Trending Programmers this year
The 100 most-viewed programmers this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
100
Ranked
1,596,982
Total Views (this year)
1
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
284,951
views
views
2
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
131,323
views
views
3
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
64,644
views
views
4
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
57,774
views
views
5
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
55,378
views
views
6
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
40,847
views
views
7
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
37,347
views
views
8
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
36,475
views
views
9
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
35,385
views
views
10
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
33,481
views
views
11
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
33,104
views
views
12
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
28,814
views
views
13
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
28,469
views
views
14
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
27,659
views
views
15
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
26,610
views
views
16
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
25,954
views
views
17
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
25,842
views
views
18
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
25,404
views
views
19
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
23,759
views
views
20
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
23,598
views
views
21
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
22,515
views
views
22
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
21,125
views
views
23
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
20,580
views
views
24
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
20,321
views
views
25
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
18,629
views
views
26
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
18,022
views
views
27
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
15,323
views
views
28
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
12,846
views
views
29
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
12,839
views
views
30
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
12,202
views
views
31
Yang Zhilin
Chinese businessman (born 1992)
11,709
views
views
32
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
11,429
views
views
33
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
10,597
views
views
34
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
9,804
views
views
35
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
9,602
views
views
36
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
9,408
views
views
37
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
9,137
views
views
38
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
8,950
views
views
39
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
8,924
views
views
40
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
8,874
views
views
41
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
8,794
views
views
42
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
8,634
views
views
43
John Romero
American video game designer
8,348
views
views
44
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
7,892
views
views
45
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
7,588
views
views
46
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
7,513
views
views
47
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
7,066
views
views
48
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
6,995
views
views
49
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
6,954
views
views
50
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
6,845
views
views
51
David Heinemeier Hansson
programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
6,688
views
views
52
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
6,565
views
views
53
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
6,417
views
views
54
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
6,342
views
views
55
Naoki Hamaguchi
video game programmer
6,055
views
views
56
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
6,041
views
views
57
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
6,003
views
views
58
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
5,975
views
views
59
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
5,794
views
views
60
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
5,288
views
views
61
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
5,080
views
views
62
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
5,000
views
views
63
Krzysztof Cwalina
Polish swimmer
4,894
views
views
64
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
4,678
views
views
65
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
4,471
views
views
66
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
4,419
views
views
67
Vlad Yatsenko
CTO and Co-founder of Revolut
4,408
views
views
68
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
4,271
views
views
69
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
4,067
views
views
70
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
3,947
views
views
71
George Hotz
American hacker
3,928
views
views
72
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
3,845
views
views
73
Kelley Deal
American musician
3,795
views
views
74
Naomi Novik
American writer
3,754
views
views
75
Mike Harrington
co-founder of Valve Corporation
3,632
views
views
76
Davey Wreden
video game developer
3,519
views
views
77
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
3,465
views
views
78
David Jones
British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto
3,429
views
views
79
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
3,369
views
views
80
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programmer
3,312
views
views
81
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
3,309
views
views
82
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
3,185
views
views
83
SpaceGhostPurrp
American rapper and record producer from Florida
3,150
views
views
84
Alek Minassian
Canadian mass murderer copycatting Elliot Rodger (Born 1992)
3,134
views
views
85
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
3,083
views
views
86
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
3,012
views
views
87
Adrian Lamo
American hacker and threat analyst (1981–2018)
3,000
views
views
88
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
2,940
views
views
89
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
2,936
views
views
90
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
2,924
views
views
91
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
2,922
views
views
92
Aleksandr Tsoi
Russian musician
2,842
views
views
93
Ron Gilbert
American video game designer
2,826
views
views
94
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
2,811
views
views
95
Moxie Marlinspike
American computer security expert
2,803
views
views
96
Eugene Roshal
Russian computer programmer
2,800
views
views
97
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
2,748
views
views
98
Fredrick Brennan
American software developer and type designer (1994–2026)
2,740
views
views
99
Rhianna Pratchett
English video game writer and journalist (born 1976)
2,557
views
views
100
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
2,526
views
views