Trending Poets in USA — September 2026
The 99 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Madonna. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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13,683,841
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
542,428
views
views
2
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
525,472
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
427,434
views
views
4
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
279,340
views
views
5
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
273,493
views
views
6
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
265,875
views
views
7
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
247,738
views
views
8
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
240,690
views
views
9
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
238,523
views
views
10
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
226,430
views
views
11
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
221,229
views
views
12
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
217,053
views
views
13
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
215,753
views
views
14
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
210,720
views
views
15
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
207,248
views
views
16
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
202,623
views
views
17
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
186,240
views
views
18
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
181,406
views
views
19
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
178,576
views
views
20
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
175,664
views
views
21
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
174,569
views
views
22
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
166,401
views
views
23
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
163,027
views
views
24
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
159,363
views
views
25
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
156,613
views
views
26
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
156,325
views
views
27
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
153,385
views
views
28
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
145,943
views
views
29
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
142,787
views
views
30
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
140,708
views
views
31
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
139,255
views
views
32
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
138,858
views
views
33
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
138,768
views
views
34
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
138,155
views
views
35
Bo Burnham
American comedian
136,350
views
views
36
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
131,202
views
views
37
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
128,003
views
views
38
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
125,696
views
views
39
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
123,287
views
views
40
Henry Rollins
American musician
121,536
views
views
41
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
120,230
views
views
42
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
119,668
views
views
43
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
118,956
views
views
44
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
118,563
views
views
45
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
115,238
views
views
46
Billy Corgan
American musician
115,098
views
views
47
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
111,371
views
views
48
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
108,272
views
views
49
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician (born 1950)
108,120
views
views
50
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
107,082
views
views
51
Annie Dillard
American writer (1945–2026)
106,397
views
views
52
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
105,706
views
views
53
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
105,311
views
views
54
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
101,533
views
views
55
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
101,332
views
views
56
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
100,459
views
views
57
Johnny Marr
English musician (born 1963)
99,988
views
views
58
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
99,537
views
views
59
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
99,254
views
views
60
Johnny Flynn
British actor
98,994
views
views
61
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
97,797
views
views
62
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
97,506
views
views
63
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
97,167
views
views
64
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
96,868
views
views
65
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
96,405
views
views
66
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
95,985
views
views
67
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
95,218
views
views
68
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
94,867
views
views
69
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
93,992
views
views
70
Charles Bronson
English criminal
93,244
views
views
71
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)
93,112
views
views
72
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
92,074
views
views
73
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
92,071
views
views
74
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
90,482
views
views
75
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
89,449
views
views
76
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
89,448
views
views
77
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
89,164
views
views
78
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
88,614
views
views
79
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
88,000
views
views
80
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
87,482
views
views
81
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
86,297
views
views
82
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
86,078
views
views
83
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
85,972
views
views
84
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
85,027
views
views
85
David
king of Israel and Judah
83,810
views
views
86
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
83,619
views
views
87
Erykah Badu
American singer-songwriter (born 1971)
82,031
views
views
88
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
80,223
views
views
89
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
79,472
views
views
90
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
79,405
views
views
91
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
79,335
views
views
92
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
79,122
views
views
93
Benjamin Clementine
British musician (born 1988)
78,294
views
views
94
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
76,906
views
views
95
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
76,862
views
views
96
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician (born 1945)
74,841
views
views
97
Herman Melville
American writer and poet (1819–1891)
74,309
views
views
98
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
74,073
views
views
99
Jill Scott
American singer
73,945
views
views
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