← Fame through time2018
2018
Who the world actually read about in 2018 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2018, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
Freddie Mercury24M - 2
Cristiano Ronaldo22.9M - 3
Elizabeth II22.1M - 4
Stephen Hawking21.1M - 5
Donald Trump19.3M - 6
Elon Musk19M - 7
Cardi B18.4M - 8
Lionel Messi16.3M - 9
XXXTentacion16.2M - 10
Avicii13.6M - 11
LeBron James12.9M - 12
Jason Momoa12.8M - 13
Ariana Grande12.7M - 14
George H. W. Bush12.6M - 15
6ix9inenot measured12.5M - 16
Anthony Bourdain12.3M - 17
Stan Lee12.1M - 18
Queen Victorianot measured12M - 19
Meghan, Duchess of Sussexnot measured12M - 20
Dwayne Johnson11.8M - 21
Priyanka Chopra11.5M - 22
John McCain11.4M - 23
Kylian Mbappé11.4M - 24
Pablo Escobar11.3M - 25
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh11.1M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2018, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Andrew Garfield0 decades - 2
Emily Blunt0 decades - 3
Mila Kunis0 decades - 4
Chris Hemsworth1 decades - 5Avicii0 decades
- 6
Henry Cavill0 decades - 7
Edward Snowden1 decades - 8XXXTentacion0 decades
- 9
Lupita Nyong'onot measured- - 10
Katrina Kaif0 decades - 11
Jesse Eisenberg0 decades - 12
Felicity Jonesnot measured- - 13
Álvaro Arbeloa0 decades - 14
Kate Mara0 decades - 15
Adam Driver0 decades - 16
Carrie Underwood1 decades - 17
Miranda Kerr0 decades - 18
Robin van Persie0 decades - 19
Donald Glovernot measured- - 20
Jonah Hill0 decades - 21
Tessa Thompson0 decades - 22
Greta Gerwig0 decades - 23
Franck Ribéry2 decades - 24
Karol Nawrockinot measured- - 25
Kate Bosworth0 decades - 26
Yaya Touré0 decades - 27
Daniel Alves0 decades - 28
Mélanie Laurent1 decades - 29
Domhnall Gleeson0 decades - 30
Rebecca Fergusonnot measured- - 31
Cherylnot measured- - 32
Mac Millernot measured- - 33
Maggie Grace0 decades - 34
Steven Yeun0 decades - 35
Alina Kabaeva2 decades - 36
Mikanot measured- - 37
Golshifteh Farahani0 decades - 38
Nirmal Purjanot measured- - 39
Philipp Lahm1 decades - 40
Daniele De Rossi1 decades - 41
Clint Dempsey0 decades - 42
Juan Guaidónot measured- - 43
Jamie Chungnot measured- - 44
José Antonio Reyesnot measured- - 45
Trisha Krishnannot measured- - 46
Sergey Lazarev1 decades - 47
Ricardo Quaresma0 decades - 48
KSInot measured- - 49
Gabourey Sidibe0 decades - 50
Alsou4 decades - 51
Macklemore1 decades - 52
Dhanushnot measured- - 53
Futurenot measured- - 54
Aziz Ansari0 decades - 55
Mo Farah0 decades - 56
Rafael van der Vaart0 decades - 57
Aaron Rodgersnot measured- - 58
Loreennot measured- - 59
Zoe Kazan0 decades - 60
Leelee Sobieski0 decades - 61
Amber Tamblynnot measured- - 62
Louis Garrel2 decades - 63
Michelle Branch0 decades - 64
Kim Clijsters0 decades - 65
Kerry Condonnot measured- - 66
Amanda Righetti0 decades - 67
Gugu Mbatha-Rawnot measured- - 68
Adrianne Palickinot measured- - 69
N. T. Rama Rao Jr.not measured- - 70
Miranda Lambertnot measured- - 71
Claudio Bravonot measured- - 72
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar0 decades - 73
Pepenot measured- - 74
Hikaru Utada0 decades - 75
Katie McGrath0 decades - 76Virginia Roberts Giuffrenot measured-
- 77
Svetlana Khodchenkova0 decades - 78
Jojinot measured- - 79
Alice Braganot measured- - 80
Dario Amodeinot measured- - 81
Robert Eggersnot measured- - 82
Mamie Gummernot measured- - 83
Lin Dan3 decades - 84
Ed Skreinnot measured- - 85
Mark Selbynot measured- - 86
Fabio Quagliarella0 decades - 87
Raul Meireles0 decades - 88
Nancy Ajram0 decades - 89
Aidan Turnernot measured- - 90
Joseph Mazzellonot measured- - 91
Ashley Johnsonnot measured- - 92
Felipe Melo0 decades - 93
Ben Fosternot measured- - 94
Frednot measured- - 95
Maite Perroninot measured- - 96
Imran Khannot measured- - 97
Eiji Kawashimanot measured- - 98
Goran Pandevnot measured- - 99
Vicky Kriepsnot measured- - 100
Eric Andrénot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.