,573
views
views
57
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
44,779
views
views
58
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
44,554
views
views
59
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
43,593
views
views
60
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
43,519
views
views
61
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
43,051
views
views
62
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
42,568
views
views
63
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
42,065
views
views
64
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
41,483
views
views
65
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
41,400
views
views
66
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
41,304
views
views
67
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
41,124
views
views
68
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
41,071
views
views
69
Virgil
Roman poet (1st century BC)
40,485
views
views
70
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
40,419
views
views
71
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
40,151
views
views
72
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
39,874
views
views
73
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
39,674
views
views
74
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
39,534
views
views
75
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
39,005
views
views
76
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
38,118
views
views
77
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
37,659
views
views
78
Bo Burnham
American comedian
37,480
views
views
79
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
37,130
views
views
80
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
37,121
views
views
81
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
37,096
views
views
82
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
36,689
views
views
83
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
35,911
views
views
84
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
35,875
views
views
85
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
35,549
views
views
86
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
35,478
views
views
87
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
35,338
views
views
88
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
35,172
views
views
89
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
34,954
views
views
90
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
34,506
views
views
91
Kishore Kumar
Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)
34,219
views
views
92
Henry Rollins
American musician
34,212
views
views
93
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
34,123
views
views
94
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
33,527
views
views
95
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
32,842
views
views
96
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
32,688
views
views
97
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
32,040
views
views
98
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
31,679
views
views
99
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
31,507
views
views
100
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
31,435
views
views
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