Trending Poets in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
2,997,027
Total Views (this year)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
186,120
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
101,774
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
100,831
views
views
4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
87,137
views
views
5
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
79,438
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
69,588
views
views
7
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
68,121
views
views
8
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
62,852
views
views
9
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
61,253
views
views
10
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
60,019
views
views
11
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
56,123
views
views
12
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
51,338
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
48,914
views
views
14
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
47,067
views
views
15
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
43,441
views
views
16
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
42,236
views
views
17
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
41,614
views
views
18
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
40,770
views
views
19
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
37,184
views
views
20
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
37,003
views
views
21
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
36,928
views
views
22
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
36,589
views
views
23
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
35,480
views
views
24
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
33,978
views
views
25
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
32,228
views
views
26
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
31,004
views
views
27
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
30,490
views
views
28
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
30,257
views
views
29
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
29,252
views
views
30
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
28,630
views
views
31
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
28,379
views
views
32
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
28,156
views
views
33
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
27,142
views
views
34
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
27,020
views
views
35
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
26,844
views
views
36
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
26,722
views
views
37
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
26,620
views
views
38
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
24,520
views
views
39
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
24,304
views
views
40
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
23,795
views
views
41
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
23,303
views
views
42
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician (1883-1966)
23,291
views
views
43
David
king of Israel and Judah
23,269
views
views
44
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
22,685
views
views
45
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
22,560
views
views
46
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
22,458
views
views
47
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
22,397
views
views
48
Charles Bronson
English criminal
21,677
views
views
49
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
21,567
views
views
50
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
21,183
views
views
51
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
20,583
views
views
52
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
20,459
views
views
53
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
20,139
views
views
54
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
20,024
views
views
55
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
19,794
views
views
56
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
19,653
views
views
57
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
19,615
views
views
58
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
19,560
views
views
59
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
19,441
views
views
60
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
19,371
views
views
61
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
19,368
views
views
62
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
19,157
views
views
63
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
19,109
views
views
64
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
19,097
views
views
65
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
19,066
views
views
66
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
18,977
views
views
67
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
18,967
views
views
68
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
18,908
views
views
69
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
18,568
views
views
70
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
18,140
views
views
71
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
17,648
views
views
72
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
17,643
views
views
73
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
17,420
views
views
74
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
17,380
views
views
75
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
16,965
views
views
76
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
16,671
views
views
77
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
16,602
views
views
78
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
16,595
views
views
79
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
16,554
views
views
80
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
16,480
views
views
81
Michaela Coel
British actress and screenwriter
16,172
views
views
82
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
16,143
views
views
83
Billy Corgan
American musician
15,987
views
views
84
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
15,977
views
views
85
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
15,835
views
views
86
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
15,783
views
views
87
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
15,524
views
views
88
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
15,362
views
views
89
Bo Burnham
American comedian
15,267
views
views
90
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)
15,126
views
views
91
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
15,110
views
views
92
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
15,091
views
views
93
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
15,063
views
views
94
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
14,867
views
views
95
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
14,598
views
views
96
Misha Collins
American actor
14,530
views
views
97
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
14,317
views
views
98
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
14,290
views
views
99
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
14,275
views
views
100
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
14,205
views
views
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