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Sambhaji

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2nd5.9M · mom 7

Pope Francis

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1st20.2M · mom 22

Martin Luther King Jr.

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3rd4.3M · mom 15
Pope Francis leads this board.

Read 20.2M times in 2025, ahead of Sambhaji.

Chasing the podium
  1. 4thWilliam ShakespeareWriters3.9M
  2. 5thJane AustenWriters3.7M
  3. 6thStephen KingWriters3.5M
  4. 7thTiger WoodsWriters3.4M
  5. 8thPope John Paul IWriters3.1M
  6. 9thJ. K. RowlingWriters3M
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10th, risingAlexander PushkinWriters · 1799-1837Writers2.9Mmom 711th, stableJ. R. R. TolkienWriters · 1892-1973United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters2.8Mmom 1312th, stableNeil GaimanWriters · b. 1960United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters2.7Mmom 013th, stableFyodor DostoevskyWriters · 1821-1881Writers2.6Mmom 014th, stableErnest HemingwayWriters · 1899-1961United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.6Mmom 315th, fallingChris KyleWriters · 1974-2013United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.6Mmom 516th, stableHelen KellerWriters · 1880-1968United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.5Mmom 417th, stableFranz KafkaWriters · 1883-1924Writers2.4Mmom 218th, stableSigmund FreudWriters · 1856-1939AustriaAustriaWriters2.3Mmom 219th, stableAmelia EarhartWriters · 1897-1939United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.2Mmom 220th, stableLeo TolstoyWriters · 1828-1910Writers2.2Mmom 1721st, risingSeth MacFarlaneWriters · b. 1973United StatesUnited StatesWriters2.2Mmom 18

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Pope Francis holds 3rd among writers

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

Giacomo Casanova

Venetian adventurer and writer (1725-1798)

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