Trending Poets — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Madonna. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
20,427,516
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
707,547
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
648,790
views
views
3
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
638,138
views
views
4
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
397,387
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
392,264
views
views
6
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
389,694
views
views
7
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
372,806
views
views
8
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
349,116
views
views
9
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
340,804
views
views
10
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
331,760
views
views
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
319,505
views
views
12
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
316,401
views
views
13
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
309,917
views
views
14
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
305,346
views
views
15
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
301,371
views
views
16
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
294,885
views
views
17
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
280,326
views
views
18
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
276,255
views
views
19
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
274,084
views
views
20
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
261,338
views
views
21
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
260,817
views
views
22
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
252,958
views
views
23
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
249,808
views
views
24
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
248,206
views
views
25
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
246,590
views
views
26
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
246,003
views
views
27
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
243,254
views
views
28
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
243,194
views
views
29
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
222,104
views
views
30
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
218,532
views
views
31
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
214,061
views
views
32
Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
209,765
views
views
33
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
206,965
views
views
34
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
206,711
views
views
35
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
205,454
views
views
36
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
205,194
views
views
37
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
198,984
views
views
38
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
192,868
views
views
39
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
192,628
views
views
40
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
192,083
views
views
41
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
189,766
views
views
42
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
185,917
views
views
43
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
185,353
views
views
44
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
182,443
views
views
45
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
181,087
views
views
46
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
170,845
views
views
47
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
169,651
views
views
48
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
168,576
views
views
49
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
165,712
views
views
50
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
165,470
views
views
51
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
160,976
views
views
52
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
160,158
views
views
53
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
158,663
views
views
54
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
156,228
views
views
55
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
154,843
views
views
56
Vladimir Vysotsky
Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)
154,373
views
views
57
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
152,826
views
views
58
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
151,322
views
views
59
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
148,382
views
views
60
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
147,524
views
views
61
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
144,800
views
views
62
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
144,518
views
views
63
Bo Burnham
American comedian
144,173
views
views
64
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
144,080
views
views
65
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
143,956
views
views
66
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician (born 1950)
143,114
views
views
67
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
142,176
views
views
68
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
141,920
views
views
69
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
141,778
views
views
70
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
141,743
views
views
71
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
140,696
views
views
72
David
king of Israel and Judah
137,329
views
views
73
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
136,897
views
views
74
Henry Rollins
American musician
136,487
views
views
75
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
136,162
views
views
76
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
135,996
views
views
77
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
135,941
views
views
78
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
133,627
views
views
79
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
132,557
views
views
80
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
131,068
views
views
81
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
130,241
views
views
82
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
129,822
views
views
83
Billy Corgan
American musician
128,014
views
views
84
Annie Dillard
American writer (1945–2026)
126,357
views
views
85
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
122,104
views
views
86
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
121,233
views
views
87
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
120,350
views
views
88
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
119,206
views
views
89
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
118,582
views
views
90
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
116,954
views
views
91
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
116,913
views
views
92
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
113,924
views
views
93
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
113,616
views
views
94
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
113,450
views
views
95
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
113,443
views
views
96
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
112,837
views
views
97
Johnny Marr
English musician (born 1963)
112,075
views
views
98
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
111,959
views
views
99
Johnny Flynn
British actor
111,837
views
views
100
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
111,553
views
views
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