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Top Academics
The academics with reach beyond the seminar room — the scholars and public intellectuals whose ideas spill into the wider discourse. 7,259 tracked, ranked on measured visibility — search interest, encyclopedic footprint, press, and social audience — not opinion, and rebuilt daily.
23,765 tracked·6,389 currently rising·Top: Noam Chomsky
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Most famous living
The most famous academics in the world right now — measured across search, news, Wikipedia, and social, and refreshed every day.
| # | Δ | Person | Country | Category | Fame | Momentum | ~ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | new |  Noam Chomsky |  United States | Academics | 82.3 | 0.0 | |
| #2 | new | .jpg?width=1200) Javier Milei |  Argentina | Academics | 79.9 | 2.0 | |
| #3 | new |  Jordan Peterson |  Canada | Academics | 79.7 | 0.0 | |
| #4 | new | _(cropped_3-4).jpg?width=1200) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | United States | Academics | 78.9 | 13.1 | |
| #5 | new |  Robert Reich | United States | Academics | 78.6 | 4.0 | |
| #6 | new |  Paul Krugman | United States | Academics | 78.5 | 14.6 | |
| #7 | new |  Larry Sanger | United States | Academics | 78.3 | 18.4 | |
| #8 | new |  Andrej Karpathy | — | Academics | 77.2 | 2.1 | |
| #9 | new |  Ekaterina Schulmann | — | Academics | 77.0 | 13.6 | |
| #10 | new |  Alexander Dugin | — | Academics | 76.4 | 5.1 | |
| #11 | new |  Peter Schiff | United States | Academics | 76.1 | 22.6 | |
| #12 | new | _(cropped_2).jpg?width=1200) Hannah Fry |  United Kingdom | Academics | 76.1 | 0.0 | |
| #13 | new | .jpg?width=1200) Michel Onfray |  France | Academics | 76.0 | 26.6 | |
| #14 | new |  Eric Weinstein | United States | Academics | 75.8 | 4.6 | |
| #15 | new | YT Yōichi Takahashi |  Japan | Academics | 75.6 | 13.3 | |
| #16 | new |  Ro Khanna | United States | Academics | 75.0 | 1.3 | |
| #17 | new |  Salih al-Fawzan | — | Academics | 74.1 | 1.6 | |
| #18 | new |  Salman Alodah | — | Academics | 73.9 | 17.2 | |
| #19 | new |  Andrei Lankov | — | Academics | 73.9 | 12.0 | |
| #20 | new | _(cropped).jpg?width=1200) Francis Fukuyama | United States | Academics | 73.6 | 0.0 |
- #1Noam ChomskyFalling82.3Fame
- #2Javier MileiFalling79.9Fame
- #3Jordan PetersonFalling79.7Fame
- #4Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Rising78.9Fame
- #5Robert ReichStable78.6Fame
- #6Paul KrugmanRising78.5Fame
- #7Larry SangerBreakout78.3Fame
- #8Andrej KarpathyStable77.2Fame
- #9Ekaterina SchulmannRising77.0Fame
- #10Alexander DuginFalling76.4Fame
- #11Peter SchiffRising76.1Fame
- #12Hannah FryFalling76.1Fame
- #13Michel OnfrayBreakout76.0Fame
- #14Eric WeinsteinStable75.8Fame
- #15YTYōichi TakahashiRising75.6Fame
- #16Ro KhannaFalling75.0Fame
- #17Salih al-FawzanStable74.1Fame
- #18Salman AlodahBreakout73.9Fame
- #19Andrei LankovStable73.9Fame
- #20Francis FukuyamaFalling73.6Fame
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