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The 100 most-viewed lakes on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lake Baikal. Data as of 28 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,909,955
Total Views (all time)
Country
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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
131,863
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
66,866
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views
5
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
60,385
views
views
6
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
49,916
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views
7
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
42,288
views
views
8
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
41,412
views
views
9
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
41,275
views
views
10
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
40,709
views
views
11
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
39,152
views
views
12
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
37,810
views
views
13
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
35,082
views
views
14
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
33,623
views
views
15
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
31,703
views
views
16
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
30,128
views
views
17
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
28,709
views
views
18
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
27,394
views
views
19
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
23,769
views
views
20
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
23,260
views
views
21
Lake Wakatipu
lake in Otago Region, New Zealand
22,220
views
views
22
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
22,211
views
views
23
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
21,949
views
views
24
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
20,978
views
views
25
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
20,339
views
views
26
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
20,060
views
views
27
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
19,429
views
views
28
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
18,314
views
views
29
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
17,544
views
views
30
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
17,413
views
views
31
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
17,359
views
views
32
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
16,718
views
views
33
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
16,628
views
views
34
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
16,348
views
views
35
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
16,130
views
views
36
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
16,050
views
views
37
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
15,751
views
views
38
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
15,296
views
views
39
Lake Zaysan
lake in eastern Kazakhstan
15,276
views
views
40
Lake Inba
lake in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
14,812
views
views
41
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
14,261
views
views
42
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
13,793
views
views
43
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
13,766
views
views
44
Lake Shinji
lake in Shimane Prefecture, Chūgoku region, Japan
13,709
views
views
45
Lake Kasumigaura
lake in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan
13,568
views
views
46
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
13,332
views
views
47
Pragser Wildsee
lake in the Dolomites
12,956
views
views
48
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
12,604
views
views
49
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
12,596
views
views
50
Lake Iseo
fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy
12,565
views
views
51
Lake Trasimeno
lake in Umbria, Italy
11,398
views
views
52
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
11,375
views
views
53
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
11,043
views
views
54
Königssee
lake in Schönau am Königsee, Bavaria, Germany
10,967
views
views
55
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
10,847
views
views
56
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
10,827
views
views
57
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
10,827
views
views
58
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
10,487
views
views
59
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
10,224
views
views
60
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
10,088
views
views
61
El Ojo
lake in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
10,068
views
views
62
Venetian Lagoon
enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea
9,932
views
views
63
IJsselmeer
artificial lake in the Netherlands
9,829
views
views
64
Lake Lucerne
lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
9,822
views
views
65
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
9,704
views
views
66
Tule Lake
intermittent lake in California
9,651
views
views
67
Neusiedl Lake
steppe lake in Central Europe
9,628
views
views
68
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
9,609
views
views
69
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
9,505
views
views
70
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
9,246
views
views
71
Blue Hole
lake in United States of America
9,162
views
views
72
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
9,162
views
views
73
Lake Starnberg
lake in Bavaria, Germany
9,024
views
views
74
Lake Onega
freshwater lake in Russia, second largest in Europe
8,769
views
views
75
Lake Sevan
lake in Armenia
8,677
views
views
76
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
8,381
views
views
77
Reschensee
artificial lake in Italy
8,360
views
views
78
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
8,249
views
views
79
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
8,216
views
views
80
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
8,041
views
views
81
Lake Tazawa
crater lake
7,928
views
views
82
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
7,694
views
views
83
Walchensee
lake in Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
7,666
views
views
84
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
7,612
views
views
85
Lake Orta
lake in Italy
7,530
views
views
86
lake Bolsena
crater lake in Italy
7,254
views
views
87
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
7,253
views
views
88
Sørvágsvatn
largest lake in the Faroe Islands
7,233
views
views
89
Oeschinen Lake
lake in Switzerland
7,150
views
views
90
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
7,141
views
views
91
Lago de Atitlán
crater lake in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
7,089
views
views
92
Achensee
lake in Tyrol
7,079
views
views
93
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
7,066
views
views
94
Chiemsee
freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany
7,065
views
views
95
Laacher See
volcanic crater lake in Germany
7,012
views
views
96
Ammersee
lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany
6,814
views
views
97
Lake Nicaragua
largest lake in Central America in Nicaragua
6,796
views
views
98
Lake Annecy
perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie, France
6,775
views
views
99
Lake Bonneville
former pluvial lake in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States
6,758
views
views
100
Lake Inawashiro
lake in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
6,716
views
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