Trending Poets in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Homer.
100
Ranked
5,573,841
Total Views (this year)
1
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
307,717
views
views
2
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
213,654
views
views
3
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
196,418
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
151,077
views
views
5
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
129,881
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
113,542
views
views
7
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
106,550
views
views
8
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
103,938
views
views
9
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
101,440
views
views
10
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
98,296
views
views
11
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
97,122
views
views
12
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
88,292
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
87,854
views
views
14
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
83,861
views
views
15
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
83,111
views
views
16
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
79,459
views
views
17
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
77,715
views
views
18
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
75,616
views
views
19
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
68,375
views
views
20
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
68,302
views
views
21
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
66,196
views
views
22
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
65,883
views
views
23
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
65,732
views
views
24
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
64,220
views
views
25
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
61,446
views
views
26
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
60,656
views
views
27
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
56,609
views
views
28
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
55,284
views
views
29
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
55,277
views
views
30
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
55,121
views
views
31
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
54,677
views
views
32
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
54,042
views
views
33
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
52,476
views
views
34
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
52,292
views
views
35
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
52,246
views
views
36
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
51,671
views
views
37
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
50,942
views
views
38
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
49,253
views
views
39
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
48,841
views
views
40
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
46,780
views
views
41
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
46,350
views
views
42
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
45,603
views
views
43
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
45,446
views
views
44
Charles Bronson
English criminal
44,786
views
views
45
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
44,305
views
views
46
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
44,057
views
views
47
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
43,407
views
views
48
David
king of Israel and Judah
43,026
views
views
49
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
42,462
views
views
50
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
42,381
views
views
51
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
41,587
views
views
52
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
41,523
views
views
53
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
41,269
views
views
54
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
40,674
views
views
55
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
39,352
views
views
56
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
38,044
views
views
57
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
37,701
views
views
58
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
37,516
views
views
59
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
37,502
views
views
60
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
37,484
views
views
61
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
36,897
views
views
62
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
36,807
views
views
63
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
36,454
views
views
64
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
36,413
views
views
65
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
36,244
views
views
66
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
35,925
views
views
67
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
35,812
views
views
68
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
35,446
views
views
69
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
35,052
views
views
70
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
34,654
views
views
71
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
34,619
views
views
72
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
34,034
views
views
73
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
33,302
views
views
74
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
33,094
views
views
75
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
32,920
views
views
76
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
32,913
views
views
77
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
32,857
views
views
78
Virgil
Roman poet (1st century BC)
32,470
views
views
79
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
32,270
views
views
80
Bo Burnham
American comedian
32,239
views
views
81
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
32,229
views
views
82
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
31,863
views
views
83
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
31,737
views
views
84
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
31,463
views
views
85
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
31,015
views
views
86
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
30,840
views
views
87
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
30,761
views
views
88
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
30,733
views
views
89
Kishore Kumar
Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)
30,684
views
views
90
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
30,405
views
views
91
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
30,200
views
views
92
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
29,735
views
views
93
Henry Rollins
American musician
29,588
views
views
94
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
29,041
views
views
95
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
28,361
views
views
96
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
27,905
views
views
97
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
27,719
views
views
98
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
27,625
views
views
99
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
27,594
views
views
100
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
27,582
views
views
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