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William Shakespeare

Writers

2nd4.6M · mom 11

Martin Luther King Jr.

Writers

1st4.8M · mom 15

Franz Kafka

Writers

3rd4.4M · mom 2
Martin Luther King Jr. leads this board.

Read 4.8M times in 2024, ahead of William Shakespeare.

Chasing the podium
  1. 4thPope FrancisWriters4.1M
  2. 5thTruman CapoteWriters4M
  3. 6thJ. K. RowlingWriters3.3M
  4. 7thJ. R. R. TolkienWriters3.3M
  5. 8thTiger WoodsWriters3.1M
  6. 9thHelen KellerWriters3.1M
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryRead
10th, stableFyodor DostoevskyWriters · 1821-1881Writers3.1Mmom 011th, stableErnest HemingwayWriters · 1899-1961United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.9Mmom 312th, risingAlexander PushkinWriters · 1799-1837Writers2.9Mmom 713th, stableStephen KingWriters · b. 1947United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.9Mmom 214th, risingMichelle ObamaWriters · b. 1964United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.8Mmom 1215th, stableAmelia EarhartWriters · 1897-1939United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.8Mmom 216th, stableLeo TolstoyWriters · 1828-1910Writers2.7Mmom 1717th, stableSigmund FreudWriters · 1856-1939AustriaAustriaWriters2.7Mmom 218th, stableEdgar Allan PoeWriters · 1809-1849United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.6Mmom 1419th, risingSeth MacFarlaneWriters · b. 1973United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.5Mmom 1820th, risingSalman RushdieWriters · b. 1947United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters2.4Mmom 821st, legacyGeorge R. R. MartinWriters · b. 1948United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.3Mmom 9

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Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

Pope Francis holds 3rd among writers

266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936-2025)

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