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Most read3.7MWilliam Shakespeare
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Martin Luther King Jr.

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2nd2.7M · mom 15

William Shakespeare

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1st3.7M · mom 11

Tiger Woods

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3rd2.5M · mom 5
William Shakespeare leads this board.

Read 3.7M times in 2026, ahead of Martin Luther King Jr..

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  1. 4thHomerWriters2.2M
  2. 5thJ. R. R. TolkienWriters1.9M
  3. 6thGeorge R. R. MartinWriters1.8M
  4. 7thPope FrancisWriters1.8M
  5. 8thStephen KingWriters1.7M
  6. 9thFyodor DostoevskyWriters1.7M
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10th, stableErnest HemingwayWriters · 1899-1961United StatesUnited StatesWriters1.7Mmom 311th, risingAgatha ChristieWriters · 1890-1976United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters1.6Mmom 1512th, fallingJ. K. RowlingWriters · b. 1965United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters1.6Mmom 2213th, risingSeth MacFarlaneWriters · b. 1973United StatesUnited StatesWriters1.5Mmom 1814th, risingRoald DahlWriters · 1916-1990NorwayNorwayWriters1.5Mmom 515th, stableHelen KellerWriters · 1880-1968United StatesUnited StatesWriters1.5Mmom 416th, fallingEmily BrontëWriters · 1818-1848United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters1.4Mmom 017th, fallingJane AustenWriters · 1775-1817United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters1.3Mmom 1418th, stableFranz KafkaWriters · 1883-1924Writers1.3Mmom 219th, stableAmelia EarhartWriters · 1897-1939United StatesUnited StatesWriters1.3Mmom 220th, stableGeorge OrwellWriters · 1903-1950United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters1.3Mmom 321st, stableSigmund FreudWriters · 1856-1939AustriaAustriaWriters1.3Mmom 2

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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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