Trending Lakes in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed lakes on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lake Ontario. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
3,910,032
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
1,218,331
views
views
2
Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
177,387
views
views
3
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
140,172
views
views
4
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
100,620
views
views
5
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
76,977
views
views
6
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
73,679
views
views
7
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
72,973
views
views
8
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
64,595
views
views
9
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
63,098
views
views
10
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
58,607
views
views
11
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
56,065
views
views
12
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
53,614
views
views
13
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
52,031
views
views
14
Lake Manasarovar
freshwater lake in Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China
50,099
views
views
15
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
48,650
views
views
16
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
42,992
views
views
17
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
42,637
views
views
18
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
42,509
views
views
19
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
38,613
views
views
20
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
38,356
views
views
21
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
38,113
views
views
22
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
34,979
views
views
23
Laguna Miscanti
lake in Chile
34,664
views
views
24
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
33,891
views
views
25
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
33,796
views
views
26
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
33,217
views
views
27
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
31,077
views
views
28
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
30,766
views
views
29
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
30,467
views
views
30
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
30,366
views
views
31
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
27,426
views
views
32
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
27,287
views
views
33
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
25,053
views
views
34
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
24,756
views
views
35
El Ojo
lake in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
24,072
views
views
36
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
24,022
views
views
37
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
23,443
views
views
38
Yathkyed Lake
lake in Nunavut, Canada
22,542
views
views
39
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
22,127
views
views
40
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
21,914
views
views
41
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
20,858
views
views
42
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
20,654
views
views
43
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
20,147
views
views
44
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
19,813
views
views
45
Big Ass Lake
lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
18,763
views
views
46
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
18,117
views
views
47
Lake Michigan–Huron
lake system
17,956
views
views
48
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
17,931
views
views
49
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
17,783
views
views
50
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
17,433
views
views
51
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
17,241
views
views
52
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
17,121
views
views
53
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
16,580
views
views
54
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
16,158
views
views
55
Tulare Lake
dry lake in San Joaquin Valley, California
15,990
views
views
56
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
15,922
views
views
57
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
15,634
views
views
58
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
15,603
views
views
59
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
15,492
views
views
60
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
14,969
views
views
61
Lake of the Woods
large glacial lake in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota
14,702
views
views
62
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
14,655
views
views
63
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
14,382
views
views
64
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
13,866
views
views
65
Lake Bonneville
former pluvial lake in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States
13,532
views
views
66
Chandra Taal
lake situated in the Lahaul part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India)
13,433
views
views
67
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
13,216
views
views
68
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
13,053
views
views
69
Lake Kariba
reservoir in Zimbabwe
13,012
views
views
70
Lake Winnipesaukee
lake in New Hampshire, United States of America
12,969
views
views
71
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
12,951
views
views
72
Sørvágsvatn
largest lake in the Faroe Islands
12,634
views
views
73
Lake George
lake in Warren County, New York, United States
12,618
views
views
74
Lake Winnipeg
lake in Manitoba, Canada
12,602
views
views
75
Lake Pend Oreille
lake in Kootenai and Bonner counties in Idaho, United States
12,572
views
views
76
Windermere
largest natural lake in England
12,546
views
views
77
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
12,512
views
views
78
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
12,436
views
views
79
Spirit Lake
lake in Skamania County, Washington, USA
11,999
views
views
80
Lake Turkana
alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
11,559
views
views
81
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
11,480
views
views
82
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
11,471
views
views
83
Lake Saint Clair
lake bordering Ontario, Canada and Michigan, US
11,331
views
views
84
Lake Missoula
prehistoric lake in United States of America
11,213
views
views
85
Lake Havasu
reservoir on the Colorado River in California and Arizona, United States
11,195
views
views
86
Pangong Tso
soda lake in the Himalayas
11,051
views
views
87
Williston Lake
large reservoir in British Columbia, Canada
10,943
views
views
88
Hussain Sagar
Lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, India
10,937
views
views
89
Pyramid Lake
lake in Nevada, United States
10,781
views
views
90
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
10,648
views
views
91
Berkeley Pit
mine
10,629
views
views
92
Krishna Raja Sagara
reservoir in India
10,507
views
views
93
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
10,289
views
views
94
Lake Washington
lake in Washington state, U.S.
10,199
views
views
95
Lake Louise
lake in Alberta, Canada
10,125
views
views
96
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
10,055
views
views
97
Flathead Lake
large natural lake in Lake and Flathead counties in Montana, United States
10,022
views
views
98
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake
reservoir in Richland County, South Carolina, in the United States
9,977
views
views
99
Port Jackson
natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
9,919
views
views
100
Chilika Lake
lagoon in India
9,863
views
views