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The 100 most-viewed lakes on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lake Baikal. Data as of 30 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,066,242
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
144,366
views
views
2
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
117,230
views
views
3
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
78,657
views
views
4
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
73,855
views
views
5
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
68,024
views
views
6
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
49,916
views
views
7
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
46,854
views
views
8
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
45,544
views
views
9
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
43,142
views
views
10
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
41,920
views
views
11
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
41,412
views
views
12
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
40,709
views
views
13
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
35,746
views
views
14
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
35,082
views
views
15
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
34,479
views
views
16
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
33,623
views
views
17
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
31,853
views
views
18
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
30,879
views
views
19
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
26,561
views
views
20
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
25,605
views
views
21
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
25,603
views
views
22
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
24,801
views
views
23
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
24,559
views
views
24
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
23,242
views
views
25
Lake Wakatipu
lake in Otago Region, New Zealand
22,958
views
views
26
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
22,869
views
views
27
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
22,738
views
views
28
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
22,263
views
views
29
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
19,784
views
views
30
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
19,433
views
views
31
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
19,193
views
views
32
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
18,346
views
views
33
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
18,255
views
views
34
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
18,209
views
views
35
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
17,922
views
views
36
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
17,082
views
views
37
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
16,628
views
views
38
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
16,130
views
views
39
Lake Zaysan
lake in eastern Kazakhstan
15,832
views
views
40
Lake Inba
lake in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
15,777
views
views
41
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
15,751
views
views
42
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
14,900
views
views
43
Pragser Wildsee
lake in the Dolomites
14,458
views
views
44
Lake Shinji
lake in Shimane Prefecture, Chūgoku region, Japan
14,234
views
views
45
Lake Kasumigaura
lake in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan
14,064
views
views
46
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
13,793
views
views
47
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
13,766
views
views
48
Lake Trasimeno
lake in Umbria, Italy
13,215
views
views
49
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
12,957
views
views
50
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
12,604
views
views
51
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
12,596
views
views
52
Lake Iseo
fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy
12,565
views
views
53
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
12,374
views
views
54
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
12,312
views
views
55
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
12,033
views
views
56
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
11,519
views
views
57
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
11,329
views
views
58
Lake Starnberg
lake in Bavaria, Germany
11,063
views
views
59
Venetian Lagoon
enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea
11,053
views
views
60
Königssee
lake in Schönau am Königsee, Bavaria, Germany
10,967
views
views
61
Lake Lucerne
lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
10,848
views
views
62
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
10,847
views
views
63
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
10,827
views
views
64
Lake Sevan
lake in Armenia
10,797
views
views
65
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
10,748
views
views
66
El Ojo
lake in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
10,734
views
views
67
IJsselmeer
artificial lake in the Netherlands
10,729
views
views
68
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
10,716
views
views
69
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
10,418
views
views
70
Reschensee
artificial lake in Italy
10,308
views
views
71
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
10,224
views
views
72
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
10,146
views
views
73
Tule Lake
intermittent lake in California
9,722
views
views
74
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
9,704
views
views
75
Neusiedl Lake
steppe lake in Central Europe
9,628
views
views
76
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
9,609
views
views
77
Lake Onega
freshwater lake in Russia, second largest in Europe
9,570
views
views
78
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
9,357
views
views
79
Lake Orta
lake in Italy
9,332
views
views
80
Blue Hole
lake in United States of America
9,162
views
views
81
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
9,139
views
views
82
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
8,931
views
views
83
Walchensee
lake in Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
8,859
views
views
84
Lake Tazawa
crater lake
8,621
views
views
85
Bay of Kotor
bay
8,417
views
views
86
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
8,381
views
views
87
Oeschinen Lake
lake in Switzerland
8,069
views
views
88
Lago de Atitlán
crater lake in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
7,944
views
views
89
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
7,864
views
views
90
lake Bolsena
crater lake in Italy
7,859
views
views
91
Lake Nasser
reservoir in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan
7,704
views
views
92
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
7,694
views
views
93
Achensee
lake in Tyrol
7,608
views
views
94
Lake Bonneville
former pluvial lake in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States
7,549
views
views
95
Lake Annecy
perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie, France
7,378
views
views
96
Lake Turkana
alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
7,340
views
views
97
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
7,274
views
views
98
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
7,253
views
views
99
Sørvágsvatn
largest lake in the Faroe Islands
7,233
views
views
100
Chiemsee
freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany
7,065
views
views