Trending Lakes — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed lakes on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lake Ontario. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
3,050,324
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
353,601
views
views
2
Lake Inba
lake in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
225,534
views
views
3
Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
173,017
views
views
4
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
151,794
views
views
5
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
90,291
views
views
6
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
72,987
views
views
7
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
67,043
views
views
8
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
66,433
views
views
9
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
61,907
views
views
10
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
61,379
views
views
11
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
52,219
views
views
12
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
51,688
views
views
13
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
50,583
views
views
14
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
49,330
views
views
15
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
41,755
views
views
16
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
41,478
views
views
17
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
41,250
views
views
18
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
41,143
views
views
19
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
35,111
views
views
20
Laguna Miscanti
lake in Chile
34,607
views
views
21
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
33,723
views
views
22
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
32,522
views
views
23
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
31,061
views
views
24
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
30,123
views
views
25
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
28,728
views
views
26
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
27,939
views
views
27
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
27,323
views
views
28
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
26,928
views
views
29
El Ojo
lake in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
25,601
views
views
30
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
24,137
views
views
31
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
23,246
views
views
32
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
22,603
views
views
33
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
22,507
views
views
34
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
22,343
views
views
35
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
22,157
views
views
36
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
21,092
views
views
37
Yathkyed Lake
lake in Nunavut, Canada
20,839
views
views
38
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
20,656
views
views
39
Lake Sevan
lake in Armenia
20,280
views
views
40
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
20,163
views
views
41
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
19,038
views
views
42
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
19,005
views
views
43
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
18,935
views
views
44
Pragser Wildsee
lake in the Dolomites
18,363
views
views
45
Lake Iseo
fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy
18,170
views
views
46
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
17,691
views
views
47
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
16,713
views
views
48
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
16,644
views
views
49
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
16,594
views
views
50
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
16,566
views
views
51
Lake Manasarovar
freshwater lake in Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China
16,349
views
views
52
Lake Lucerne
lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
16,203
views
views
53
Lake Starnberg
lake in Bavaria, Germany
15,892
views
views
54
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
15,482
views
views
55
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
15,282
views
views
56
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
15,037
views
views
57
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
14,979
views
views
58
Reschensee
artificial lake in Italy
14,473
views
views
59
IJsselmeer
artificial lake in the Netherlands
14,399
views
views
60
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
14,140
views
views
61
Lake Orta
lake in Italy
13,688
views
views
62
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
13,538
views
views
63
Lake Trasimeno
lake in Umbria, Italy
13,421
views
views
64
Königssee
lake in Schönau am Königsee, Bavaria, Germany
13,287
views
views
65
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
13,284
views
views
66
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
13,069
views
views
67
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
13,068
views
views
68
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
13,010
views
views
69
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
12,884
views
views
70
Sørvágsvatn
largest lake in the Faroe Islands
12,808
views
views
71
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
12,605
views
views
72
Oeschinen Lake
lake in Switzerland
12,586
views
views
73
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
12,437
views
views
74
Lake Tega
lake in Japan
12,208
views
views
75
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
12,172
views
views
76
Lake Annecy
perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie, France
12,167
views
views
77
Chiemsee
freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany
12,140
views
views
78
Laacher See
volcanic crater lake in Germany
11,728
views
views
79
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
11,711
views
views
80
Venetian Lagoon
enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea
11,677
views
views
81
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
11,641
views
views
82
Achensee
lake in Tyrol
11,155
views
views
83
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
10,974
views
views
84
Bay of Kotor
bay
10,849
views
views
85
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
10,725
views
views
86
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
10,317
views
views
87
Neusiedl Lake
steppe lake in Central Europe
10,289
views
views
88
Lake Kasumigaura
lake in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan
10,169
views
views
89
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
10,118
views
views
90
lake Bolsena
crater lake in Italy
10,027
views
views
91
Lac du Bourget
lake in France
9,761
views
views
92
Attersee
lake in Upper Austria
9,721
views
views
93
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
9,634
views
views
94
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
9,424
views
views
95
Tulare Lake
dry lake in San Joaquin Valley, California
9,316
views
views
96
Williston Lake
large reservoir in British Columbia, Canada
9,272
views
views
97
Eibsee
lake in Grainau municipality, Bavaria, Germany
9,259
views
views
98
Steinhuder Meer
lake in Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
9,185
views
views
99
Lake Lugano
lake in Switzerland and Italy
8,965
views
views
100
Lago de Atitlán
crater lake in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
8,959
views
views