Trending Programmers in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed programmers this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
100
Ranked
1,496,927
Total Views (this year)
1
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
260,119
views
views
2
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
123,882
views
views
3
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
59,457
views
views
4
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
51,928
views
views
5
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
51,034
views
views
6
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
39,635
views
views
7
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
36,565
views
views
8
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
32,229
views
views
9
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
31,534
views
views
10
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
30,905
views
views
11
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
30,698
views
views
12
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
27,115
views
views
13
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
26,063
views
views
14
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
25,900
views
views
15
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
25,682
views
views
16
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
25,197
views
views
17
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
24,699
views
views
18
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
23,661
views
views
19
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
23,261
views
views
20
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
21,880
views
views
21
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
20,595
views
views
22
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
20,566
views
views
23
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
20,147
views
views
24
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
19,340
views
views
25
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
17,435
views
views
26
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
17,171
views
views
27
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
14,730
views
views
28
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
12,499
views
views
29
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
12,220
views
views
30
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
12,041
views
views
31
Yang Zhilin
Chinese businessman (born 1992)
11,709
views
views
32
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
10,960
views
views
33
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
10,496
views
views
34
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
9,386
views
views
35
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
9,351
views
views
36
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
8,880
views
views
37
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
8,790
views
views
38
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
8,609
views
views
39
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
8,501
views
views
40
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
8,427
views
views
41
John Romero
American video game designer
8,049
views
views
42
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
8,044
views
views
43
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
7,634
views
views
44
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
7,460
views
views
45
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
7,209
views
views
46
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
7,160
views
views
47
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
6,826
views
views
48
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
6,741
views
views
49
David Heinemeier Hansson
programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
6,608
views
views
50
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
6,593
views
views
51
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
6,403
views
views
52
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
6,311
views
views
53
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
5,996
views
views
54
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
5,986
views
views
55
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
5,978
views
views
56
Naoki Hamaguchi
video game programmer
5,973
views
views
57
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
5,778
views
views
58
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
5,719
views
views
59
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
5,347
views
views
60
Krzysztof Cwalina
Polish swimmer
4,892
views
views
61
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
4,809
views
views
62
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
4,731
views
views
63
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
4,542
views
views
64
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
4,472
views
views
65
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
4,374
views
views
66
Vlad Yatsenko
CTO and Co-founder of Revolut
4,260
views
views
67
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
4,181
views
views
68
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
4,141
views
views
69
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
3,840
views
views
70
Kelley Deal
American musician
3,743
views
views
71
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
3,726
views
views
72
George Hotz
American hacker
3,687
views
views
73
Naomi Novik
American writer
3,646
views
views
74
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
3,621
views
views
75
Mike Harrington
co-founder of Valve Corporation
3,522
views
views
76
Davey Wreden
video game developer
3,519
views
views
77
David Jones
British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto
3,343
views
views
78
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programmer
3,307
views
views
79
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
3,300
views
views
80
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
3,294
views
views
81
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
3,273
views
views
82
Alek Minassian
Canadian mass murderer copycatting Elliot Rodger (Born 1992)
3,134
views
views
83
SpaceGhostPurrp
American rapper and record producer from Florida
3,114
views
views
84
Adrian Lamo
American hacker and threat analyst (1981–2018)
2,928
views
views
85
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
2,914
views
views
86
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
2,848
views
views
87
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
2,846
views
views
88
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
2,788
views
views
89
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
2,753
views
views
90
Moxie Marlinspike
American computer security expert
2,752
views
views
91
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
2,743
views
views
92
Fredrick Brennan
American software developer and type designer (1994–2026)
2,725
views
views
93
Ron Gilbert
American video game designer
2,720
views
views
94
Eugene Roshal
Russian computer programmer
2,622
views
views
95
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
2,549
views
views
96
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
2,537
views
views
97
Rhianna Pratchett
English video game writer and journalist (born 1976)
2,474
views
views
98
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
2,392
views
views
99
Gennady Korotkevich
Belarusian competitive programmer
2,379
views
views
100
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
2,374
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