Trending Poets in USA — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Russell Brand. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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3,134,595
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
97,485
views
views
2
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
71,911
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
66,370
views
views
4
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
65,340
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
60,005
views
views
6
James Avery
American actor (1945–2013)
58,746
views
views
7
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
57,465
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
56,548
views
views
9
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
55,772
views
views
10
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
55,508
views
views
11
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
54,994
views
views
12
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
52,761
views
views
13
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
51,638
views
views
14
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
49,370
views
views
15
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
49,090
views
views
16
Johnny Flynn
British actor
48,807
views
views
17
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
47,962
views
views
18
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
47,897
views
views
19
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
46,152
views
views
20
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
46,105
views
views
21
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
45,307
views
views
22
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
43,769
views
views
23
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
42,833
views
views
24
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
42,135
views
views
25
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
41,346
views
views
26
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
39,901
views
views
27
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
39,372
views
views
28
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
37,871
views
views
29
Billy Corgan
American musician
37,481
views
views
30
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
35,943
views
views
31
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
35,899
views
views
32
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
34,576
views
views
33
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
32,884
views
views
34
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
32,355
views
views
35
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
31,388
views
views
36
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
30,973
views
views
37
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
30,726
views
views
38
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
30,141
views
views
39
Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
29,829
views
views
40
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
29,432
views
views
41
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
29,375
views
views
42
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
28,922
views
views
43
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
27,845
views
views
44
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
27,790
views
views
45
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
26,671
views
views
46
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
26,417
views
views
47
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
25,627
views
views
48
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
25,052
views
views
49
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
24,837
views
views
50
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
24,759
views
views
51
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
24,634
views
views
52
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
24,297
views
views
53
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
24,217
views
views
54
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
24,204
views
views
55
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
24,136
views
views
56
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
23,648
views
views
57
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
23,551
views
views
58
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
23,459
views
views
59
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
23,242
views
views
60
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
22,568
views
views
61
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
22,476
views
views
62
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
22,106
views
views
63
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
21,874
views
views
64
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
21,851
views
views
65
Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
21,341
views
views
66
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
21,249
views
views
67
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
21,243
views
views
68
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
21,112
views
views
69
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
20,961
views
views
70
Bo Burnham
American comedian
20,920
views
views
71
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
20,678
views
views
72
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
20,651
views
views
73
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
20,460
views
views
74
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)
20,157
views
views
75
Charles Bronson
English criminal
19,913
views
views
76
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
19,897
views
views
77
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician (born 1950)
19,580
views
views
78
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
19,556
views
views
79
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
19,520
views
views
80
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
19,376
views
views
81
David
king of Israel and Judah
19,044
views
views
82
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
18,980
views
views
83
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
18,867
views
views
84
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
18,804
views
views
85
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
18,275
views
views
86
Valmiki
Celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic Ramayana
18,175
views
views
87
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
18,096
views
views
88
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
17,717
views
views
89
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
17,666
views
views
90
Henry Rollins
American musician
17,587
views
views
91
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
17,523
views
views
92
Art Garfunkel
American singer, actor, and poet (born 1941)
17,126
views
views
93
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
16,971
views
views
94
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
16,841
views
views
95
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
16,723
views
views
96
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
16,558
views
views
97
Crispin Glover
American actor
16,544
views
views
98
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
16,519
views
views
99
Charlotte Brontë
British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
16,164
views
views
100
Charles Bukowski
German-American writer (1920–1994)
16,156
views
views
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